Delegation Overview

Start the delegation journey: identify your situation, understand what bonding means, and take the correct next step toward delegating LPT.

Delegation is the process of bonding your LPT to a single orchestrator so your stake helps secure the network, earns a share of rewards, and carries voting weight in governance. This page is the section router: use it to identify your starting point and go to the correct next page.

Which situation is yours?

I need the mental model first

Start here if you want to understand what bonding actually means, what risk you are taking, and why unbonded LPT gets diluted over time.

My LPT is still on Ethereum

You cannot delegate from Ethereum mainnet. Move or acquire LPT on Arbitrum One first.

I am choosing an orchestrator

Compare active-set status, reward-call reliability, commission settings, and concentration before you bond.

I am ready to execute the transaction

Follow the end-to-end tutorial for the wallet flow, approval, bond transaction, and confirmation checks.

I want to understand the numbers

See how inflation rewards, fee sharing, treasury allocation, and reward-call reliability shape real delegator outcomes.

I already delegated and need next actions

Claim, compound, redelegate, unbond, withdraw, and monitor your position.

Key facts before you start

Your LPT is bonded to a contract, not handed to an orchestrator

Bonded LPT sits in the BondingManager contract on Arbitrum One. The orchestrator does not take custody of your tokens.

One wallet can only delegate to one orchestrator at a time

If you want to split across operators, use separate wallets. From one address, the entire bonded position points to one orchestrator.

Exiting is slower than switching

Redelegation is the fast path for changing operators. Full exit requires unbonding and then waiting through the protocol’s unbonding period before withdrawal.

The main operational risk is missed rewards, not orchestrator custody

Slashing is not currently active on Livepeer mainnet. The more immediate delegator risk is choosing an orchestrator that misses reward calls or changes terms unfavourably.

Delegation in one diagram

Live tools and references

Livepeer Explorer

The primary delegation interface for orchestrator selection, staking actions, and account monitoring.

Protocol Parameters

Check the current unbonding period, governance thresholds, and other values before acting on them.

Contract Addresses

Look up the canonical deployed contracts used by the staking and governance flows.

Delegators Glossary

Confirm Livepeer-specific terms such as fee share, reward cut, rounds, and vote detachment.