# Offline stake--Why does it exist?

**URL:** <https://forum.algorand.co/t/offline-stake-why-does-it-exist/806>\
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**Created:** [July 6, 2019, 6:46pm UTC](https://forum.algorand.co/t/offline-stake-why-does-it-exist/806 "2019-07-06T18:46:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Evan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.algorand.co/evan/32/37_2.png) [@Evan](https://forum.algorand.co/u/Evan)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.algorand.co/t/offline-stake-why-does-it-exist/806/4 "2019-07-10T17:08:52Z")

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Really good, succinct, run-down, I love it.  
While we’re building up explanations, I’ll add my own, the casual one I usually give people:

Marking stake as Online means: hey, network, expect to hear votes and stuff from my running node, send me votes and blocks and I’ll think about them, etc.  
Marking stake as Offline is like putting up a Gone Fishing sign: it’s helpful to the network to know that you won’t be around to vote on stuff, that your stake shouldn’t be used when calculating majorities, and stuff like that.

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