Sunrise (RISE) Staking

About Sunrise

Sunrise is a Layer 1 blockchain that serves as the base layer for Interliquid Networks. Its architecture combines a specialized, high-performance Data Availability (DA) layer and a Liquidity Hub within a single unified system. The security of the entire network is ensured through a consensus mechanism known as Proof of Liquidity (PoL), whereby high, active liquidity is employed in exchange for providing security as opposed to utilizing staked capital in the classical sense.

The Sunrise team is deeply rooted in Japan, and the project originated within the country's vibrant but often isolated blockchain ecosystem. The team's journey began with the development of Gluon, a strategic yield hub, which is now a "sister project" and Layer 2 sovereign rollup on Sunrise. The team developed Sunrise after finding that existing scaling and DA solutions failed to meet their economic and functional demands, as well as those of their partners, which include multiple billion-dollar protocols and the $40bn Japanese internet provider NTT Docomo. The project's mission is to introduce the benefits of modularity to Japan and expand globally, positioning itself as Japan's chief DA layer while bringing its unique functionalities to the world.

The Sunrise mainnet launch, in August 2025, is a major milestone in its quest to solve liquidity fragmentation in the blockchain ecosystem. Built on Celestia-inspired architecture, Sunrise aims to enable seamless connections between independent rollups and prominent Layer 1 chains such as Ethereum and Solana via deep, shared liquidity pools. Putting liquidity in the center as the foundational resource behind security, governance, and value creation, Sunrise looks forward to powering the next generation of web applications via greater sovereignty and capital efficiency.

What makes SUNRISE special?

Sunrise offers significant innovations setting it apart from the common blockchain architecture:

• Proof of Liquidity (PoL): Instead of a traditional Proof-of-Stake model, Sunrise uses PoL, a mechanism that gives governance power and rewards to users who provide liquidity. This aligns the economic incentives of validators, liquidity providers, and applications.
• Interliquidity Thesis: The core design philosophy of Sunrise is treating liquidity as the protocol's base layer. It comes pre-installed with a native Liquidity Hub serving as a shared layer for frictionless cross-ecosystem swaps and allowing new projects and sovereign rollups to bootstrap their liquidity from day one.
• Modular Data Availability (DA): Sunrise employs an off-chain DA design to attain significant throughput and enhances cost-effectiveness. The mechanism processes substantial data blobs off-chain using erasure coding techniques, subsequently storing them on decentralized storage solutions such as IPFS and Arweave. To facilitate verification, only minimal metadata URIs and cryptographic anchors (KZG commitments) are retained on-chain, which alleviates the on-chain burden while ensuring rapid access to the data.
• Fee Abstraction: Sunrise implements fee abstraction in two powerful ways:
• The Sunrise App allows users to pay transaction fees in any supported token, not just the native gas token, $USDrise. The app automatically converts the user's token to $USDrise in the background to pay the fee, creating a seamless experience.
• In a unique offering, Sunrise allows other rollups and L2s to pay for DA services by providing liquidity to pools on the network instead of being required to purchase a native token.
• Unique Tri-Token Model: The ecosystem is powered by three distinct tokens: $RISE, $vRISE, and $USDrise. This model separates financial value from governance influence, most notably through $vRISE, a non-transferable governance token that cannot be bought on the open market.

Sunrise Staking FAQ

What tokens can I stake on Sunrise?

You can stake both $RISE and $vRISE to secure the network. You can also delegate locked $RISE tokens from airdrops or other programs to earn staking rewards.

What is the tokenomics model of Sunrise?

The Sunrise ecosystem has a combined supply cap of 1,000,000,000 (one billion) tokens for $RISE and $vRISE combined. The initial supply was 500,000,000. The network has an initial inflation rate cap of 10% that diminishes by 8% annually until it reaches a minimum of 2%. This inflation is balanced by a token burn mechanism that creates deflationary pressure.

What is the difference between the $RISE and $vRISE tokens?

These two tokens have distinct but interconnected roles within the Sunrise ecosystem:

• $RISE is the primary transferable token used for network security. It can be staked to earn consensus rewards but provides no governance rights.

$vRISE

is a non-transferable governance token. It cannot be bought, as it is earned exclusively by providing liquidity. Staking $vRISE is the only way to gain voting power for on-chain governance and to direct liquidity incentives via gauge voting.

Where can I get or buy the $RISE token?

As of August 27, 2025, the $RISE token is fully transferable and tradable. You can acquire it on centralized exchanges (CEXs) or swap for it on Sunrise's native DEX.

How do I get the $vRISE token to participate in governance?

You can only get $vRISE by providing liquidity to eligible pools on the Sunrise DEX. Because it is non-transferable, you cannot buy it from other users or on an exchange.

How can I hold my Sunrise tokens?

You can use any wallet that supports Cosmos blockchains. The officially supported wallets are Keplr and Leap.

What rewards can I earn from staking Sunrise tokens?

The rewards differ based on the token you stake:

Staking $RISE earns you consensus rewards from protocol inflation, which are paid out in $RISE. You also earn a share of network fees and yield from the underlying assets of $USDrise. Rewards must be claimed manually.

Staking $vRISE allows you to earn a share of network fees and $USDrise yield. As a governance participant, you can also claim "bribes" - incentives paid by protocols to voters for directing their votes toward specific liquidity pools. Furthermore, $vRISE stakers control the on-chain treasury, deciding how to use protocol revenue for things like $RISE buybacks or other ecosystem initiatives. Rewards for staking $vRISE are auto-compounded.

What is the minimum stake required in Sunrise?

There is no specified minimum amount required for staking on Sunrise.

How long before rewards start?

Once your stake is active on the network, the system calculates reward emissions with each new block produced. For staking incentives distributed through the gauge voting system, rewards are accumulated in the user's position and can be claimed at any time.

What happens when I unstake my tokens? Is there an unbonding period?

Yes. As soon as you decide to unstake (undelegate) both $RISE or $vRISE, the tokens enter a 21-day unbonding period. At the end of this period, the tokens become available in your wallet.

Can I earn rewards on my locked or airdropped tokens?

Yes. If you have locked $RISE tokens from an airdrop or any program, you are able to delegate them from the "Lockup" page within the Sunrise App in order to receive staking rewards. Note, staking locked tokens does not give you any vote power on governance.