{"id":602006,"date":"2026-05-26T02:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T06:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/?p=602006"},"modified":"2026-05-25T23:22:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T03:22:34","slug":"with-polkadot-upgrading-its-staking-model-will-validators-finally-be-risk-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/with-polkadot-upgrading-its-staking-model-will-validators-finally-be-risk-free\/","title":{"rendered":"With Polkadot upgrading its staking model, will validators finally be risk free?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Polkadot has come up with a major change in its network\u2019s staking model. Polkadot OpenGov is scheduled to vote on Referendum 1890, which would mandate that each validator self-stake at least 10,000 DOT of their own money. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since many validators currently depend on nominator capital, this rule would directly increase the economic risk for the validators instead of the nominators.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Assessing present-day Polkadot infrastructure<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For context, <a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/predictions\/polkadot-price-prediction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Polkadot<\/a> employs a two-player team-like system known as Nominated Proof-of-Stake (NPoS). In this case, validators are in charge of operating the computers that process transactions and maintain network security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Nominators, on the other hand, are regular DOT holders who lend their DOT to validators to improve them rather than operating computers themselves. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In exchange, they receive a portion of the benefits. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently, the risk is being shared by validators and nominators. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, the new <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Polkadot\/status\/2058603680983912523\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">modifications<\/a> would serve as a prerequisite for two additional staking upgrades.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Referendum 1890 &#8211; A catalyst for the network&#8217;s staking model?<\/strong> <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first prerequisite is &#8220;nominators becoming unslashable,&#8221; and the second is the &#8220;fast unbonding.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Currently, even if the user does nothing wrong, they would still lose money if they had lent their DOT to a validator and they made a mistake. In this new system, the slashing risk would be directly borne by validators. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead of immediately burning the money of numerous small stakers, any validator that misbehaves or goes offline would first lose its own 10,000+ DOT bond. While their principal would be protected, nominators could still receive rewards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Polkadot added,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nominators can continue earning staking rewards without exposing their principal to slashing.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the latter prerequisite, one had to wait 28 days to get their DOT back after unstaking it. That&#8217;s almost a month in which the user is unable to use, sell, or transfer the money. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore, the staked DOT unbonding period would now be shortened from 28 days to 24 to 48 hours. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intriguingly, with all these changes, Polkadot would also be able to weed out bad actors and those who don&#8217;t put in much effort.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Polkadot market dynamics<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These developments came on the heels of DOT&#8217;s price trading at $1.25 at press time. This could be a good sign because the altcoin recently recovered from a <a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/polkadot-recovers-17-after-hyperbridge-exploit-will-dots-gains-continue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hyperbridge exploit<\/a> that caused DOT to lose a large share of its market capitalization.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_602018\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-602018\" style=\"width: 762px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Staking-market-cap-for-Blockchains.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-602018 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Staking-market-cap-for-Blockchains.png\" alt=\"Staking market cap for Blockchains\" width=\"762\" height=\"1078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Staking-market-cap-for-Blockchains.png 762w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Staking-market-cap-for-Blockchains-212x300.png 212w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Staking-market-cap-for-Blockchains-724x1024.png 724w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-602018\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Token Terminal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here, it&#8217;s worth noting that in terms of staking market capitalization for L1s, Polkadot was ranked seventh with $1.1 billion. On the other hand, <a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/predictions\/ethereum-price-prediction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ethereum [ETH]<\/a> led with $82.1 billion. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This might be because staking market capitalization by chain revealed a decline in 2026, compared to 2025.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_602017\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-602017\" style=\"width: 2126px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Staking-market-cap-by-chain.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-602017 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Staking-market-cap-by-chain.png\" alt=\"Staking market cap by chain\" width=\"2126\" height=\"974\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Staking-market-cap-by-chain.png 2126w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Staking-market-cap-by-chain-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Staking-market-cap-by-chain-1024x469.png 1024w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Staking-market-cap-by-chain-768x352.png 768w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Staking-market-cap-by-chain-1536x704.png 1536w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Staking-market-cap-by-chain-2048x938.png 2048w, https:\/\/ambcrypto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Staking-market-cap-by-chain-1200x550.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2126px) 100vw, 2126px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-602017\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Token Terminal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Final Summary<\/strong> <\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Polkadot OpenGov is geared up to vote for a major upgrade that is the prerequisite for the next major staking upgrade. <\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<li><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the Referendum 1890 upgrade, more risks will be borne by validators and not nominators.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is validator-first slashing going to alter investors&#8217; perceptions of Polkadot staking?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":602020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,66,4,20],"tags":[6427],"class_list":["post-602006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-altcoins-news","category-new-news","category-social","category-trading-view","tag-ambcrypto"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>With Polkadot upgrading its staking model, will validators finally be risk free? 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