{"id":37957,"date":"2024-01-15T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=37957"},"modified":"2025-08-29T23:51:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T20:51:58","slug":"what-is-restaking-and-how-to-make-money-from-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/what-is-restaking-and-how-to-make-money-from-it\/","title":{"rendered":"What is restaking\u2014and how to make money from it?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What is restaking?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Restaking is the ability to reuse ETH from Ethereum\u2019s mainnet or from liquid staking<\/a> pools as wrapped tokens on platforms that implement the EigenLayer protocol. The resulting assets can be deployed to help secure third\u2011party networks beyond the EVM<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In April 2023 Ethereum\u2019s developers activated the Shapella upgrade, which included several changes at the network\u2019s consensus layer. The most important was enabling withdrawals of staked coins from the Beacon Chain deposit contract, unleashing liquidity onto the market. Once Proof-of-Stake<\/a> had matured into a clearer and relatively safe model, staking began to provide passive income on a par with PoW<\/a> mining. The Shapella hard fork also lifted a number of architectural constraints, laying the groundwork for new directions\u2014one of which is restaking.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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How does it differ from ordinary staking?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In ordinary staking, a user locks tokens in a pool and earns yield for maintaining the network\u2019s operation and security. The coins are typically inaccessible to the depositor for the term specified in the smart contract\u2014much like a bank deposit.<\/p>\n

With restaking, tokens can be redeployed into other pools\u2014including after liquid staking<\/a>. This enables additional income and participation in other DeFi projects.<\/p>\n

The concept resembles merged PoW mining, where, thanks to compatible algorithms, a miner can mine two or more cryptocurrencies at once without lowering aggregate hashrate. In PoS blockchains, this translates into the ability to redeploy staked coins.<\/p>\n

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What is EigenLayer?<\/strong>
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EigenLayer<\/a> is a protocol that introduces an intermediate layer in Ethereum\u2019s architecture. Its team has upended crypto\u2011economic security, allowing projects to:<\/p>\n