NEAR Protocol Staking: Interview w/ Co-Founder Illia Polosukhin

In this episode, host Marian Walter sits down with Illia Polosukhin to discuss the features and benefits of NEAR Protocol as a layer1 blockchain, staking adoption, reward rates, verified validators, organic infrastructure growth, the StakeWars program, and upcoming governance votes.

They also discuss how to stake NEAR, earn rewards, and secure the network using NEAR Wallet or Ledger.

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00:00 Introduction
00:56 What is NEAR Protocol?
03:43 What is staking's role in NEAR?
06:49 Explain NEAR's token burn design and rationale?
14:21 NEAR staking and evolution since launch
23:17 Incentives for validators to ensure network security

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NEAR Staking ▶ https://www.stakingrewards.com/earn/n...

NEAR Staking Reward Calculator ▶ https://www.stakingrewards.com/calcul...

How to stake NEAR ▶ https://www.stakingrewards.com/journa...

Staking Rewards’ API ▶ https://www.stakingrewards.com/resour...

Hardware Requirements for Validator Node on Near ▶ http://bit.ly/3xIUWXf