MilkyWay is a Cosmos-based layer-1 blockchain designed around two cornerstone features: Liquid Staking (LSD) and Restaking. These enable stakeholders to keep their staked assets fluid while also extending security to multiple off-chain or specialized on-chain services. Traditional proof-of-stake (PoS) networks require tokens to remain locked to support the base chain, preventing them from being used in other DeFi environments or bridging scenarios. By contrast, MilkyWay’s LSD model allows stakers to deposit tokens(such as TIA, BABY, or INIT) and receive LSD tokens (milkTIA, milkBABY, milkINIT). These LSD tokens can move freely across crosschain DeFi or bridging networks, ensuring users retain flexibility.

Restaking further enhances this process by letting the same staked collateral back external services. In many blockchains, oracles, bridges, rollup sequencers, and data availability layers each have to build an entire validator set or trust model. This fragmentation of security is time-consuming, expensive, and often less secure overall. MilkyWay’s restaking approach offers a single, modular environment where stakers can “opt in” to provide security for various services, known as Actively Validated Services (AVSs). This structure is aligned with the Cosmos SDK and CometBFT (formerly Tendermint), allowing the chain to handle advanced slash logic, LSD accounting, and bridging interactions.