Staking Guides

How staking works, why networks pay you to do it, and what actually happens to your tokens.

How liquid staking tokens like stETH and mSOL let you stake without giving up liquidity.

Why two staking dashboards can show different numbers for the same asset.

Understand who actually holds your private keys in different staking setups.

Why some chains make you wait days or weeks to get liquid tokens back.

The consensus difference that makes staking possible in the first place.

How pooled staking lets small holders participate without meeting minimum stake requirements.

Three common ways crypto holders earn yield, and how their risks differ.

The main ways staked crypto can lose value, beyond ordinary price risk.

A high-level, non-jurisdiction-specific look at how tax authorities tend to treat staking income.

What to check before delegating: commission, uptime, decentralization, and slashing history.

A comparison of the three main ways to stake ETH.

Native SOL delegation, validator selection, and Solana's liquid staking ecosystem.

Why so many Cosmos SDK chains share a similar staking model — and how Stride's liquid staking fits in.

How restaking lets staked ETH secure additional protocols for extra yield — and extra risk.

The variables behind a network's staking yield: issuance, participation rate, and fees.

On some chains, staking your tokens is also how you participate in on-chain governance.

Where the APY, TVL, and asset data on this site comes from, and how often it refreshes.