What Is Restaking? Extra Yield Layered on Extra Risk

Restaking lets you take already-staked assets (like the receipt from staked ETH) and "lend" their security to other protocols, earning a second layer of yield on top of base staking rewards. The cost is stacked risk: a wider surface for slashing. Here is how it works, where the yield comes from, and the new risks.

Restaking lets you take already-staked assets (like the receipt from staked ETH) and "lend" their security to other protocols, earning a second layer of yield on top of base staking rewards. The cost is stacked risk: a wider surface for slashing. Here is how it works, where the yield comes from, and the new risks.