In addition to mining HNT by running your Hotspot, you can also stake HNT on the Helium Network and participate in verifying transactions. You can stake $HNT by running your validator node. This option requires you to stake a minimum of 10,000 HNT and have the technical skills to set up and maintain a validator node through a virtual server provider. You also need a high-speed, reliable internet connection to keep your node online and constantly running to avoid penalties or a reduction in earnings. The Helium Foundation has confirmed that token holders will be able to stake HNT to participate in decentralized governance after migration to Solana. Staking HNT will let them earn Vote-escrowed HNT (veHNT) that will represent voting power and can be delegated to Helium subDAOs.