{"id":3515,"date":"2021-12-23T06:03:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T06:03:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=3515"},"modified":"2021-12-23T06:03:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T06:03:42","slug":"staking","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/glossary\/staking","title":{"rendered":"Staking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Staking is the process of actively participating in transaction validation on a proof-of-stake blockchain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Proof of stake is an alternative to Bitcoin\u2019s proof of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike mining, which requires massive electrical power to validate transactions, Staking is an eco-friendly process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An individual taking part in network validation stakes their own coins and is subsequently rewarded more coins, proportional to the number of coins they have staked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though the hardware required for staking is cheaper than mining, it\u2019s still expensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A normal user can delegate their tokens to one of the validators and can earn profits without the hassle of owning hardware.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staking is the process of actively participating in transaction validation on a proof-of-stake blockchain. Proof of stake is an alternative to Bitcoin\u2019s proof of work. Unlike mining, which requires massive electrical power to validate transactions, Staking is an eco-friendly process. An individual taking part in network validation stakes their own coins and is subsequently rewarded [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/3515"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/3515\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zebpay.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}