---
title: "Post Stake Intent"
method: POST
path: "/v1/cardano/{network}/stake-intents"
tags: ["Cardano"]
---

# Post Stake Intent

`POST /v1/cardano/{network}/stake-intents`

Return an unsigned transaction that can be used to stake your tokens with the Blockdaemon staking pool.

## Request body

- NewStakeIntentCardano — Request object to create a new stake intent for Cardano protocol
  - `base_address` string, bech32, required — bech32 encoded base address. [Accounts](https://cips.cardano.org/cips/cip19/).
  - `plan_id` string — This feature enables you to stake to validators from the specified plan(s). When no plan id is specified, validators across all plans that match the API route will be available for staking. If it is a shared plan, you can to stake to validators on a shared node from the specified plan.

## Response `200`

Created

- CardanoStakeIntentResponse
  - `stake_intent_id` string, base58, required — Unique idenifier for a group of stakes.
  - `customer_id` string, required — Unique identifier for a customer
  - `plan_id` string — This feature enables you to stake to validators from the specified plan(s). When no plan id is specified, validators across all plans that match the API route will be available for staking. If it is a shared plan, you can to stake to validators on a shared node from the specified plan.
  - `protocol` 'cardano', required — Cardano protocol
  - `network` 'mainnet' | 'preprod' | 'localnet', required — Cardano network
  - `cardano` StakeIntentCardano — Cardano Protocol Stake Intent
    - `pool_id` string, bech32, required — bech32 encoded pool id.
    - `unsigned_transaction` string, base64, required — Generated unsigned transaction smart contract call data.
    - `base_address` string, bech32, required — bech32 encoded base address. [Accounts](https://cips.cardano.org/cips/cip19/).

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid request.
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `500` — Internal server error
- `503` — Insufficient validators available to process Stake Intent request

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/blockdaemon/apis/staking-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/blockdaemon/apis/staking-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-production.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/blockdaemon/staking-api/revisions/f94e296a08a3/schema)