Does staking from home make sense in 2024 as a rational action?

Or is it more just a noble thing that enthusiasts can do for the network?

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Hard to justify if you didn't have a lot of validators :/

You will be rewarded ~3.000$/year/validator.
You need to take into account your time, your electricity, your internet connection, your hardware cost and the capital cost.

I will personally shutdown my validator in a few weeks.

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how much time do you spend on it? i spend about an hour every 2 or 3 months on mine. and how much is electricity costing you? it shouldn't cost anyone in the world more than like $5/month and that's at the high end

and where will you put the capital instead?

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I live in Belgium :)
Electricity 0.4$/kWh * 1KWh/d  = 140$/y
Time 1 hours every 2 months at 40$/h  = 240$
Internet unlimited bandwidth + 50$/month = 600$

There are an infinite number of protocols where you can deposit your Ether, it is even possible to buy additional insurance to reduce risk.