Restaking
Reusing already-staked assets for additional yield: the same deposit secures other services. On Ethereum it runs through EigenLayer; on TON it remains experimental as of May 2026.
Aliases: restaking, re-staking
Restaking is the practice in which a user who has already staked assets (TON, ETH, etc.) lets those same assets secure additional services and receives extra rewards for doing so.
How it works
- User stakes the base asset (e.g. in a pool).
- Receives a liquid receipt (tsTON, stETH).
- Deposits that receipt into a restaking protocol.
- The protocol uses the collateral to secure AVSs (Actively Validated Services) — oracles, bridges, sidechains.
- Yield = base staking + AVS rewards.
Risks
- Slashing on two layers: a fault in the base staking AND a fault in any AVS can slash you.
- Cascading liquidations: rehypothecation increases systemic risk.
- Audit complexity: every AVS adds its own attack surface.
TON and restaking
As of May 2026, no EigenLayer-equivalent runs in production on TON. Conceptually tsTON and hTON can be used as collateral in lending (EVAA), but that is not true AVS-restaking. Possible directions: oracle security through TON-staked collateral, bridge-validator restaking.
Related: liquid staking, Tonstakers.