Treehouse AVAX wallet

What is Treehouse AVAX (TAVAX)?

Staking AVAX the direct way means delegating to a validator and accepting a lock-up on the amount you commit. tAVAX is Treehouse's answer to that on Avalanche: AVAX goes in, and the depositor holds a transferable token that stands for the delegated position instead of an illiquid claim on it.

Treehouse arrived on Avalanche after tETH on Ethereum and carries the same structure over, so tAVAX is best understood as the Avalanche branch of that system rather than a standalone product.

What matters when you hold it: the token is a contract on Avalanche's C-Chain, so every transfer or redemption is paid for in AVAX, and it is worth keeping a small unstaked amount in the same wallet for that. The count of tAVAX in your balance does not drift; the ratio between one tAVAX and AVAX is where the staking mechanics show up, and you meet that ratio when you redeem. Exiting back into AVAX goes through the protocol's redemption path, while a swap on the open market is the faster and more expensive way out.

Supported networks in Tangem (1): Avalanche.

Since the position maintains itself on-chain, there is no housekeeping for the holder to do. Tangem simply reads what the contract reports, so a card left in a drawer for half a year shows the current figure the moment you open the app - which is the whole argument for keeping a self-adjusting position on one.