StarkWare to Introduce Staking on Starknet by End of 2024, Says CEO Eli Ben-Sasson

Eli Ben-Sasson, CEO of StarkWare, announced at EthCC on July 10 that StarkWare plans to introduce staking by the end of 2024 through a Starknet improvement proposal (SNIP). If the community approves the SNIP, staking is expected to go live on testnet soon, with a mainnet launch projected for the fourth quarter. A GitHub repository for the staking feature will be publicly accessible during its development. In a written Q&A with Cointelegraph, Ben-Sasson explained that staking would allow Starknet tokenholders to “participate in core activities of a decentralized network.” He added, “Over time stakers will gradually receive more responsibilities, with