# Semantics of Staking: Fun and Games (and Balance Sheets) with Staking Tokens

- Speakers: [Barnabé Monnot](https://streameth.org/speakers/barnabe-monnot)
- Event: [ETHconomics](https://streameth.org/devconnect/ethconomics), Istanbul, Türkiye
- Channel: [Devconnect](https://streameth.org/devconnect)
- Date: 2023-11-15
- Duration: 24:37
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/65b8f8cea5b2d09b88ec10ad
- Download: https://vod-cdn.lp-playback.studio/raw/jxf4iblf6wlsyor6526t4tcmtmqa/catalyst-vod-com/hls/41fe97k9mi2et5nr/1080p0.mp4

## Description

We continue our exploration of the various Principal-Agent problems at play in decentralised systems by shining a light on staking. We provide some thoughts prompted by an exercise in formalising existing constructions with a systematic review. We discuss architectures of liquid staking and re-staking, and everything in-between and beyond.

## About the speakers

### Barnabé Monnot

Barnabé is a research scientist at the Robust Incentives Group. He has published many fundamental pieces on Proposer-Builder Separation and Principal-Agent problems in the Ethereum protocol.