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# Liquid Staking on Radix

#### The Babylon update saw Radix introduce the concept of liquid staking. Here's how it works:

* A user stakes to a validator (to help secure the network and earn emissions)
* The validator returns the user a fungible *LSU* token representing their share of the staking pool
* Each different validator issues a *unique* LSU token
* The validator staking pool (of which the LSU holder owns a share) accrues XRD rewards (network emissions) over time. Rewards are discounted for validator downtime (penalties) and validator fees.
* Currently, as there is no slashing, LSUs can only go up in value (or at worse remain constant)

So a staker to a validator on Radix holds LSU tokens which are unique to that specific validator, fungible and increase in XRD value over time.

The Radix protocol enforces a *7 day unstaking period* - the time it takes from unstaking your LSU to receiving the associated XRD stake back*.*

For more comprehensive details of staking on Radix, see this [overview](https://learn.radixdlt.com/article/what-is-a-liquid-stake-unit-lsu-and-native-liquid-staking).

**Read on for how the LSU Pool works.**