*****EDIT: 20 hours after the post my initial query was answered! Follow the comments if you are interested*****

I was reading a reddit post of a new user trying to solo stake and the dificulties he is facing in doing so.

After some comments about user test1235 I've made some diging on gridcoinstats only to discover that in 2018 user test1235 has staked 421,506 GRC and the number is rising.

The user has 36,323,492 GRC ($1,418,780) in his wallet under various addresses.





That brings out a total 421,506 GRC staked for 2018 (January till March 18th)

I said wow this guy does have a good foothold in the GridCoin ecosystem (a little shy of 10% of all the GridCoins minted).

Until I looked a little closer to the earliest transactions that created this huge sum.

What I found is that large sums of GridCoins where originated from an addressed labeled "Burn Address for Beacons & Polls" (https://gridcoinstats.eu/address/S67nL4vELWwdDVzjgtEP4MxryarTZ9a8GB)

My question is should the GRC from beacons and polls be used to stake in the system? (after all we're not talking about petty change here ($1,4 million in the current GRC-$ Market) and the number is rising).

And if yes do these founds return to the GRC ecosystem somehow or they are kept privately.

After all every guide for solo staking suggest that you need to have a good ammount of GRC (1000-2000) to stake that can either be earned through a pool or bought with another currency...

Thank you for your time.