Moonbeam Staking Guide
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This staking guide explains how to stake Moonbeam tokens (GLMR)
Moonbeam: The Cross-Ecosystem Hub of Polkadot
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At its core, Moonbeam is a smart-contract platform on Polkadot that serves as a developer-focused bridge to and from other blockchain ecosystems — most notably Ethereum, but also Cosmos, Solana, Avalanche and others — and provides a channel into the Polkadot network for applications based in other connected ecosystems. It also operates a Kusama equivalent platform known as Moonriver.