Restaking lets ETH stakers reuse their deposited coins to secure additional protocols for extra yield. EigenLayer, the pioneer, surpassed $12 billion in restaked ETH, locking more value in three months than most DeFi blue chips did in three years. New “Actively Validated Services” such as data-availability layers, oracle networks and rollups pay restakers for borrowed security, creating a yield stack that resembles traditional insurance markets.
Opportunity and risk scale together. More yield means more slash-risk if downstream services malfunction. Liquid restaking tokens (LRTs) complicate it further, offering DeFi composability but layering smart-contract exposures. The narrative is technical perfect for creators to simplify. Explain how restaking differs from liquid staking, outline slash scenarios and show readers where to track AVS performance dashboards before delegating.
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