Leading the Staking Experience — Nova Wallet’s Success in 2024

Nova Wallet
7 min readJun 20, 2024

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In this article, we are excited to show you all some of our latest achievements and the current staking landscape across Polkadot, Kusama, and Aleph Zero in comparison to other products in those ecosystems.

Nova Wallet has now achieved a new record in terms of tokens staked using our app — all of this has been achieved in just 260 days:

  • Over 10 MILLION DOT staked (~$60,000,000)
  • Over 260 Thousand KSM staked (~$6,700,000)
  • Over 10.7 MILLION AZERO staked (~$5,800,000)

In December we released an article with a similar premise to this one, covering September — December 2023, and this article shows our achievements from September 2023 — May 2024.

Polkadot DOT Staking

In this section we will analyze four different sets of data, you can find out more about the methodology for acquiring this data in our previous article.

Namely, we will focus on the following:

  1. New DOT staked since September 2023 for ecosystem wallets
  2. Total DOT staked for ecosystem wallets
  3. New DOT staked since September 2023 for ecosystem wallets and LSD protocols
  4. Total DOT staked for ecosystem wallets and LSD protocols

We will analyze data from the 3 most popular wallets in the Polkadot ecosystem; Nova Wallet, Talisman, and SubWallet, as well as the 3 most popular LSD protocols; BiFrost, Acala, and Parallel Finance.

New DOT Staked — DOT Wallets

Let’s take a look at the amount of new DOT which has been staked with each wallet staking option from the start of September 2023 until the end of May 2024.

We can see that Nova Wallet remains in the lead in regards to the total number of new DOT which has been staked with ecosystem wallets since the start of September 2023.

Total DOT Staked — DOT Wallets

A relevant metric is also the total amount of DOT staked for each Polkadot wallet, so let’s take a look at the total amount of DOT staked with each wallet from the start of September 2023 until the end of May 2024.

We can clearly see from this data that Nova Wallet is the leading wallet in the Polkadot ecosystem not only in terms of new stake acquired since September 2023, but the overall total amount of DOT staked by users.

New DOT Staked — Wallets and LSDs

Now, let’s have a comparison against some other projects from the Polkadot ecosystem that are providing users with one of the most popular features in web3 — Liquid Staking. We are using data from Dune Analytics to get information about values for the amount of Liquid Staked DOT for Acala, Bifrost, and Parallel Finance.

We can see that Nova Wallet leads the pack in terms of newly staked DOT.

Total DOT Staked — Wallets and LSDs

When we look at total staked DOT for wallets and LSDs the situation is fairly similar.

We can see that Nova Wallet is the leader for staked DOT, not only in terms of ecosystem wallets but also in comparison to LSD protocols.

Kusama KSM Staking

In this section we will analyze two sets of data, you can find out more about the methodology for acquiring this data in our previous article.

We will focus on the following:

  1. New KSM staked since September 2023 for ecosystem wallets
  2. Total KSM staked for ecosystem wallets

We will analyze data from the 3 most popular wallets in the Kusama ecosystem: Nova Wallet, Talisman, and SubWallet.

New KSM Staked — Wallets

Let’s take a look at the amount of new KSM which has been staked with each wallet’s staking options from the start of September 2023 until the end of May 2024.

We can see that Nova Wallet has experienced significant growth in terms of the amount of KSM being staked since our v7.0 release.

Total KSM Staked — Wallets

Let’s also take a look at the total amount of KSM staked with the top 3 ecosystem wallets.

The total amount of KSM staked paints a similar picture with Nova Wallet comfortably in the lead.

Aleph Zero AZERO Staking

In this section we will analyze two sets of data, you can find out more about the methodology for acquiring this data in our previous article.

We will focus on the following:

  1. New AZERO staked since September 2023
  2. Total AZERO staked

We will analyze data from the 4 popular wallets in the Aleph Zero ecosystem: Nova Wallet, Talisman, SubWallet, and Nightly, as well as the AZERO.ID app.

New AZERO Staked

Like before, let’s first take a look at the new cumulative AZERO staked with each of these projects from the start of September 2023 until the end of May 2024.

We can see from this chart that Nova Wallet remains the leader in terms of new AZERO staked showing a promising organic upward trend.

Total AZERO Staked

We will look at the total amount of AZERO staked in our final chart.

Much like the other ecosystems, we can see that Nova Wallet is firmly in the lead in terms of staked AZERO.

The Data Speaks for Itself

When we released our previous article in December 2023, it was clear that Nova Wallet was showing promising organic growth in terms of newly acquired stake for each ecosystem, cementing the fact that the user adoption of Nova Wallet was outperforming other options in the various ecosystems since our v7.0.0 release.

Since then our growth has continued, and we have now reached new heights surpassing other ecosystem wallets and even Liquid Staking Protocols in terms of total stake, once again highlighting the significant adoption of Nova Wallet within these ecosystems.

What’s New?

Since you heard from us last time, we have been busy shipping some absolutely amazing new features to even further improve your experience with Nova Wallet!

Push Notifications

Nova Wallet ensures you never miss an update with our Push Notifications feature. Receive alerts about your Balance Updates and more, including:

  • Staking Rewards
  • Sent Tokens
  • Received Tokens
  • Governance Updates

Whether you’re on the move or taking a break, our push notifications make sure that you never miss an important update, ensuring you’re always connected to your assets!

Additional Language Support

Nova Wallet now speaks your language!

In our quest to make Nova Wallet the best possible app for everyone, we have added support for a ton of new languages, with more planned to be added soon!

Nova Wallet is currently available in the following languages:

  • Chinese / 中文
  • English
  • Italian / italiano
  • Portuguese / português
  • Russian / Русский
  • Spanish / español
  • Turkish / Türkçe

We will soon add support for these languages, with many more to come!

  • French / Français
  • Indonesian / Bahasa Indonesia
  • Japanese / 日本語
  • Korean / 한국어
  • Polish / Polski
  • Vietnamese / Tiếng Việt

Cloud Backups

Say goodbye to the hassle of managing your wallet’s passphrases! Nova Wallet will soon offer seamless cloud backups, allowing you to securely store your passphrases in your cloud storage (such as Google Drive or iCloud):

  • Simple Onboarding — create a wallet using your Face ID or with a password!
  • Restore your wallet any time from your cloud storage!
  • Seamlessly sync your wallets across multiple devices!

Whether you’re a newcomer navigating your way through the new world of web3, or an existing user seeking extra convenience, our cloud backup feature streamlines your onboarding process and ensures that your assets are always accessible to you!

Nova Wallet’s Cloud Backup feature is completely opt-in — if you want to only have your passphrase backed up manually you can choose to not opt-in to this feature!

What does this show?

It is clear from the data that Nova Wallet is the leading application in the Polkadot, Kusama, and Aleph Zero ecosystems.

Nova Wallet is now setting new records in each ecosystem in terms of:

  • The largest Total Stake
    - Over 10 MILLION DOT staked (~$60,000,000)
    - Over 260 Thousand KSM staked (~$6,700,000)
    - Over 10.7 MILLION AZERO staked (~$5,800,000)
  • The highest rate of acquiring new stake
  • The largest userbase of stakers

This shows that our user-focused approach is driving user adoption for Nova Wallet across various ecosystems! Nova Wallet is the most feature-rich wallet across these ecosystems, with an amazing combination of both web2-like features such as simple onboarding, push notifications, and user-friendly UX, as well as web3-pro features such as Proxy accounts and governance!

About Nova Wallet

Nova Wallet is the ultimate mobile wallet with support for 98+ networks and over 200 assets! With features such as Staking support for 13+ assets, Hardware Wallet integrations for Ledger and Polkadot Vault, DApp Support for both Substrate and EVM chains, Push Notifications, NFTs, and advanced features such as Proxy account support — Nova Wallet is the fastest, most convenient and secure mobile wallet for the Polkadot Ecosystem. Nova Wallet is fully open-sourced and is funded by the Polkadot Treasury.

Developed by Novasama Technologies.

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About Novasama Technologies

Novasama Technologies develops user-focused applications for the Polkadot ecosystem. Our portfolio includes Nova Wallet, the leading mobile app for the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems available on iOS and Android devices; Nova Spektr the full-spectrum Polkadot Desktop Wallet available on macOS, Linux, and Windows; Telenova, the beginner-friendly self-custodial wallet built into Telegram; and Polkadot Vault, the air-gapped hardware wallet for the Polkadot ecosystem.

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Nova Wallet

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