Blog
Articles to help you understand staking better.
Basics
How proof of stake secures a network
How proof of stake picks block producers by locked coins instead of mining, where rewards come from, and what a staking service actually does for you.
· 8min read
Polygon
From MATIC to POL: what changed
Why Polygon's native asset became POL, how to read screens that still say MATIC, and which network to check before you stake.
· 8min read
Strategy
Should you lock for longer or shorter?
A longer term pays a higher annualized rate. Here is how to weigh that rate against the date you need the money, price swings, and splitting a balance.
· 7min read
Security
Five checks before you send a deposit
One wrong character, one wrong network or one missing tag can lose the transfer. This is the order to check in the minute before you send.
· 8min read
Basics
How much difference does compounding make?
A plain comparison of simple and compound rewards in coin terms, why restaking widens the gap, and what that arithmetic does not promise.
· 7min read
Compare
BTC, ETH and SOL staking, side by side
The three assets do not stake the same way. Here is how network design, the meaning of the reward rate and price swings should change the mix.
· 8min read