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StakingWhat 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 · · 6 min readTechnologyShapella 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 · · 1 min readTechnologyThe 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 min read
Crypto BasicsWhat is NEAR?
NEAR is a sharded proof-of-stake network. The coin is also called NEAR. Accounts can be names like alice.near. A name is not an Ethereum address, and a locked token can still be staked.EasyCryptoGuides · · 3 min read
Crypto BasicsWhat is Avalanche (AVAX)?
Avalanche’s primary network is the C-Chain, the X-Chain, and the P-Chain. AVAX pays fees and is the stake. A 0x address on the C-Chain will not arrive on Ethereum. Subnets are now called L1s.EasyCryptoGuides · · 2 min read
Crypto BasicsWhat is Polkadot (DOT)?
Polkadot is a relay chain plus connected chains. DOT nominates validators and pays for compute time. Kusama is not Polkadot, and one old DOT became 100 new ones in August 2020.EasyCryptoGuides · · 4 min read
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