How does a delegator earn rewards?

• A. Delegate stake to a validator to earn a share of rewards.
• B. Stake to become a validator.
• C. Send AVAX to a subnet.
• D. Mint AVAX.

Answer: (A)

In staking, a delegator earns rewards by delegating your AVAX to a validator who participates in the network’s consensus. The validator earns rewards for securing the network, and after applying their commission, a portion of those rewards is distributed to the delegators proportional to how much stake you contributed. The key idea is that you don’t run a validator yourself or mint new AVAX; you simply lend your stake to a validator and share in the earned rewards. The other options describe different actions (becoming a validator, sending to a subnet, or minting) that aren’t how delegators earn rewards.