Conclusion

This approach offers Gradient users a chance to participate in what we hope will be the acceleration of the network’s future growth, while maintaining liquidity and the opportunity to benefit from other DeFi applications. Gradient will become a learning exercise in understanding and taking control of what it means to stake, and in leveraging the asset for the benefit of the network’s security and future rewards. Gradient will continue to experiment with staking, and will strive to continue it as a persistent activity within its ecosystem. Gradient offers rewards in a balanced way that allows holders of the asset to participate in governance, while providing users with a wide range of opportunities for participating in the network’s future growth.