Back to collectionStaking Pools Offer Small Holders a Shared Route
Background: With staking V2 delayed until April, smaller holders still wondered whether they could reach the highest reward tier. Today: XAI held at USD 1.20. Impact and next steps: Instead of each holder trying to reach the threshold alone, pools offered a shared path, while making the choice of pool owner and reward split matter.
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Background: With staking V2 delayed until April, smaller holders still wondered whether they could reach the highest reward tier. The team laid out the pool rules today. For the Night Watchman, who held keys, and Sisyphus, who held XAI, the questions were different: how to run a pool, and whether joining one would be worthwhile.
Today: XAI held at USD 1.20. The team explained that only key holders could create pools; each key had a limit on the esXAI it could support, so more keys meant a larger pool. Rewards would be divided within the pool according to a ratio set by its owner. This offered small holders a way to combine holdings to pursue the highest tier. The team called it “collaboration is king.” Sisyphus wrote his cost basis on a sticky note beside his screen to remind himself to weigh the returns against the cost.
Impact and next steps: Instead of each holder trying to reach the threshold alone, pools offered a shared path, while making the choice of pool owner and reward split matter. The Night Watchman planned to study the rules before considering a pool; Sisyphus would not change course merely because XAI held at USD 1.20. V2 had yet to launch, and actual use would test the rules.