EigenLayer: To Stake and Re-Stake Again

After liquid staking and superfluid staking comes a new staking primitive: re-staking. Re-staking allows users to secure multiple protocols at the expense of exposing staked tokens to additional slashing conditions. This design, pioneered by EigenLayer, can be helpful in utilizing staked ETH as additional security for middleware protocols such as oracles, bridges, and sidechains. Read our report on EigenLayer and re-staking to learn more about this mechanism, and how it can be beneficial to protocols and investors alike.

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