Guide
What Is Restaking? Reusing Staked Assets for Extra Yield
Bottom line: making staked assets work twice
Restaking means taking assets you've already staked (such as ETH) and reusing them to help secure additional protocols, in exchange for extra rewards. EigenLayer is the best-known example, and it drew major attention from 2024.
Key points
- Aims to add a layer of rewards on top of normal staking
- You lend security to new services
- Rewards rise — but slashing (penalty) risk stacks up too
Why it emerged
A large amount of ETH already secures Ethereum. Restaking lets new services borrow that "dormant security" instead of building their own from scratch.
Risks
The risks stack, too
The more services you restake into, the more ways your stake can be slashed if any one of them fails. High yield is the flip side of that combined risk. It's a new area — if you can't understand it, don't force your way in.
Not financial advice
This article is for information only and is not investment advice. Crypto assets are volatile and carry risks including hacking. Do your own research and only use money you can afford to lose.
This article is informational only and is not financial, investment, or trading advice. Prices are reference snapshots and may be outdated. Always do your own research.