On the 1st of December 2020, the staking contract of Ethereum launched, offering holders to stake Ether, in plain English, verify transactions on the Ethereum network by locking up their Ether. For nearly 2.5 years, the staking contract was a one-way street, making stakers unable to unstake. However, on April 12, 2023, staking on Ethereum turned into a two-way street on account of the Shanghai hard fork, at long last providing stakers with the option to unstake. Still, in the time past the Shanghai hard fork, considerably more Ether has been staked than unstaked. To be exact, a net total of slightly more than 25,300 ... (full story)