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After XAI’s April decline, node operators were still working through the rules of staking pools. XAI recovered to 0.70. Joining a pool now required settling an existing balance before clicking through.
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After XAI’s April decline, node operators were still working through the rules of staking pools. The Night Watchman, a longtime community member who ran a node, had a practical task today: explain an easily missed sequence to newcomers whose identity checks had just been approved.
XAI recovered to 0.70. Officials warned newly approved operators to restart their nodes, claim the esXAI they had accumulated, and only then stake their keys in a pool. If they entered first, the pool would claim and distribute the unclaimed rewards proportionally, with no way to recover them. The Night Watchman forwarded the warning to every newcomer and asked them to check their claim before moving a key.
Joining a pool now required settling an existing balance before clicking through. The Night Watchman planned to put the sequence beside the questions newcomers asked most often, so a rising price would not rush someone into staking. Each operator still had to confirm their own claim.