Can Avalanche be staked?

Staking Parameters on Avalanche​ When a validator is done validating the Primary Network, it receives back the AVAX tokens it staked . It may receive a reward for helping to secure the network. A validator only receives a validation reward if it is sufficiently responsive and correct during the time it validates.

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Should I stake AVAX?

This makes it infeasibly expensive for an attacker to gain enough influence over the network to compromise its security. In proof-of-work systems, the scarce resource is computing power. On Avalanche, the scarce resource is the native token, AVAX. For a node to validate a blockchain on Avalanche, it must stake AVAX .

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