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What is restaking?
Restaking is using coins that are already staked to secure additional services, such as oracles or bridges, in exchange for extra rewards. It can be done with natively staked ETH or with liquid staking tokens.
What it means for you
Each extra service you secure adds another set of rules under which your stake can be cut, so one fault can cost you across several services at once. Withdrawals can also take longer because of unbonding periods. Check which services your stake backs and the conditions for penalties before restaking.
How it works
A restaking platform connects stakers, operators who run software for additional services, and the services themselves, called actively validated services. Native restakers point their own validator's stake at the platform; liquid restakers deposit liquid staking tokens. The stake then backs extra commitments, earning service rewards on top of ETH staking rewards, and each service can have the stake partly or wholly destroyed for violations. Withdrawals pass through the normal exit queue plus an unbonding period, and slashing across several services can compound.
Source: ethereum.org: Restaking · checked 4 October 2026
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