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Topic: staking altcoins - how does it work? explain like I am five :-) (Read 106 times)

newbie
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I have couple of questions regarding staking:

1. How staking work for altcoins that are PoS?
2. How is your coins used by those who took it as a stack?
3. When you stack, is your coin stays with you or it will be transferred to somewhere else? (the idea of transferring your coins seems to be really stupid)
4. Anything I should read/watch/learn about stacking?

Thanks.


1. By staking, you stake your coins to become a validator, your validating transactions on the network. You only need coins, internet connection, and a computer (this depends on what network your validating though most don't require much computer resources.) You get rewards based off of how much you stake though sometimes you don't. It depends on the network / cryptocurrency.
2. Refer to the above Smiley
3. Some networks have large proof of stake requirements so people "Delegate" there cryptocurrency to validators. you don't need to transfer your tokens to delegate.
4. Check out this link for more information. https://learn.easycrypto.com/what-is-proof-of-stake-and-how-does-it-work/

Hope this helped. Send me a PM or ask in a reply if you have more questions! 
jr. member
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I have couple of questions regarding staking:

1. How staking work for altcoins that are PoS?
2. How is your coins used by those who took it as a stack?
3. When you stack, is your coin stays with you or it will be transferred to somewhere else? (the idea of transferring your coins seems to be really stupid)
4. Anything I should read/watch/learn about stacking?

Thanks.


My inputs:

1. Staking works for blockchain that operates on the PoS consensus mechanism. When you hold and lock coins on the network, you help to secure the network and confirm transactions on the blockchain.

2. When you delegate your coin to a validator, they accumulate the coins with those contributed by other users to make the network's security more robust. PoS model give voting power and align incentives for the user.

3. In order for you to stake, you have to transfer or deposit it into the delegates pool or lock it into a smart contract if you are staking yourself.

4. There are a lot of enlightening articles on staking on Google and videos on YouTube. Avail yourself of the various online resources to know more.
hero member
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Honestly, all of those questions have answers if you look them through Google. They're explaining more of it and you only have to look read each of those articles that you may find like these articles.
(https://www.fool.com/investing/stock-market/market-sectors/financials/cryptocurrency-stocks/what-is-staking/)
(https://www.coinbase.com/learn/crypto-basics/what-is-staking)
full member
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I have couple of questions regarding staking:

1. How staking work for altcoins that are PoS?
2. How is your coins used by those who took it as a stack?
3. When you stack, is your coin stays with you or it will be transferred to somewhere else? (the idea of transferring your coins seems to be really stupid)
4. Anything I should read/watch/learn about stacking?

Thanks.


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legendary
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1. How staking work for altcoins that are PoS?
You're helping securing your network through staking your token to the network. You will be rewarded from your tokens that already staked in the network.
2. How is your coins used by those who took it as a stack?
Your token just like a power like mining hashrate. This being replaced by token (staking) to make the protocol become much more conservative. This is not used by those but by its blockchain.

3. When you stack, is your coin stays with you or it will be transferred to somewhere else? (the idea of transferring your coins seems to be really stupid)
When you wanna staking your coin and you will be getting a staking address that dedicated to stake your coin in the network. You can withdraw it anytime if there's no vesting period applied to your token.

4. Anything I should read/watch/learn about stacking?
Yes and better to read more about that here https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary/staking
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I have couple of questions regarding staking:

1. How staking work for altcoins that are PoS?
2. How is your coins used by those who took it as a stack?
3. When you stack, is your coin stays with you or it will be transferred to somewhere else? (the idea of transferring your coins seems to be really stupid)
4. Anything I should read/watch/learn about stacking?

Thanks.
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