Solo Staking
Solo staking means running your own validator with your own stake — your machine, your keys, your responsibility — instead of delegating to a pool or a liq
Solo staking means running your own validator with your own stake — your machine, your keys, your responsibility — instead of delegating to a pool or a liquid-staking provider. On Ethereum it requires 32 ETH and a reliably online computer.
Why it matters
Solo stakers are decentralization’s front line: every independent validator dilutes the power of giant pools. The ecosystem actively subsidizes them (better tooling, lower hardware needs) precisely because stake centralizing into two or three providers would quietly un-decentralize the network they secure.