$SGL into an on-chain program to put skin in the game behind the network. It turns “holding a token” into a verifiable economic commitment that the protocol — and other participants — can rely on.
What staking secures
The Singularity Layer is a decentralized confidential-compute network. Work is done by independent operators, and buyers need a reason to trust them. Staking provides that reason:- Compute nodes must stake before they can accept jobs — a bonded operator has something to lose for misbehaving.
- Validators stake to vouch for marketplace products and (in future) ERC-8004 reputation; their stake backs their attestations.
- Yield stakers add depth to the secured pool and earn a share of revenue for it.
Why it has weight
- Real lockup. Tokens move into a program-owned vault. They are not a soft “snapshot” balance — they are committed until you unstake and wait out a cooldown.
- Penalizable. Provable protocol violations can be slashed (see Slashing & Safety). Honest participation is never penalized.
- Rewarded. Stakers receive 10% of network revenue in USDC + $SGL, distributed pro-rata. See Rewards.
What it unlocks
Run a node
Serve confidential-compute jobs.
Validate
Back marketplace products.
Earn yield
Pure rewards, no operations.
Staking is non-custodial — only you can withdraw your stake, and only after its cooldown. The platform can never move your principal to itself. See Non-Custodial Design.