As the protocol continues to expand, develop, and harden, and reaches the planned Archean and Proterozoic Phases of the mainnet, validators on the Synapse Network must stake SYN in order to be an active part of the network. In return for staking this SYN and contributing to the security of the protocol, validators receive SYN in the form of staking rewards and as their allotment of the SYN transaction fees generated within the network. In addition, they also receive SYN as a rebate for gas expenditures on the Ethereum network, which can otherwise be a costly component of running a validator.