Hm, I'm not sure I'd go that far. I'd use "staking" for anything that's done programatically as part of a smartcontract, regardless of whether you have to run a

Hm, I'm not sure I'd go that far. I'd use "staking" for anything that's done programatically as part of a smartcontract, regardless of whether you have to run a node yourself. For example, The Graph (GRT) where you attach your tokens to a node to strengthen its signal and share of the rewards. And yes, I know, it's fighting an uphill battle to discourage the use of "staking" for lending out on a centralized platform. "Words drift in meaning, deal with it". But it's also important for people to be able to know what you mean, and there are pretty substantive differences between that kind of staking and "anything that earns a return on your coin" and it's helpful to have a separate word for it.