Which is better, staking or investing? - page 5.

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Quote from: Etranger on June 06, 2023, 05:09:43 AM

I agree with you and can add that while staking a person has limited options to withdraw his own funds. In fact, he practically says goodbye to them for a certain period of time. Usually, if he wants to withdraw from staking early, he loses all interest. Whereas when investing, you are your own boss, and you can return your money at any time without losing the already accumulated profit.

Sometimes there is staking that doesn't require you to lock up your coins for a some period, but that's rare and mostly your funds get locked up, which is of course a negative thing.

In the case of staking, it is worth sharing risks, diversifying investments across different coins and platforms, all coins not scam at once, but in this case, you need to think about whether it is worth doing, because if one of the assets is lost, this can significantly cat investment.

I chose to invest in bitcoin for myself, because I consider it the most reliable coin for this. Although I understand that there are many other altcoins that can show great growth, the safety of my funds is a priority for me, so I invest in bitcoin and keep my coins in a cold wallet.

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Quote from: Wend on June 06, 2023, 04:12:33 AM

The risk is the same, even the stake is riskier than the investment. When placing a stake, you need to trust and give money to a 3rd party, and that is a centralized exchange. What happens if the platform you trust collapses? You will lose everything. But for investment, if you choose a safe asset like bitcoin and hold it, you will not be exposed to 3rd party risk. The only case you lose is the market crash, but if it crashes, then all staking, lending, and trading...will crash.

If you feel like staking on centralized platforms, there are actually many decentralized platforms available now where you can engage in staking.
Staking can be done on decentralized platforms (i.e Eth 2.0) , but it's important to note that all systems are susceptible to attacks. So even if you choose to stake on a decentralized platform, it doesn't guarantee the safety of your assets.

However, another reason why I wouldn't opt for staking is its lack of flexibility. It severely limits our ability to diversify assets since the options available are quite restricted. On the other hand, with investing, we have much more freedom and flexibility because there are numerous choices to consider.

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Quote from: Wend on June 06, 2023, 04:12:33 AM

Quote from: Patrol69 on June 06, 2023, 03:35:24 AM

There is usually no risk in staking but there is money risk in investing but even if there is money risk in investment the chances of profit from investment are very high.

The risk is the same, even the stake is riskier than the investment. When placing a stake, you need to trust and give money to a 3rd party, and that is a centralized exchange. What happens if the platform you trust collapses? You will lose everything. But for investment, if you choose a safe asset like bitcoin and hold it, you will not be exposed to 3rd party risk. The only case you lose is the market crash, but if it crashes, then all staking, lending, and trading...will crash.

I agree with you and can add that while staking a person has limited options to withdraw his own funds. In fact, he practically says goodbye to them for a certain period of time. Usually, if he wants to withdraw from staking early, he loses all interest. Whereas when investing, you are your own boss, and you can return your money at any time without losing the already accumulated profit.

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The difference between investing and staking is clear, if we invest then we only keep it in the wallet, we only hope that there will be a price increase so that we can profit, but by staking we get 2 times the profit, rewards from staking and of course price increases that can occur in the future , and in my opinion staking is better and more profitable than investing.

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Quote from: Patrol69 on June 06, 2023, 03:35:24 AM

There is usually no risk in staking but there is money risk in investing but even if there is money risk in investment the chances of profit from investment are very high.

The risk is the same, even the stake is riskier than the investment. When placing a stake, you need to trust and give money to a 3rd party, and that is a centralized exchange. What happens if the platform you trust collapses? You will lose everything. But for investment, if you choose a safe asset like bitcoin and hold it, you will not be exposed to 3rd party risk. The only case you lose is the market crash, but if it crashes, then all staking, lending, and trading...will crash.

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Staking usually pays some interest daily based on how many dollars you stake. And as long as your dollars are in staking status, you cannot use those dollars for any other purpose. According to the rules of various exchanges, it takes 24 hours for staking to be settled. And investment is increasing money through money, when the value of a coin decreases relatively, buying that coin with a certain amount of money and holding it for a certain period of time for the purpose of profit is usually called investment.
There is usually no risk in staking but there is money risk in investing but even if there is money risk in investment the chances of profit from investment are very high.

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Quote from: Smack That Ace on May 03, 2023, 05:32:47 AM

Quote from: Semar Mesem on May 03, 2023, 05:19:11 AM

Staking or investing have almost the same benefits, if we invest, we might just save assets in a wallet and then sell when we have reached the target price or profit, but if we are staking, we get 2 benefits, namely when the price rises and rewards from the staking service provider and in my opinion staking is better than investing.

I disagree with what you say. If you buy and hold bitcoins in a non-custodial wallet, the returns may not be as good as staking in the same timeframe. But it will be many times safer than staking. To be able to stake and make a profit, you need to deposit your bitcoins on centralized platforms, and this is too risky for your bitcoins. Don't forget the bankruptcies of staking platforms Blockfi, Celsius, and FTX last year. The profit of staking is larger than holding is insignificant, but the risk is too great and not worth our trade-off.

I agree with you guys, but not totally, holding and staking investments have their pros and cons, which is why we must know them before dealing with them. However, the point I would like us to establish is that both staking and crypto holding are 'investments,' only that they are good for their peculiar purposes. There are times that you hold your coins and within just 8 months, it might have earned you multiple returns while staking of good coins have some expected returns.

So, it's better we are acquainted with the two so that we do both and still get to maximize our profit without missing out on any. That is my conclusion, and at times we should not be looking at the ROI alone but the diversification of our portfolio. Once we have enough, we can distribute them on both and other projects, and it will be surprising what the results would be at the end of the day.

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Staking is definitely a great option, especially during market downturns. I personally prefer using XGo's multi-platform for crypto earnings, where I can earn a solid 5% ETH on my holdings while enjoying other features like trading and the convenience of a single walletID. It's a functional and reliable choice.

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I think the best thing right now is staking, when the market is red then the best thing is to move to staking, but we must be vigilant if we want to stake in dex, I have lost thousands of dollars because the metamask At Spot Exchanges.

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Staking and investing are two different kinds of strategies with their own unique benefits and risks. Staking involves holding and locking up crypto currency in a wallet and receive rewards in return. While investing involves buying and holding assets with the expectation of generating profits over time. Staking can be a good option for those what want to earn passive income from their crypto currency holdings while also supporting the network. It can offer a relatively stable return on investment, although it is important to note that staking rewards can fluctuate depending on the market conditions and network activity. Investing can offer a greater profit but also carrier much bigger risk. It requires individual to do their own research on the analysis of the market trends and individual assets to make informed investment decisions.

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Quote from: Semar Mesem on May 03, 2023, 05:19:11 AM

Staking or investing have almost the same benefits, if we invest, we might just save assets in a wallet and then sell when we have reached the target price or profit, but if we are staking, we get 2 benefits, namely when the price rises and rewards from the staking service provider and in my opinion staking is better than investing.

I disagree with what you say. If you buy and hold bitcoins in a non-custodial wallet, the returns may not be as good as staking in the same timeframe. But it will be many times safer than staking. To be able to stake and make a profit, you need to deposit your bitcoins on centralized platforms, and this is too risky for your bitcoins. Don't forget the bankruptcies of staking platforms Blockfi, Celsius, and FTX last year. The profit of staking is larger than holding is insignificant, but the risk is too great and not worth our trade-off.

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Staking or investing have almost the same benefits, if we invest, we might just save assets in a wallet and then sell when we have reached the target price or profit, but if we are staking, we get 2 benefits, namely when the price rises and rewards from the staking service provider and in my opinion staking is better than investing.

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15 Page that is crazy staking or investing in my opinion both is great staking is good if you have good project to invest like ethereum

On the other hand, harmony is a good project to, when investing we need a lot of consideration and when bear market comes if the project is good and have good in past return staking is the straight choice.

if you believe the project rather than cutloses is good staking and wait the bull season come

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I think staking is an easy and safe thing, if we focus on long term holding then use it for staking, but I suggest staking on top exchanges like binance, gate.io and others, don't stake on DEX because if the browser is hacked then all assets will be is lost.

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Quote from: domoy77 on April 30, 2023, 04:18:48 PM

If you have a lot of funds then staking options will be good because the risk of loss is small, but make sure you choose stable staking and large trading volume, don't choose low volume staking coins and not the stable coin category because you will lose asset value, but some choose investments because more profitable and free to trade those coins anytime.

Actually, if you are not yet an expert in trading, it is better to really look for options and staking is quite very wise to do because as you said the risk is indeed smaller but also the income is not that big and commensurate with the situation.
if you already know trading, of course it is the best choice with big risks and also lucrative income. so everything is always good and bad, it just depends on how to make the best choice according to your abilities and available funds.

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Quote from: yhiaali3 on June 22, 2020, 03:30:24 AM

The open blockchain platform Harmony has announced that it will start supporting staking from now, in an effort to create a blockchain-based infrastructure.
source: https://www.harmony.one/
Of course, as I know, there are many exchanges that support staking.
I want to fully understand what is staking and what are the best coins and platforms that we can do staking and give good profits?

My most important question: Which is better, staking or investing?

which is clearly better investment because the risk is smaller than staking this is just my personal assumption correct me if im wrong. Instead of stacking, I prefer investing because we can sell investments at any time, in a state of loss or profit, which is different from staking because we all want to profit and choose a small risk so that we don't get hit by a loss.
what do you think?

If you have a lot of funds then staking options will be good because the risk of loss is small, but make sure you choose stable staking and large trading volume, don't choose low volume staking coins and not the stable coin category because you will lose asset value, but some choose investments because more profitable and free to trade those coins anytime.

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Quote from: yhiaali3 on June 22, 2020, 03:30:24 AM

The open blockchain platform Harmony has announced that it will start supporting staking from now, in an effort to create a blockchain-based infrastructure.
source: https://www.harmony.one/
Of course, as I know, there are many exchanges that support staking.
I want to fully understand what is staking and what are the best coins and platforms that we can do staking and give good profits?

My most important question: Which is better, staking or investing?

which is clearly better investment because the risk is smaller than staking this is just my personal assumption correct me if im wrong. Instead of stacking, I prefer investing because we can sell investments at any time, in a state of loss or profit, which is different from staking because we all want to profit and choose a small risk so that we don't get hit by a loss.
what do you think?

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Quote from: glendall on April 28, 2023, 02:54:28 AM

Quote from: yhiaali3 on June 22, 2020, 03:30:24 AM

My most important question: Which is better, staking or investing?

investing is better than staking in my opinion because investing must be precise and productive in order to provide future benefits and can be used as short-term income
but I don't deny that staking is also good if we do staking without money from a personal wallet, I usually do staking from the results of the airdrop and bounty prizes that I follow

Investing is like you can control over things but in staking it is like it was locked up on the span of time so that you can gain profit. I also do this mostly on signature campaigns before as well as airdrop but i am not really putting money on staking , i do usually invest on those promising coins. But still this depends on the person as others wants this as for sure they cant touch their money for specific time unlike investing , but for others investing is that you have freedom and wide variety of choices.

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Quote from: yhiaali3 on June 22, 2020, 03:30:24 AM

My most important question: Which is better, staking or investing?

investing is better than staking in my opinion because investing must be precise and productive in order to provide future benefits and can be used as short-term income
but I don't deny that staking is also good if we do staking without money from a personal wallet, I usually do staking from the results of the airdrop and bounty prizes that I follow

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Quote from: irhact on April 28, 2023, 12:52:07 AM

Quote from: JeffBrad12 on April 26, 2023, 07:14:21 PM

that only if the staking isn't locking your coin for certain amount of time in which many are actually doing this to prevent any stakers from withdrawing their money and dump the market.
such thing could also goes both way, what if for instance your staked coin lose the value overtime, there's reason why many coins are offering tremendous APY that is because investing in them are risky and most of them are usually new coins, you could be losing what you've staked and the value gonna lose overtime.

I'll go with investing, since staking has to do with altcoins and I don't trust any altcoins project that I'll give them control over my coins. In investing, I'll be in control of when I can sell since I'm holding the private key to my coins in my wallet but staking takes that away from you as the platforms or exchange that you're staking on can prevent you from accessing your coins at any moment.

The project owners can make changes to their staking protocols at any moment and you have no choice then to agree with them. If the community doesn't like the new rules of staking their project then they'll cause a panic in the market as everyone rush to sell and dump the price of the projects.

with the reason of being able to fully control without hope for people and whatever happens is the risk that is faced due to mistakes or vice versa that is done by yourself is the most logical thing and I agree that that reason makes investment much better.
but back again that anything that has the possibility of profit will be commensurate with the risks faced, therefore you need extensive knowledge and qualified knowledge before entering into any investment.

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