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Start your staking journey or explore more information about staking on Polkadot's Home Page. Discover the new Staking Dashboard that makes staking much...
Wed, 21 Jun, 2023 at 2:22 PM
A validator's status can be divided into three categories: active, inactive, and waiting. This article describes each of these statuses and what a nomin...
Fri, 19 Jul, 2024 at 5:59 PM
Start your staking journey or explore more information about staking on Polkadot's Home Page. Discover the new Staking Dashboard that makes staking much...
Wed, 26 Jun, 2024 at 5:17 PM
Slashing is a mechanism used in Polkadot and Kusama to deter malicious behavior by penalizing validators who act against the interests of the network and th...
Mon, 1 May, 2023 at 12:12 PM
Polkadot and Kusama utilize eras as their primary method for measuring time periods, with each network having its own unique era duration. The number of era...
Thu, 27 Jun, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Although 250 DOT is needed to be able to nominate, not all accounts with more than 250 DOT staked will participate in the election and get staking rewards. ...
Mon, 1 May, 2023 at 3:48 PM
What do validators do? Validators have two crucial roles in maintaining the Polkadot network. First, they participate in consensus with other validators ...
Fri, 28 Apr, 2023 at 3:03 PM
During the unbonding period, you will not receive any staking rewards. You will receive, however, the staking rewards for the last era in which you unbond...
Mon, 13 Mar, 2023 at 12:03 PM
Being a nominator is not a passive "set it and forget it" role as you may be used to from other networks, where you stake your tokens once and the...
Mon, 22 Apr, 2024 at 5:01 PM
There is an unbonding period on Polkadot and Kusama, which serves as a security measure to ensure that validators and nominators are accountable for their p...
Thu, 27 Jun, 2024 at 4:19 PM
