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Staking

What is crypto staking?

Staking is how some chains replace mining: capital at risk, software that can be slashed, and a withdrawal that is a queue. Liquid staking tokens are another product on top. None of that is a guaranteed yield.EasyCryptoGuides · 4 Mar 2026 · 6 min read

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• StakingLocking coins to help run a proof-of-stake network, with a queue to get them out.

Latest Staking news

Security

b14g says 97 million CORE left its staking contracts. The bitcoin stayed locked.

At 09:29 UTC on 31 October 2026 about 97 million CORE staked through b14g was withdrawn without permission. A later post says the recovered pile goes back within five to seven days, about 70% of each stake. The rest is a promise against future revenue.EasyCryptoGuides · 31 Oct 2026, 16:00 UTC · 7 min read

Technology

Shapella turned staking withdrawals on. It is a queue, not an ATM.

Validators can exit and excess rewards can sweep to an execution address. Both wait in a protocol queue. That is not the Merge, and it is not Dencun.EasyCryptoGuides · 12 Apr 2023, 22:00 UTC · 1 min read

Technology

The Beacon Chain starts Ethereum’s proof-of-stake path. It is not the Merge.

A consensus chain is live beside the chain you actually use. 32 ETH deposits are locked. Withdrawals and the join with mainnet are later upgrades, not this morning.EasyCryptoGuides · 1 Dec 2020, 12:00 UTC · 1 min read