To become a validator and start staking you need at least 300,000 TON and a powerful hardware to handle validation operations.

How does TON staking work?

Eligible validators take part into automated election to entere the active list of validators. If elected, they validate transaction and create blocks during one validation cycle, which lasts ~18 hours. Then they receive staking rewards and can participate in the next election.

Learn more about TON validation cycles.

What are the staking risks?

The common risks are slashing and economic risks. Learn more.

Still, 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.