How does staking work in TON?

In order to stake TON, future validators deposit at least 300,000 TON into a staking contract as collateral and a guarantee of their honesty. In return, they gain the right to validate transactions, create blocks, and earn rewards in TON proportional to their stake.

If validators are inactive or engage in malicious activities, they lose a portion of their stake – this is called slashing.

Staking is considered one of the safest ways to earn rewards because stakers only need to hold one token, and the rewards are guaranteed and distributed by the blockchain protocol.