Meaning of "Staking"
The act or system of staking (locking up) one’s own coins on a blockchain network to participate in its operation and earn rewards in return
"Since I first started investing, I’ve been earning interest as a reward through staking."
Related slang words
Rescue TeamA figure of speech describing a situation where investors recover their losses after a sharp price drop by capitalizing on a reboundHash rateA metric used in mining-based cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin that represents the total hash-computing power performed by the network per second, expressed in terms of hashes per second (H/s, TH/s, etc.)DecentralizationA state or method in which a system operates autonomously through consensus among multiple participants who share the responsibility for its operation, without a central authority or controller.DishwashingThis term refers to a scheme in which a specific group artificially inflates stock prices or market rates, then shifts the burden of the shares and losses onto individual investors before exiting the market.Non-Fungible TokenAn abbreviation for "non-fungible token," it refers to a token that records and verifies the unique ownership (or rights) of a digital asset on the blockchain.DelistingAn abbreviation for "delisting," referring to a situation in which an exchange ceases to support trading of a specific cryptocurrency, causing liquidity and accessibility to plummet and, as a result, the price to crash or the asset to effectively lose all valueRipple ShorthandThis is a sarcastic remark referring to a situation where the price of Ripple (XRP) appeared to be rising but eventually returned to its original level; it’s a shorthand way of expressing reactions like “Did Ripple fool you again?”The Luna CrisisThis refers to a major collapse in which the price of the stablecoin Luna (LUNA) plummeted (by approximately 99%), triggering a cascade of massive losses and financial market instability.