Blockchainstaking-general
Staking
The process of locking cryptocurrency as collateral to participate in network consensus (validation) or to earn rewards. Stakers either run validators directly or delegate to existing validators. Staking provides economic security—validators risk losing staked tokens (slashing) for misbehavior. Annual staking yields typically range from 3-15% depending on the network.
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Proof of Stake (PoS)
A consensus mechanism where validators are selected to produce blocks based on the amount of cryptocurrency they have st...
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Delegator
A SOL holder who delegates tokens to a validator's stake without running a node themselves. Delegators earn a share of i...
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Slashing
A penalty mechanism in Proof of Stake systems where validators lose a portion of their staked tokens for provable misbeh...