{"id":81,"date":"2022-12-28T11:26:49","date_gmt":"2022-12-28T16:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stakepark.xyz\/?p=81"},"modified":"2022-12-29T19:08:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-30T00:08:23","slug":"can-you-stake-bitcoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stakepark.xyz\/can-you-stake-bitcoin\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you stake Bitcoin?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>No, you cannot stake Bitcoin.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bitcoin is a proof-of-work cryptocurrency, meaning miners are the ones who validate and secure the network (and earn mining rewards for doing so). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Proof-of-stake cryptos, like Ethereum, uses staked funds to validate new transactions and keep the network alive and running (and earn staking rewards for doing so).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1008\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/www.stakepark.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/can-you-stake-bitcoin.jpg\" alt=\"skateboard\" class=\"wp-image-84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.stakepark.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/can-you-stake-bitcoin.jpg 1008w, https:\/\/www.stakepark.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/can-you-stake-bitcoin-300x152.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.stakepark.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/can-you-stake-bitcoin-768x390.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1008px) 100vw, 1008px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So, no, you cannot stake Bitcoin directly. However, you can wrap Bitcoin (wBTC), run it on the Ethereum network, and then use different defi protocols to earn yield, but that&#8217;s a more advanced discussion for a different day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Trust no one<\/em>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\">You may have searched for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-extra-small-font-size\">\n<li>How to stake Bitcoin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Staking Bitcoin Guide<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How do you stake BTC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No, you cannot stake Bitcoin. Bitcoin is a proof-of-work cryptocurrency, meaning miners are the ones who validate and secure the network (and earn mining rewards for doing so). Proof-of-stake cryptos, like Ethereum, uses staked funds to validate new transactions and keep the network alive and running (and earn staking rewards for doing so). So, no, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":84,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,7],"tags":[11,12],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v21.8 (Yoast SEO v21.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Can you stake Bitcoin? - StakePark<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stakepark.xyz\/can-you-stake-bitcoin\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Can you stake Bitcoin? | StakePark\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"No, you cannot stake Bitcoin. 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