Liquid staking solves one of the biggest limits of native $WAL staking: locked liquidity.
Instead of staking WAL directly and waiting through long unlock periods, liquid staking protocols stake on your behalf. Your WAL is deposited into a smart contract, staked to the Walrus network, and held as non-transferable StakedWal objects in a shared vault.
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Liquid staking solves one of the biggest limits of native $WAL staking: locked liquidity.
Instead of staking WAL directly and waiting through long unlock periods, liquid staking protocols stake on your behalf. Your WAL is deposited into a smart contract, staked to the Walrus network, and held as non-transferable StakedWal objects in a shared vault.