# Overview of our staking framework

## <mark style="color:orange;">**Understanding Active Staking and Open Staking**</mark>

<mark style="color:blue;">**Noon**</mark> staking is your gateway to governance. It is only by participating in staking, either [<mark style="color:blue;">**Active Staking**</mark>](https://docs.noon.capital/noon-the-basics/tokenomics/active-staking) or [<mark style="color:green;">**Open Staking**</mark>](https://docs.noon.capital/noon-the-basics/tokenomics/open-staking), that you can vote in <mark style="color:blue;">**Noon’s**</mark> protocol-level decisions. These two mechanisms are designed to distribute <mark style="color:$success;">**$NOON**</mark> in a sustainable, rule-based, and long-term oriented way.&#x20;

[<mark style="color:blue;">**Active Staking**</mark>](https://docs.noon.capital/noon-the-basics/tokenomics/active-staking) rewards users holding <mark style="color:purple;">**USN**</mark> and <mark style="color:purple;">**sUSN**</mark>. In parallel, [<mark style="color:green;">**Open Staking**</mark>](https://docs.noon.capital/noon-the-basics/tokenomics/open-staking) ensures that voting rights are not limited to <mark style="color:purple;">**USN**</mark> and <mark style="color:purple;">**sUSN**</mark> holders.&#x20;

Anyone should be able to participate in governing Noon, by holding and staking <mark style="color:$success;">**$NOON**</mark>, and be rewarded for it.

Both mechanisms are governed by clear rules and are designed to support long-term participation, but differ in eligibility, how rewards are allocated, and how staking affects vesting and voting power.&#x20;

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### **Further Reading**

For the story behind the design - why <mark style="color:blue;">**Noon's**</mark> staking works the way it does and how it fits into our broader vision for <mark style="color:orange;">**rewards**</mark> and <mark style="color:green;">**governance**</mark>, read our blog article:\
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[Earn Rewards. Shape our future. Inside Noon's Two-Mechanism Staking Model](https://x.com/noon_capital/status/2026775930790686963)