Rewards for staking vary by network and cryptocurrency:
For staked ETH:
- Consensus rewards: Earned for validating the network. These are paid directly into your ETH.Staked balance and automatically compound, so your staked position grows over time without any action needed.
- Other rewards (e.g., MEV): Earned from block-level activity like transaction ordering, separate from core validation. These are paid into your available (unstaked) balance ETH, not into ETH.Staked.