Introduction to Tangle Restaking
Restaking is an innovative concept in blockchain technology that allows validators and token holders to reuse their staked tokens to secure additional services and earn rewards without unstaking from the original network. This enhances the efficiency and utility of staked assets. Restaking can be provided through native staking mechanisms or through staking of existing liquid staked tokens, exposing the stake to additional rewards and slashing conditions.
Tangle provides permissionless asset restaking customers deploying Blueprint service instances. Any asset created on or bridged to Tangle can be used as collateral to stake in our restaking infrastructure. These restaked assets, commonly in the form of LSTs, act as security collateral for service instances that are requested on-demand. The liquidity providers (the restakers) earn rewards proportional to the rewards issued to the services and Blueprints on Tangle, depending on the usage and utility of the services themselves.
Benefits of Tangle Restaking include:
- Restaking any asset
- Securing on-demand service instances with unique assets
- Increased efficiency of staked capital by sharing it across instances
- Additional revenue streams for stakers and operators
- Boosted security for protocols leveraging new assets as security capital
- Innovation in new blockchain services by harnessing decentralized resources
How Tangle Network Uses Restaking
Tangle Network has implemented a unique restaking system to allow its validator set to provide Actively Validated Services (AVS) to power advanced decentralized applications. Users can restake their TNT tokens to run service instances based on blueprints created by developers.
Tangle noderunners can opt-in to restake a portion of their staked TNT tokens to provide AVS instances such as oracles, privacy-preserving computation, and more. In return, they earn service fees and additional inflation rewards on top of their base validation rewards.
Lifecycle of an AVS Instance
- Developers create blueprints that define the specifications and requirements for AVS instances.
- Operators create a restaking profile and register to blueprints they want to operate.
- Users instance Tangle Blueprints and select from the set of registered operators and restaked assets.
- Operators then execute the AVS instances they approve and earn rewards. Failure to do so may result in penalties or reduced rewards.
This restaking model allows Tangle to offer unique AVS instances powered by its decentralized validator and operator set. Developers can leverage these services to easily deploy advanced decentralized applications like trustless cross-chain bridges, privacy solutions, identity systems, and more.
By restaking, Tangle operators gain additional revenue, the network gains efficiency from its staked supply, and the ecosystem gains access to powerful new primitives to fuel innovation. Restaking helps align incentives and harness the security of the underlying proof-of-stake blockchain for exciting new use cases.