⏳Epochs

An overview of the epoch system

All rewards and staking contracts operated on 28 days cycles, referred to as epochs. A new epoch automatically begins when the current epoch ends.

The following will occur at the end of each epoch:

• Requested withdrawals for the Liquidity Staking Pool in the ended epoch may be withdrawn.

• Requested withdrawals for the Safety Staking Pool in the ended epoch may be withdrawn.

Epoch	Start Date (UTC)	End Date (UTC)	Days	Cumulative Years
0	8/3/2021 15:00:00	8/31/2021 15:00:00	28	0.08
1	8/31/2021 15:00:00	9/28/2021 15:00:00	28	0.15
2	9/28/2021 15:00:00	10/26/2021 15:00:00	28	0.23
3	10/26/2021 15:00:00	11/23/2021 15:00:00	28	0.31
4	11/23/2021 15:00:00	12/21/2021 15:00:00	28	0.38
5	12/21/2021 15:00:00	1/18/2022 15:00:00	28	0.46
6	1/18/2022 15:00:00	2/15/2022 15:00:00	28	0.54
7	2/15/2022 15:00:00	3/15/2022 15:00:00	28	0.61
8	3/15/2022 15:00:00	4/12/2022 15:00:00	28	0.69
9	4/12/2022 15:00:00	5/10/2022 15:00:00	28	0.77
10	5/10/2022 15:00:00	6/7/2022 15:00:00	28	0.84
11	6/7/2022 15:00:00	7/5/2022 15:00:00	28	0.92
12	7/5/2022 15:00:00	8/2/2022 15:00:00	28	1.00
13	8/2/2022 15:00:00	8/30/2022 15:00:00	28	1.07
14	8/30/2022 15:00:00	9/27/2022 15:00:00	28	1.15
15	9/27/2022 15:00:00	10/25/2022 15:00:00	28	1.23
16	10/25/2022 15:00:00	11/22/2022 15:00:00	28	1.30
17	11/22/2022 15:00:00	12/20/2022 15:00:00	28	1.38
18	12/20/2022 15:00:00	1/17/2023 15:00:00	28	1.46
19	1/17/2023 15:00:00	2/14/2023 15:00:00	28	1.53
20	2/14/2023 15:00:00	3/14/2023 15:00:00	28	1.61
21	3/14/2023 15:00:00	4/11/2023 15:00:00	28	1.69
22	4/11/2023 15:00:00	5/9/2023 15:00:00	28	1.76
23	5/9/2023 15:00:00	6/6/2023 15:00:00	28	1.84
24	6/6/2023 15:00:00	7/4/2023 15:00:00	28	1.92
25	7/4/2023 15:00:00	8/1/2023 15:00:00	28	1.99
26	8/1/2023 15:00:00	8/29/2023 15:00:00	28	2.07
27	8/29/2023 15:00:00	9/26/2023 15:00:00	28	2.15
28	9/26/2023 15:00:00	10/24/2023 15:00:00	28	2.22
29	10/24/2023 15:00:00	11/21/2023 15:00:00	28	2.30
30	11/21/2023 15:00:00	12/19/2023 15:00:00	28	2.38
31	12/19/2023 15:00:00	1/16/2024 15:00:00	28	2.45
32	1/16/2024 15:00:00	2/13/2024 15:00:00	28	2.53
33	2/13/2024 15:00:00	3/12/2024 15:00:00	28	2.61
34	3/12/2024 15:00:00	4/9/2024 15:00:00	28	2.68
35	4/9/2024 15:00:00	5/7/2024 15:00:00	28	2.76
36	5/7/2024 15:00:00	6/4/2024 15:00:00	28	2.84
37	6/4/2024 15:00:00	7/2/2024 15:00:00	28	2.92
38	7/2/2024 15:00:00	7/30/2024 15:00:00	28	2.99
39	7/30/2024 15:00:00	8/27/2024 15:00:00	28	3.07
40	8/27/2024 15:00:00	9/24/2024 15:00:00	28	3.15
41	9/24/2024 15:00:00	10/22/2024 15:00:00	28	3.22
42	10/22/2024 15:00:00	11/19/2024 15:00:00	28	3.30
43	11/19/2024 15:00:00	12/17/2024 15:00:00	28	3.38
44	12/17/2024 15:00:00	1/14/2025 15:00:00	28	3.45
45	1/14/2025 15:00:00	2/11/2025 15:00:00	28	3.53
46	2/11/2025 15:00:00	3/11/2025 15:00:00	28	3.61
47	3/11/2025 15:00:00	4/8/2025 15:00:00	28	3.68
48	4/8/2025 15:00:00	5/6/2025 15:00:00	28	3.76
49	5/6/2025 15:00:00	6/3/2025 15:00:00	28	3.84
50	6/3/2025 15:00:00	7/1/2025 15:00:00	28	3.91
51	7/1/2025 15:00:00	7/29/2025 15:00:00	28	3.99
52	7/29/2025 15:00:00	8/26/2025 15:00:00	28	4.07
53	8/26/2025 15:00:00	9/23/2025 15:00:00	28	4.14
54	9/23/2025 15:00:00	10/21/2025 15:00:00	28	4.22
55	10/21/2025 15:00:00	11/18/2025 15:00:00	28	4.30
56	11/18/2025 15:00:00	12/16/2025 15:00:00	28	4.37
57	12/16/2025 15:00:00	1/13/2026 15:00:00	28	4.45
58	1/13/2026 15:00:00	2/10/2026 15:00:00	28	4.53
59	2/10/2026 15:00:00	3/10/2026 15:00:00	28	4.60
60	3/10/2026 15:00:00	4/7/2026 15:00:00	28	4.68
61	4/7/2026 15:00:00	5/5/2026 15:00:00	28	4.76
62	5/5/2026 15:00:00	6/2/2026 15:00:00	28	4.83
63	6/2/2026 15:00:00	6/30/2026 15:00:00	28	4.91
64	6/30/2026 15:00:00	7/28/2026 15:00:00	28	4.99
65	7/28/2026 15:00:00	8/25/2026 15:00:00	28	5.06

FAQs

What is the Blackout Window?

For the Liquidity Staking Pool and the Safety Staking Pool, an epoch schedule is enforced for withdrawals in order to provide predictability and a regular cadence for the availability of funds in the pool. A staker must request to unstake funds before the blackout window in order to be able to withdraw the staker's funds after the end of that epoch. If a staker does not request to withdraw, then the staker's staked funds are rolled over into the next epoch.

In DIP 17, the dYdX community voted to reduce the length of the Blackout Window from 14 days to 3 days. dYdX governance can vote to modify the blackout window, within the specified bounds. The minimum and maximum blackout windows are 3 days and 46 days, respectively.