Pending reward. What do I do?

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Hi,

I’m new to Polkadot eco system so forgive me if I’m asking a real simple question, but I was not able to find my answer in the FAQ’s.

I have staked my dot via https://staking.polkadot.network/ I see in the recent payouts some rewards but the show as pending. Is there something I must do to claim them? I don’t see an option for that. Or do I have to wait for an era before they are compounded again?

Thanks for your answer

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Hi.
You can trigger the payout here:
https://cloudflare-ipfs.com/ipns/dotapps.io/?rpc=wss%3A%2F%2Fpolkadot-public-rpc.blockops.network%2Fws#/staking/payout

However usually that is not necessary. Maybe just check in a day or two if the payout is no longer pending.

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When a validator requests their payout, they also trigger the payout of all nominators which have nominated that validator.

So as a normal nominator, you usually do not need to do anything to get your rewards, just wait.

As @cpiccard mentioned, if you do not want to wait, you (or anyone else) can trigger the payout by making a transaction to the relay chain, and you will trigger the payout for everyone under your validator.

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Worth noting that if you trigger the validator payout yourself rather than waiting for the validator to do so (they have 84 days, btw), then you will pay the fee.

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