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Reusing staked assets to secure additional services, for additional yield and risk.
Restaking lets already staked ETH also back other protocols, which pay for that security. One pool of collateral secures several systems at once.
That efficiency is also the risk. A fault in any one service can trigger slashing that reaches back to the original stake, and correlated failures are the concern.
EigenLayer popularized restaking on Ethereum. Yields look attractive precisely because the risk is layered.
That restaking is extra yield on the same risk. It is the same capital pledged to several systems, so a failure in any one of them can slash it. The yield is additional because the risk is additional.
Common questions
What is the extra risk in restaking?
Is restaking worth it?
Where this comes up on the site
The guides that actually use this word, rather than a list of everything we have written.
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