# BLACKHOLE LIQUID STAKING

*Blackhole is an Ethereum Liquid Staking protocol powered by **Distributed Validator Technology (DVT) accessible via holding $BLK.***

It expands on Ethereum's Proof of Stake, giving Operators and Stakers new capabilities:

* BlkETH, a Liquid Staking Token that produces Ethereum Staking Rewards, is awarded to Liquid Stakers.
* In order to complete staking obligations and obtain extra Operator Rewards, operators run a Distributed Validation node.

Participants in the Blackhole network receive staking incentives from Ethereum based on their contributions.

*As a receipt token, BlkETH's balance is updated every day to reflect both the amount of deposited ETH and the rewards earned via Ethereum staking.*

While some of these functionalities are present in other solutions, **Blackhole is the first to fully integrate Distributed Validation with liquid staking**, providing the most effective functionality for both Operators and Liquid Stakers.

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**Blackhole Rewrites the Rules**
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*Liquid Staking*

🌱 No minimum ETH to stake.

👏 No requirement to run a node.

💧 Liquid Staking Tokens without lockups.

*More Resilient Operations*

🌳 Resilient: Nodes are fully disposable.

❤️‍🔥 Self-healing: Ability to regenerate lost keys.

💠 Redundancy: \~500x better uptime thanks to DVT fallbacks.

*Incentives and Penalties*

📈 Smooth Staking Rewards.

⛔️ Quick ejection of bad actors.

*Trust-minimized Architecture*

🪨 Trustless and permissionless.

🛡️ Collateral protection for Stakers.

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