The Staking Layer Behind Trustless Oracle Updates

Unlike traditional models that frame staking as a passive yield tool, DIA’s staking system is designed to do much more. It fuels the blockchain oracle economy, secures the network, and aligns incentives between data providers and users. Staking on Lumina’s mainnet marks the beginning of a new phase, where DIA’s oracle infrastructure becomes economically self-reinforcing, trustless, and fully aligned with usage.

Staking in DIA Lumina is not an optional add-on—it’s the security layer. Stakers (token holders and Feeders) lock up $DIA to secure oracle operations. Feeders are responsible for submitting accurate and timely data onchain and are incentivized to act reliably to earn rewards.

In this system, staking directly underpins the economic and security model of DIA oracles. Over time, Feeders and delegators will earn performance-based rewards; delivering inaccurate data can lead to penalties. This will evolve into a slashing and delegation framework, where token holders can back feeders of their choice and get rewarded for supporting network reliability.

On DIA Lumina’s architecture, data oracles don’t run in the dark. Every data update is a transaction on DIA’s own rollup network, Lasernet. What makes this system tamper-proof is due to data is computed via smart contracts. Instead of off-chain dependencies or opaque backend logic, all data handling is executed on-chain, ensuring full verifiability.

These updates require gas paid in $DIA, making each data update a value-generating event, as fees collected in each transaction are reinvested back into the system, rewarding feeders and, eventually, delegators. This transforms oracle consumption into a token demand loop and creates a direct, onchain link between network usage and protocol value.

DIA’s staking model activates a powerful economic flywheel:

• Feeders submit data on DIA’s L2 ‘Lasernet’, incurring gas paid in $DIA.
• Oracles are used by dApps, generating usage fees.
• Fees are distributed to Stakers (Feeders and delegators)
• Stakers commit more stake to the chain, further securing the network
• More cryptoeconomic security leads to more reliable data and more demand.

This isn’t a promise. It’s already in motion. DIA is live on 60+ chains and integrated with over 200 dApps, demonstrating real network traction and growing oracle demand.

Staking is coming to DIA Lumina’s mainnet in an initial beta version. This will mark the first phase of an evolving economic layer for the protocol. Soon after, delegation and slashing mechanisms will be introduced, enabling delegators to support specific data providers and enforce accountability through economic penalties.

With each step, staking will become more integrated in the protocol, not only as a source of rewards but as a pillar of trustlessness. It will enable the community to participate in validating and securing data operations, reinforcing DIA’s position as the most transparent and trust-minimized oracle system in the space.

As this system matures, staking will continue to unlock new layers of decentralization and verifiability, solidifying DIA’s role as the oracle stack that makes data trustless.