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Expand Up @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Kusama uses NPoS (Nominated Proof-of-Stake), comprising the roles of validators

Both validators and nominators will earn rewards— and may be penalized—proportional to the amount that they stake, with validators having the ability to set some payment preferences.

For detailed instructions on how to nominate a validator, often referred to as staking, please see the [Nominating page](https://guide.kusama.network/en/latest/try/nominating/) of this guide.
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For detailed instructions on how to nominate a validator, often referred to as staking, please see the [Nominating page](https://guide.kusama.network/en/latest/try/nominating/) of this guide.
For detailed instructions on how to nominate a validator, which can be seen as staking your KSM tokens _through_ someone else, please see the [Nominating page](https://guide.kusama.network/en/latest/try/nominating/) of this guide.

I wouldn't indicate that nominating and staking are interchangeable. Validators stake, nominators nominate. I do agree it might be confusing for newcomers, but we need to make the distinction clearer, not merge terms.


## Validating

Running a validator is a process which requires dedicated hardware and some technical prowess. Nominating (basically, voting with your stake on which validators will be part of the active validator set) is much less technically demanding.
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### What is nominating?
A nominator publishes a list of validator candidates that they trust, and puts down an amount of KSM at stake to support them with. If some of these candidates are elected as validators, they share with them the payments, or the sanctions, on a per-staked-KSM basis. Unlike validators, an unlimited number of parties can participate as nominators. As long as a nominator is diligent in their choice and only supports validator candidates with good security practices, their role carries low risk and provides a continuous source of revenue.

For detailed instructions on how to nominate Kusama validators, please see the [Nominating page](https://guide.kusama.network/en/latest/try/nominating/) of this guide.

### Can I nominate multiple validators?

Yes. Validators are selected via the Phragmen Method. You can think of this is a version of "approval voting" - you can approve zero, one, or multiple validators (although of course, if you do not nominate any validators, you are not nominating and thus will not receive any rewards).
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