There are three ways to stake AZERO on Aleph Zero to earn rewards and grow your crypto portfolio: ValidatorYou can stake AZERO as a validator to help verify transactions and create new blocks, earning rewards. You need to apply to become a validator and undergo a verification process to generate rewards via network inflation if you opt for this method of staking AZERO. Direct NominationThe direct nomination requires you to bond and stake your AZERO tokens to safeguard the network. You need to have a minimal stake of 2000 AZERO, and you can stake them directly from your stash account. NominatorYou can also join an existing staking pool through pooled nomination. By joining a staking pool, you can stake as little as 10 AZERO, and the pool operator makes the validator choice.Staking $AZERO on Aleph Zero involves temporarily locking your AZERO tokens. Validators and nominators are rewarded proportionally to their stake, and the rewards are added to their stash accounts.