Quote Originally Posted by baldrick View Post
if yo uhave enough DCR to buy a ticket you can stake it and it is used in the Proof of Stake part of the bock validation concensus

you earn 1.3 DCR at the moment when your ticket is used - your DCR is locked up until your ticket votes - you don't lose your DCR , nor can it be taken from you as it stays in your wallet

on average a ticket will be used every 28 days , so for now it is an approximately 20 % per year return
How many DCR is enough to 'buy' a ticket? Does that involve actually trading the DCR for the ticket? Once with the ticket, what do you mean by staking it as PoS, etc? Do I need to physically 'buy' or register somewhere, or is it done automatically once there is enough DCR in my wallet, and then is this monthly thing down to me or also automatic?

Reason I ask is that with NEO the GAS builds up regardless, and I can log in and collect it any time with no limit or expiration.

I'm sure there are simple answers though the little I read online has whooshed.

tia, beginning to like dcr.