# Your first swap and your first stake: the complete walkthrough

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> Updated: 2026-07-20

The complete first-timer walkthrough: connect, verify the address, quote, set slippage, execute, read the explorer receipt — then lock a first stake and verify solvency yourself.

THE SWAP. Type blazephoenix.xyz (bookmark it — never follow DM links), connect any wallet, and pick your pair. Start with a small amount: on Base the gas costs cents, so a rehearsal is nearly free. Set slippage deliberately (0.2% majors, 0.5%+ volatile — see the cheat sheet), read the impact zone, and execute. Two prompts can appear before the swap itself: a one-time APPROVAL (permission for the router to move that input token) and the trade. On atomic-batch wallets they merge into one confirmation.

THE RECEIPT. When the transaction confirms, the explorer link is your proof: route, amounts, and any surplus returned. If ETH was your output, one extra tap unwraps the delivered WETH to native ETH. If anything reverted, read it as protection: the market moved past your floor and the contract refused to fill you worse.

## The first stake

Open Staking, choose an amount of BZPX and a lock duration — the boost curve (1.10× at 1 year up to 2.75× at 7) is shown before you commit, and it is a contract constant, not a promo. Confirm the approval and the lock; from that block your effective stake earns from the fixed emission plus borrower interest, continuously, with no claim deadlines to babysit.

Before and after, the habit that defines this protocol: verify instead of trusting. The solvency banner on the staking screen is live from the chain — and you can bypass us entirely: call isSolvent() yourself, free, any block. If you ever cannot verify a claim on this site with a command, treat that as a bug and tell us.

**Verify it yourself:** do the rehearsal: swap $2 of a major pair on Base, open the explorer receipt, and match the executed amount against the quote — the whole audit takes one minute

Related: https://blazephoenix.xyz/learn/reading-the-swap-screen · https://blazephoenix.xyz/learn/reading-the-staking-screen · https://blazephoenix.xyz/learn/how-to-swap-safely