Hands down one of my favorite features that Polygon has done for POL stakers - “stake weight” TL;DR- start staking as soon as possible Essentially, this rewards users who have been staking longer, rewarding loyalty. This will come into play as POL stakers start receiving airdrops Here are 2 of my wallets. One has 35k POL staked, but the staking started May 20. The other wallet has ~6.5k POL staked, but has been staking since the first snapshot (April 1) Despite having 29k fewer POL staked, this wallet actually has a higher weighted stake, meaning if an airdrop happened today, it’d receive larger rewards. Will be extremely interesting to see how this plays out for Katana, Miden, and PrivadoID airdrops. Stake your POL

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