# What is Staking?

Staking is the process of locking your coins for a period of time of your choosing in order to assist the network in achieving proof-of-stake consensus by confirming every transaction that occurs on the network and writing it to the blockchain. In exchange, those who mint the following block are awarded a block reward.

**Please note** that staking on the Mainnet differs from staking on the BSC chain. Staking in the Binance Smart Chain network is a DeFi application that does not assist network operation.

Coins that actively participate in the BSC network have an equivalent in the main network. Coins that have been transferred from the main network to the BSC network remain on mainnet but are locked in the wallet by the Lightcoin company. The quantity of coins in the BSC network is dependent on the community's current requirements and the DeFi and NFT applications.

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