Ledger Live, 이더리움 (ETH) 스테이킹 지원 발표

Ethereum (ETH) 코인을 스테이킹할 수 있다는 약속은 프로젝트가 Ethereum 2.0으로 업그레이드하고 PoW에서 PoS로 전환하는 가장 매력적인 측면 중 하나였습니다. 스테이킹 자체는 DeFi 분야에서 가장 인기 있는 활동 중 하나이며, DeFi의 시초인 프로젝트에서 이를 수행할 수 있는 능력은 매우 큰 기대를 모았습니다.

While the upgrade to ETH 2.0 is still ongoing, Ether already has a staking solution, called Lido Finance. Now, according to its recent blog post, hardware crypto wallet maker, Ledger, decided to integrate this staking solution as part of a new partnership, in hopes of increasing the accessibility and awareness of the solution, but also for boosting liquidity for independent stakers throughout the crypto industry.

ETH 스테이킹의 문제점

As mentioned, staking is one of the most popular DeFi activities, and it revolves around purchasing coins, locking them up, and receiving rewards for doing so. It is a perfect way for HODLers to earn more money while they wait for their money to become more valuable. At the same time, staking contributes to the sustainability of the network to which the staked coins belong, so in short, everybody wins.

물론 DeFi에서는 그렇겠지만, 과거에 이더를 스테이킹하려는 시도는 큰 경제적 장벽에 부딪히자 곧 포기되었습니다. 예를 들어 현재 Ethereum 2.0에서 네트워크 검증자가 되기 위해서는 약 10만 달러가 필요합니다. 이는 기관 투자자나 암호화폐를 취미로 하는 백만장자에게는 괜찮을 수 있지만, 대부분의 사람들은 그 가격을 맞출 수조차 꿈꾸지 못합니다.

물론 여전히 암호화폐 거래소에서 제공되는 중앙화된 이더 스테이킹 옵션이 존재합니다. 그 예로는 미국 최대 암호화폐 거래소인 Coinbase가 있으며, 또 다른 예는 Kraken입니다. 그러나 이 두 플랫폼 모두 높은 진입 비용 때문에 사용자가 스테이킹에 참여하기 어렵게 만들고, 사용자 자금을 보관하는 중앙화된 비즈니스와 관련된 신뢰 문제도 무시할 수 없습니다.

After all, people are in crypto for its decentralization, and going to centralized exchanges to stake ETH would go against the point of using crypto in the first place. Obviously, no matter the approach, until now, there was no way to stake Ethereum cheaply. This issue has been a part of the industry for so long that a number of solutions emerged along the way. For example, Ledger interface offered users to ability to stake in a decentralized way, through the consensus mechanisms of Tezos and Polkadot. However, people wanted Ethereum, and so Ledger tried a different approach that might finally work.

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The new approach, as mentioned, is the partnership between Ledger and Lido, which is eliminating high entry barriers, and it set a precedent, allowing users to stake a lot lower amount of Ethereum. Unlike ETH 2.0 staking, which requires 32 ETH to start, that is.

This is important, as Ethereum is taking its first steps on a brand new frontier with Ethereum 2.0, and this point in its evolution is going to be a major game-changer. Processes like staking and lending will offer new opportunities, and they are expected to draw in great new audiences that will want to participate.

The new partnership will reward those who wish to do so by also granting all those who stake ETH through Lido by granting them stETH in exchange. These tokens can be sent, received, sold, or exchanged via the services such as Paraswap. These tokens will still match ETH at a 1:1 ratio, and they will now be supported by the Ledger wallet. However, they will grant users greater possibilities than ETH itself, which is one way of solving the problem indirectly.