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> The first step is to transfer your ETH to a large scale, trusted wallet, like Coinbase's wallet.

Absolutely FALSE. I don't know how you could possibly be so confidently wrong. One of the big selling points of PoS is that you don't need mining facility/hardware. You only need 32 ETH, and the resources to run the node. NO central entity is required.

From: https://ethereum.org/en/staking/#how-to-stake-your-eth

"Solo staking on Ethereum is the gold standard for staking. It provides full participation rewards, improves the decentralization of the network, and never requires trusting anyone else with your funds."

Even if you move it to Coinbase for them to do the staking, the custodial wallet is in your name. The same happens with ETH held for trading. You can move it from one exchange to another, and still not trigger a taxable event as long as you own both accounts/wallets.



"Only". Retail price of 32 ETH is about $40k USD which seems like a lot to me.


Compared to Bitcoin mining hardware that will need to be fixed/replaced/upgraded and housed physically, it's relatively cheap.

There's a technical reason explained here:

https://kyrianalex.substack.com/p/why-32-eth-was-required-fo...

It can be changed. It's what was chosen at the time based on the design of the network.


I remember the cash number as being much higher, but I guess 32 ETH is not worth as much as it used to be a few months ago...

One benefit to this crashing price. It makes these kind of set numbers easier to hit I guess.


It also used to be a lot lower. I had considered taking out a $20k loan to buy 32 ETH




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