ICN Mainnet Is Live: The Decentralized Cloud Is Onchain

3/7/2025

ICN Mainnet Is Live: The Decentralized Cloud Is Onchain

Years of building, testing, and relentless pushing forward — and today it all goes live. The Impossible Cloud Network (ICN) mainnet is officially here. Backed by $34M from partners like NGP Capital, 1kx, and Protocol Labs, ICN isn’t just launching a token or a node network; it’s unlocking a new era of decentralized cloud infrastructure. From enterprise-grade workloads to unstoppable global storage, this is where the internet starts to shift — owned by no one, powered by everyone.

How to Participate in the ICN Ecosystem?

This blog post guides you towards the detailed step-by-step guides on how you can become a part of the ICN ecosystem.
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How to Stake ICNT

Tutorial for staking ICNT in the ICN ecosystem

ICNT is the main utility asset that powers the ICN Protocol. Staking ICNT helps secure the network and power its operation while earning for its contribution to the system.

Staking ICNT is a very important process. This tutorial aims to explain the steps for how to do this, and the considerations for deciding how much to stake and how long for.

Step 0: Acquire ICNT

Please visit https://www.icn.global/exchanges to see which exchanges we are listed on that you can buy our tokens from immediately.

You can also buy our token from Uniswap on Base here.

Step 1: Enter ICN Protocol

Navigate to https://console.icn.global/ to begin.

Step 2: Connect your wallet

Step 3: Click Stake!

This will start your staking flow immediately!

Step 4: Select which asset to stake

Here you will choose ICNT.

Step 5: Select which ScalerNode to stake to

Each ScalerNode is hardware that commits resources to the ICN Protocol. They are globally distributed and you can choose between them. To see more details about each node before staking, visit the hardware network section.

Step 6: Choose amount to stake

The amount you stake here will affect your total rewards. The more you stake, the higher the rewards. This is also dependent on the lock period you choose in the next step.

Step 7: Choose lock period for your stake amount

The most important part of the staking process is choosing your lock period.

When your tokens are staked, they must first be locked for a chosen period. This acts as a commitment to the protocol that you are rewarded back with. Once locked, your tokens remain in the protocol for the chosen period. During this time you are able to freely stake and unstake your tokens between different nodes in the system, and you will be able to withdraw the tokens once the lock period has elapsed.

Maximum lock period gives highest rewards

Lowest lock period gives lowest rewards

Importantly, APY values displayed are live. The numbers provided are projected earnings based on current rates.

Step 8: Confirm and sign transaction

Step 9: Success!

Once you have successfully staked, you will be able to view your current stake positions from your wallet.

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How to Stake ICN Link

Tutorial for staking ICNL to HyperNodes or ScalerNodes in the ICN ecosystem

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Stake an ICNL to a HyperNode

Step 1: Enter the ICN Console: https://console.icn.global/

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Step 2: Connect your wallet:

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Step 3: Navigate to your Links by going to the Wallet page:

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Step 4: Scroll down to the ICN Links tab and select the Link(s) you would like to stake and click "Stake"

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Step 5: Select what node type you want to stake to. Here select HyperNode.

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HyperNode or ScalerNode

Step 6: Select a HyperNode

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Step 7: Confirm the transaction and sign

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Step 8: Success! You are now staked!

Read more about the economics of ICN Link staking to HyperNodes here.

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