diff --git a/src/init.cpp b/src/init.cpp
index c7c336180..9615727a9 100644
--- a/src/init.cpp
+++ b/src/init.cpp
@@ -465,6 +465,12 @@ std::string HelpMessage(HelpMessageMode mode)
         strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcservertimeout=<n>", strprintf("Timeout during HTTP requests (default: %d)", DEFAULT_HTTP_SERVER_TIMEOUT));
     }
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
+    strUsage += HelpMessageGroup(_("Staking options:"));
+    strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-staking=<n>", strprintf(_("Enable staking functionality (0-1, default: %u)"), 1));
+    strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-reservebalance=<amount>", _("Keep the specified amount of coins available for spending at all times (default: 0)"));
+#endif
+
     return strUsage;
 }
 
@@ -710,19 +716,6 @@ void InitParameterInteraction()
             LogPrintf("%s: parameter interaction: -externalip set -> setting -discover=0\n", __func__);
     }
 
-#ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
-    if (mapArgs.count("-reservebalance")) // ppcoin: reserve balance amount
-    {
-
-        if (SoftSetBoolArg("-reservebalance", false))
-        {
-            LogPrintf("Invalid amount for -reservebalance=<amount>");
-
-        }
-        ParseMoney(mapArgs["-reservebalance"], nReserveBalance);
-    }
-#endif
-
     if (GetBoolArg("-salvagewallet", false)) {
         // Rewrite just private keys: rescan to find transactions
         if (SoftSetBoolArg("-rescan", true))
@@ -1171,6 +1164,15 @@ bool AppInit2(Config& config, boost::thread_group& threadGroup, CScheduler& sche
         }
     }
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_WALLET
+    if (mapArgs.count("-reservebalance")) {
+        if (!ParseMoney(GetArg("-reservebalance", ""), nReserveBalance)) {
+            InitError(_("Invalid amount for -reservebalance=<amount>"));
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+#endif
+
     BOOST_FOREACH(const std::string& strDest, mapMultiArgs["-seednode"])
         AddOneShot(strDest);
 
diff --git a/src/rpc/client.cpp b/src/rpc/client.cpp
index 90c70512f..5cdccd4d8 100644
--- a/src/rpc/client.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc/client.cpp
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static const CRPCConvertParam vRPCConvertParams[] =
     { "listaccounts", 0 },
     { "listaccounts", 1 },
     { "walletpassphrase", 1 },
-	{ "walletpassphrase", 2 },
+    { "walletpassphrase", 2 },
     { "getblocktemplate", 0 },
     { "listsinceblock", 1 },
     { "listsinceblock", 2 },
@@ -102,6 +102,8 @@ static const CRPCConvertParam vRPCConvertParams[] =
     { "prioritisetransaction", 2 },
     { "setban", 2 },
     { "setban", 3 },
+    { "reservebalance", 0},
+    { "reservebalance", 1},
 };
 
 class CRPCConvertTable
diff --git a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
index 0ecfc3035..1021bbc66 100644
--- a/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/rpcwallet.cpp
@@ -2095,6 +2095,43 @@ UniValue encryptwallet(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
     return "wallet encrypted; Blackcoin server stopping, restart to run with encrypted wallet. The keypool has been flushed and a new HD seed was generated (if you are using HD). You need to make a new backup.";
 }
 
+UniValue reservebalance(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
+{
+    if (fHelp || params.size() > 2)
+        throw runtime_error(
+            "reservebalance [<reserve> [amount]]\n"
+            "<reserve> is true or false to turn balance reserve on or off.\n"
+            "<amount> is a real and rounded to cent.\n"
+            "Set reserve amount not participating in network protection.\n"
+            "If no parameters provided current setting is printed.\n");
+
+    if (params.size() > 0)
+    {
+        bool fReserve = params[0].get_bool();
+        if (fReserve)
+        {
+            if (params.size() == 1)
+                throw runtime_error("must provide amount to reserve balance.\n");
+            int64_t nAmount = AmountFromValue(params[1]);
+            nAmount = (nAmount / CENT) * CENT;  // round to cent
+            if (nAmount < 0)
+                throw runtime_error("amount cannot be negative.\n");
+            nReserveBalance = nAmount;
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            if (params.size() > 1)
+                throw runtime_error("cannot specify amount to turn off reserve.\n");
+            nReserveBalance = 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    UniValue result(UniValue::VOBJ);
+    result.push_back(Pair("reserve", (nReserveBalance > 0)));
+    result.push_back(Pair("amount", ValueFromAmount(nReserveBalance)));
+    return result;
+}
+
 UniValue lockunspent(const UniValue& params, bool fHelp)
 {
     if (!EnsureWalletIsAvailable(fHelp))
@@ -2621,6 +2658,7 @@ static const CRPCCommand commands[] =
     { "wallet",             "listunspent",              &listunspent,              false },
     { "wallet",             "lockunspent",              &lockunspent,              true  },
     { "wallet",             "move",                     &movecmd,                  false },
+    { "wallet",             "reservebalance",           &reservebalance,           false },
     { "wallet",             "sendfrom",                 &sendfrom,                 false },
     { "wallet",             "sendmany",                 &sendmany,                 false },
     { "wallet",             "sendtoaddress",            &sendtoaddress,            false },
diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
index 3e6d8f959..1a24a4261 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ bool fSendFreeTransactions = DEFAULT_SEND_FREE_TRANSACTIONS;
 const char * DEFAULT_WALLET_DAT = "wallet.dat";
 const uint32_t BIP32_HARDENED_KEY_LIMIT = 0x80000000;
 
+CAmount nReserveBalance = 0;
+
 static int64_t GetStakeCombineThreshold() { return 500 * COIN; }
 static int64_t GetStakeSplitThreshold() { return 2 * GetStakeCombineThreshold(); }
 
@@ -64,7 +66,7 @@ CFeeRate CWallet::minTxFee = CFeeRate(DEFAULT_TRANSACTION_MINFEE);
 CFeeRate CWallet::fallbackFee = CFeeRate(DEFAULT_FALLBACK_FEE);
 
 const uint256 CMerkleTx::ABANDON_HASH(uint256S("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"));
-CAmount nReserveBalance = 0;
+
 CAmount nMinimumInputValue = 0;
 
 /** @defgroup mapWallet