Chainlink will open LINK staking v0.2, and the staking v0.2 pool size will reach 45 million LINK (worth approximately $650 million), of which 40.875 million LINK will be allocated to the community and the rest will be allocated to Chainlink node operators. Community members can stake 1-15,000 LINK, and node operators can stake 1,000-75,000 LINK.
Staking provides Chainlink ecosystem participants with the opportunity to earn rewards for increasing the security guarantees and user assurances of oracle services by backing them with staked LINK tokens. Chainlink Staking initially launched with v0.1 and is evolving with the upcoming v0.2 upgrade.
Stakers gain access to staking rewards for securing the network through timely and valid alerts, and in the future, for slashing and loss protection.
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