Terms related to staking and Proof-of-Stake, including validators, delegation, rewards, slashing, APR, APY and other concepts.

Unbonding Period

The withdrawal period after leaving staking

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Delegated Proof-of-Stake

A PoS model based on delegated voting power

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Restaking

Reusing stake to secure additional protocols

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Liquid Staking Token

A liquid derivative linked to a staked asset

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Liquid Staking

Staking with a transferable derivative position

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Minimum Stake

The minimum amount required for staking participation

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Validator Commission

A fee taken from staking rewards by the validator

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Slashing

An economic penalty for violating PoS rules

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Lock-Up Period

A mandatory period during which assets remain locked

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Bonding Period

The period required to enter staking

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Staking

Participating in Proof-of-Stake with crypto assets

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Staking APY

Annual staking yield with assumed compounding

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Staking APR

Annual staking rate without compounding

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Staking Yield

Return generated by staking a crypto asset

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Staking Reward

Rewards earned for participating in Proof-of-Stake

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Validator Node

Infrastructure used to operate a blockchain validator

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Delegation

Participating in PoS through a selected validator

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Delegator

A stake owner participating through delegation

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Validator

A network participant responsible for consensus operations

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Proof-of-Stake

Consensus secured through economically committed stake

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