Chainlink, a decentralized oracle network, announced that the beta version of its staking protocol v0.1 has been launched on the Ethereum mainnet and is now open to early access users. 3:00 on Sunday), users can stake up to 7,000 LINK tokens and start receiving rewards. Currently, the upper limit of the LINK pool is 25 million LINK tokens. In the current v0.1 pool, 22.5 million LINKs are allocated to community stakers on a first-come, first-served basis, and 2.5 million LINKs are allocated and reserved for node operator stakers. Staking LINK and rewards will be locked until the release of Staking v0.2, which is scheduled for release in approximately 9-12 months. Additionally, Chainlink plans to provide more information on expanding its 25 million LINK pool in early 2023. the