I notice my wallet says Stake: 0. Do I have to do anything special for the wallet to start staking besides encrypting and unlocking it? 500 XSN enough to get weekly stakes?
I'm not sure if 500 is enough to get weekly stakes, you will stake with that amount, I think monthly is a safe bet. To ensure weekly stakes I would stake atleast 2000, but it is hard for me to say for sure, I am a TPOS merchant and have been since the launch of the project, most of my clients are staking 10,000 or more, I will say that anything greater than 15,000 tends to stake daily (if you are interested in staking anywhere near these quantities, contact me directly, I'd love to provide staking services to you).
Hope that answers your question, let me know if you have others.
-PWNSAUCE