Staking may refer to:
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Staking (manufacturing) Staking is the process of connecting two components by creating an interference fit between the two pieces. One workpiece has a hole in it while the other has a boss (engineering), boss that fits within the hole. The boss is very slightly undersized ...
, a process for connecting two components
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Poker staking
The following is a glossary of poker terms used in the card game of poker. It supplements the glossary of card game terms. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon poker slang terms. This is not intended to be ...
, the act of one person putting up cash for a poker player to play with in hopes that the player wins
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Construction staking, a form of land surveying in which wood and metal stakes are placed in the ground to establish points which guide the construction of
buildings
A building, or edifice, is an enclosed structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place, such as a house or factory (although there's also portable buildings). Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and funct ...
and infrastructure.
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Staking (cryptocurrency),
Proof of stake
Proof-of-stake (PoS) protocols are a class of consensus mechanisms for blockchains that work by selecting validators in proportion to their quantity of holdings in the associated cryptocurrency. This is done to avoid the computational cost of p ...
the Consent mechanism in newer cryptocurrency blockchains, such as
Ethereum
Ethereum is a decentralized, open-source blockchain with smart contract functionality. Ether (Abbreviation: ETH; sign: Ξ) is the native cryptocurrency of the platform. Among cryptocurrencies, ether is second only to bitcoin in market capita ...
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