How to withdraw your validator deposit

Validators are able to withdraw their deposits after the locking period ends. This guide will walk you through how to withdraw the staked tokens.

Note: Those who bid on an auction, can withdraw their excess from the bids after the auction closes. In the Dutch auction format used, the last bid is the final price for all participants. Due to this format, all bids before the last one will have excess to withdraw. At the bottom of the page you will find the details for the auction contracts.

Details for the DepositLocker contracts

To withdraw your deposit from the contract, you will need to interact with the DepositLocker contract. The contract addresses on Ethereum are

Checking that the locking period has ended

Make sure the deposits are unlocked by checking that the releaseTimestamp has passed. To do this on the contract page, click on contract.

Continue to click on Read contract.

You can find out the current Unix timestamp using a search engine of your choice.

Verifying that your address can withdraw from the contract

You will need to use the same address to withdraw that you used to bid. To verify your address, you can use the third field, canWithdraw.

Enter your address in the field and click Query. You will see bool: true if you are able to withdraw, or bool: false if not.

Withdrawing using MetaMask

Once you have verified that you’re entitled to withdraw, log-in to your MetaMask account. You should make sure you have the Main Ethereum Network network selected.

Click on Write Contract, then, Connect to Web3. This will allow Etherscan to connect to MetaMask.

For the actual withdrawal, click on Write under 2. withdraw. MetaMask will then ask you to sign a transaction. The transaction should require less than 30k gas.

Once this transaction is confirmed, you should receive your deposit back.

Details for the auction contracts

If an auction is successful, the last bid’s price is defined as the “slot price.” In the Dutch auction format used, the last bid is the final price for all participants. Due to this format, all bids before the last one will have excess to withdraw. Every participant can withdraw the difference between the slot price and their bid by calling the withdraw function.

For the most recent auction, you can easily withdraw your excess from a bid using the Auction website.

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