The initial staking pool, tracking the performance of the ETH/USD Price Feed, will be capped at 25M LINK tokens with the intention of scaling up to 75M. As future phases roll out, the allocation size will grow along with available pools.
The initial entry of participants will emphasize long-term community members and long-standing node operators.
The base-level rewards will derive from native token emissions with an annualized target of up to 5%. Once v1 is released, the annualized rate will vary based on user fees and commitment length, where the longer a staker will choose to commit their stake, the greater the share of rewards they can receive.
An initial version of the Chainlink Partner Growth Program (PGP) is set to launch alongside Chainlink staking. Stakers in v0.1 will be eligible to earn additional benefits with the support of ecosystem participants to align incentives and accelerate the growth of the Chainlink ecosystem.
While limited in detail, loss protection is being looked at for v2 staking. Additional details on this should come as the implementation of staking progresses.

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