# How to start

To participate in stEVER staking, you need an EVER Wallet, which you will use to interact with the platform.

1. To get started, [download the EVER Wallet ](https://everwallet.net/)as a browser extension or mobile application for Android/IOS.
2. [Follow the instructions](https://docs.everwallet.net/getting-started/install-and-singing-in/creating-a-new-wallet) in the official EVER Wallet documentation to create a new wallet account.
3. Once you have created a new wallet, return to [**https://stakedever.io/**](https://stakedever.io/) and click the `Connect`button in the top right corner of the page to link your wallet to the platform.

To receive stEVER, you need to have EVER tokens, which will be used as your stake. There are different ways to obtain EVER, which we will discuss below:

* You can purchase EVER on exchanges where it is available and then withdraw them to your EVER Wallet address:

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* The second way is to [transfer your tokens from another network](https://docs.octusbridge.io/use/bridge/cross-chain-transfer/how-to/transferring-from-another-network-to-everscale) (Ethereum, BNB, Fantom Opera and Polygon) to Everscale using the [Octus Bridge cross-chain transfer interface](https://app.octusbridge.io/bridge).\
  When choosing a token and amount to transfer you can convert a part of the sent tokens into EVER to pay for your transfer commission and subsequent wallet deployment.
* The last way is to buy EVER or WEVER [directly on FlatQube](https://flatqube.io/swap/0:a519f99bb5d6d51ef958ed24d337ad75a1c770885dcd42d51d6663f9fcdacfb2/0:a49cd4e158a9a15555e624759e2e4e766d22600b7800d891e46f9291f044a93d).​

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Please read the instructions on [staking/unstaking](/use/how-to-stake-unstake.md), as well as [information on the dashboard](/use/dashboard-overview.md).
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