Back to collectionWhy Staking Was Split Into Two Versions
Staking and redemption had just opened. Officials explained the delay. The explanation turned a vague wait into a set of tradeoffs operators could discuss.
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Staking and redemption had just opened. Operators were adapting to the node update and asking why the planned set of features had been split. The complaints A-Zhen heard were not simply about lateness; people also wanted to know what separated solo staking from the future pools.
Officials explained the delay. They had originally planned to release both the first and second staking versions at the end of January. The Sentry ecosystem drew more attention than expected, the team needed to expand, and the code still needed an audit. Technical partners and auditors then stopped work for the Lunar New Year, so the release was divided into two phases. The first contained only redemption and solo staking. The second was planned to let anyone create a pool, allow pool owners to charge management fees, and later accommodate rewards from third-party projects. On the same day, officials reported more than USD 30 million worth of XAI staked. XAI consolidated around 1.35, Bitcoin approached USD 60,000, and talk in the market kept returning to ‘new highs.’
The explanation turned a vague wait into a set of tradeoffs operators could discuss. It also told them not to make today’s decisions as though pool rules were already in force. A-Zhen planned to answer questions about the two versions separately so that planned features would not sound live. The figure above USD 30 million showed that some people had already acted, while pools, fees, and third-party rewards still depended on a later version.