Staking Week: The State of Staking a Year After the Merge

The staking market on Ethereum, Tezos, Cosmos, Solana, Cardano and others, as investors tackle regulation and uncertain conditions, sponsored by Foundry.

It's been a little over a year since Ethereum, the largest smart-contract blockchain, switched out its old energy-intensive proof-of-work (PoW) model, used by blockchains like Bitcoin, for proof-of-stake (PoS).   The switch, known as the Merge, introduced "staking," a new way to add and approve a block of transactions to the blockchain. With staking, Ethereum drastically cut the blockchain's environmental impact, but it continues to face a slew of challenges around centralized power, censorship, and potential exploitation from certain intermediaries.   CoinDesk's Staking Week looks at the evolution of the staking market through a series of features, op-eds, TV spots, Twitter events and more. Stay tuned throughout this week for content on CoinDesk.com.  Explore Staking Week Latest Staking Week Articles The State of Staking: 5 Takeaways a Year After Ethereum's Merge Ethereum's switch to proof-of-stake fixed some problems, like environmental damage linked to PoW mining. But it raised new issues, including worries about centralization, MEV and censorship, say Margaux Nijkerk and Sam Kessler. Full Story How to Stake: 7 Strategies When Starting Out It's easy to get carried away with staking on PoS networks like Ethereum. But in the long-term, it pays to be cautious. Pick underlying projects with good prospects, don't over-leverage, and, above all, embrace boredom over quick thrills, says Jeff Wilser.  Full Story We Need to Reclaim the Narrative on Staking Alison Mangiero, executive director the Proof of Stake Alliance (POSA), says confusion around the term "staking" has led to greater regulatory scrutiny.  Full Story Staking Brings Decentralization Back to DeFi DeFi now has a yield-bearing collateral asset that is native to crypto, Ethena Labs Conor Ryder writes for "Staking Week."  Full Story View the Collection Copyright © 2023 CoinDesk, All rights reserved.    250 Park Avenue South New York, NY 10003, USA   You can manage your preferences here, unsubscribe from this content or unsubscribe from all CoinDesk email.