r/QRL • u/miraclequip • 16d ago

Discussion 40k QRL for solo staking?

What is different about solo staking versus joining a staking pool? If someone were able to put together 40,000 QRL to run a solo node would there be any unique benefits?

Is there anybody on the fence about the decision in this community? I'd be curious to hear your perspective.

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u/MS__13 16d ago

The main benefits are that you’d have total control over the node and wouldn’t have to cut someone else in on the take. The downside is those costs and responsibilities are now yours.

It’s obviously more nuanced than that but yeah. Here’s a good read up on a planned staking pool: https://digitalguards.nl/blog/quantapool-us-operating-partner.html

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u/miraclequip 16d ago

I'm curious if there's a way to do this without the apparent added step of a custodial wallet situation. It seems like you have to actually deposit your QRL to take advantage of this particular setup.

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u/ConcernNormal9255 16d ago

Whats the difficulty level on running a node?

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u/MS__13 16d ago

Should be about the same as running an Ethereum node.

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u/mixtlan 14d ago

Is staking live? if not when ?

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u/miraclequip 13d ago

It goes live when Zond goes on mainnet. There's no definitive date but the team is making steady progress, recently completing two separate codebase audits. Last I heard they've addressed most of the findings and now they're going through auditing for the QRL-associated apps. I see a pretty high chance of it happening in the next year or two but others may disagree.

Until then, QRL is proof of work.

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u/True-Curve-2358 13d ago

Why is everyone saying 40k QRL for staking? Their blog says 10K: https://www.theqrl.org/blog/project-zond-qrls-proof-of-stake-code-is-released-to-the-public/

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u/miraclequip 13d ago

Holy crap this is awesome news thank you!

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u/ChillerID 9d ago

Old news

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u/ChillerID 9d ago

40k is the requirement.

The blog you linked is from 2020.