Aleo

What is Aleo?

Aleo is a next-generation Layer 1 blockchain designed around privacy by default, combining advanced cryptography with decentralized security to enable truly confidential decentralized applications and transactions. At its core, Aleo leverages zero-knowledge proofs (zk-SNARKs), allowing users to prove the validity of a computation without revealing any underlying data. This means that every interaction on the network is shielded while remaining verifiable on-chain.

Aleo’s ecosystem is powered by three types of participants who collectively secure the network and earn rewards:

Stakers lock up ALEO tokens to support validators and help secure the network. Validators run nodes, validate transactions, and participate in AleoBFT consensus to finalize blocks. Provers use specialized hardware to generate zero-knowledge proofs, a core component of Aleo’s consensus and cryptography-driven security model.

This incentive structure, combining staking and proof generation, creates a robust mechanism for decentralization, security, and long-term network growth.

How does ALEO staking work on Aleo?

Staking is a great way for long-term crypto investors to earn passive income on their Proof-of-Stake cryptocurrency assets (such as ALEO) while taking part in securing the network.

Stakers, by delegating tokens to validators, give voting rights to these to validate transactions on the blockchain and propose new blocks. The more stake is attributed to a validator, the more it will be able to take part in the network consensus and earn rewards for its stakers.

A quick example: Suppose a blockchain network offers a 5% reward rate for a staking period of 1 year (5% APR). You decide to lock up and stake 100 tokens on the network. After a year, you can access your staked tokens, and you receive 5 additional tokens as your reward, minus eventual fees charged by the staking provider.

Staking Proof-of-Stake (PoS) cryptocurrencies, such as Aleo, do not require stakers to transfer their token to validators. It is a non-custodial process.

Why is Stakin a great choice to stake on Aleo?

There are several advantages when staking your ALEO with Stakin, such as:

• Triple AAA-rated institutional staking provider by Staking Rewards

• ISO 27001 certified staking provider

• Reliable infrastructure - We distribute our servers across various geographical locations and partner with premier bare metal and cloud providers

• Dedicated support for all your staking, unstaking, and network-related questions

• Institutional-grade SLAs with uptime and slashing guarantees for both the validator and oracle operations

What kind of institutional services does Stakin offer for Aleo(ALEO) staking?

As an institutional-grade Aleo validator, Stakin has a full range of staking services and advantages to cater to the needs of enterprises and investors, such as asset managers, company treasuries, exchanges, VCs and hedge funds, wallets, custodians, and liquid staking services.

• Institutional grade SLAs with 99.5%+ uptime guarantees and slashing guarantees

• A dedicated Account Manager to answer all your technical and commercial questions

• 24/7 monitoring and alerting with a private dashboard for dedicated and Whitelabel nodes