What is Staking?		
				
ADA held on the Cardano network represents a stake in the network, with
the size of the stake proportional to the amount of ADA held. The
ability to delegate or pledge a stake is fundamental to how Cardano
works.

There are two ways an ada holder can earn rewards: by delegating their
stake to a stake pool run by someone else, or running their own stake
pool. The amount of stake delegated to a given stake pool is the primary
way the Ouroboros protocol chooses who should add the next block to the
blockchain, and receive a monetary reward for doing so.

The more stake is delegated to a stake pool (up to a certain point), the
more likely it is to make the next block – and the rewards are shared
between everyone who delegated their stake to that stake pool.