In order for earned rewards to participate after being called and sent to your stash, they must be bonded. This action is called a bondExtra and is easy to take through the Polkadot UI.
bondExtra Instructions
- Open the PolkadotUI
- Navigate to Extrinsics in the navigation on the left side of the UI
- Enter/select the following values (screenshot below for reference):
Using the selected account = the Stash account containing your Kusama tokens
Submit the following Extrinsic = the left dropdown should be set to Staking, and right dropdown should be set to bondExtra(max_additional)
max_additional: Compact<BalanceOf> = the amount of additional KSM you would like to bond -- it is recommended to leave 5-10 KSM unbonded for transaction fees
- Click Submit Transaction
- Verify the details are correct
- Enter your Polkadot UI password
- Click Sign and Submit
- Navigate to Accounts in the navigation on the left side of the UI
- Verify that the Stash account with the KSM has the correct amount of tokens listed as Staked