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Taiko

Taiko doesn't have native staking. Liquid staking and DeFi alternatives further down still let you earn yield.

Native staking Not available

Taiko uses Proof-of-Work — there is nothing to stake natively. See DeFi alternatives below.

Rollup maturity & risk

How Taiko stacks up as a rollup

Stage 0 ZK Rollup

Aggregated rollup-maturity rating + 5-axis risk rosette. Stage 2 is fully decentralised; Stage 1 has guardian intervention windows; Stage 0 still has admin keys. Sentiment colours come straight from the source.

Sequencer Failure

Enqueue via L1

Users can submit transactions to an L1 queue, but can't force them. The sequencers cannot selectively skip transactions but can stop processing the queue entirely. In other words, if the sequencers censor or are down, they are so for everyone. An inclusion becomes due after 9m 36s. From then on, a whitelisted proposer cannot publish another proposal without processing up to ten due inclusions.

State Validation

Validity proofs

Every proposal range is verified by exactly two proofs chosen from SGX (Geth), SGX (Reth), SP1 and RISC0, with at least one SP1 or RISC0 proof required. Proof submission is gated by ProverWhitelist, which has 2 whitelisted provers. This can affect liveness but does not allow finalizing invalid state.

Data Availability

Onchain

All of the data needed for proof construction is published on Ethereum L1.

Exit Window

None

There is no window for users to exit in case of an unwanted upgrade since contracts are instantly upgradable.

Proposer Failure

Cannot withdraw

Only the whitelisted proposers can publish state roots on L1, so in the event of failure the withdrawals are frozen. Proposing is gated by PreconfWhitelist, which selects a single active operator for the current epoch and has no permissionless fallback.

Value secured

$10.6Million

7-day change

-3.28%

Earn yield · DeFi options

How to earn yield on ETH

Since Taiko doesn't have native staking, the way to earn on ETH is through DeFi pools — either by lending it, providing liquidity, or wrapping it onto a chain that does support staking. DeFi adds smart-contract and (for LP) impermanent-loss risk.

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1 pools

Pool Protocol Type Yield Pool size ↓
WETH symbiosis - WETH WETH SY Symbiosis lending 0.0% $24.3Thousand →

Apps on this chain · ranked by value held

What's running on Taiko

Each protocol is a separate app. Lenders let you earn interest on what you deposit; DEXes let people swap tokens; liquid-staking apps give you a tradeable receipt for your staked coin. Tap any to see how to use it.

1 apps tracked

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App Category Chains Best reward rate Value held on Taiko ↓ Yield options
TA Taiko Swap taiko-swap Dexs 1 — $2.84Million — →

Read up before you stake

Background reading on Taiko staking

Guide

What is staking?

The plain-English version: how locking your tokens earns you new tokens, and why the network pays you to do it.

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Guide

How blockchains differ from each other

Why Solana, Ethereum, and Cosmos chains pay different rates and why their security models differ.

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Guide

What does a validator actually do?

Validators run the chain. Pick a healthy one and your rewards arrive on schedule; pick a bad one and you can lose part of your stake.

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Frequently asked

What people ask about Taiko staking

What does staking ETH on Taiko mean?

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Staking on Taiko means locking your ETH with a validator that helps run the network. In return, the network pays you a share of newly created tokens — similar to how a savings account pays interest, but the rate is set by the protocol, not a bank.

How much can I earn?

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Right now the top validators on Taiko pay varies by validator per year, after their commission. The rate moves with the chain's inflation schedule and how much of the supply is staked overall.

Is staking safe?

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Your tokens stay in your wallet — you never hand them over. The two real risks are slashing (the network can shrink your balance if your validator misbehaves, which is rare) and lock-up (you can't sell instantly during the unbonding period). Pick a validator with a track record and you sidestep most of the risk.

Can I unstake whenever I want?

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Yes, but unstaking is not instant. Most chains have an unbonding period of a few days to a few weeks during which you don't earn rewards and can't sell. Liquid-staking tokens (like stETH for Ethereum) sidestep this by giving you a tradeable receipt token.

What wallet do I need?

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Any non-custodial wallet that supports Taiko works — Phantom or Solflare for Solana, Keplr for Cosmos chains, MetaMask for Ethereum and EVM chains, Yoroi or Eternl for Cardano. Connect, choose a validator, click delegate. The whole flow takes a couple of minutes.

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