StarkWare CEO, Eli Ben-Sasson, has announced plans to introduce staking to Starknet by the end of 2024. If the community approves the Starknet improvement proposal (SNIP), staking will be tested on the testnet before launching on the mainnet in Q4. The new staking feature will be open-source, and users can become stakers if they hold the minimum staking amount or delegate to an existing staker. Rewards will be proportional to the amount staked. The rollout will occur in stages, with stakers initially required to run full nodes in preparation for validation activities.