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# Portal

## The Staking Gateway

**Geode Finance utilizes a Modular Architecture, making things&#x20;**<mark style="color:purple;">**safer**</mark>**&#x20;for stakers, and&#x20;**<mark style="color:purple;">**easier**</mark>**&#x20;for Pool Providers**.

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#### The most crucial component is The Portal.

* Creation and maintenance of the configurable staking pools.
* Minting new tokens.
* Securing the Ether until it is staked in a validator.
* Onboarding new Operators to the marketplace.
* Management and regulation of the Operator marketplace.
* Allowing new functionalities to be implemented with ease.
* Securing it's own codebase from Governance.
* Various tasks of Oracle.

#### To achieve these tasks and improve the staking user experience for everyone:

1. We need to make sure every Staking Pool and Node Operator is isolated in a well organized storage space. We can also add new functionalities with ease:

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[Isolated Storage](/key-concepts/portal/isolated-storage.md)
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2. We need to define the different parties that will use this storage space, in a secure and generalized way. Thereby preventing any third party access:

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[Dual Governance](/key-concepts/portal/dual-governance.md)
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3. We need to define the ownership of the funds explicitly, in a way that Portal doesn't hold any responsibility after validator creation:

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[Withdrawal Contracts](/key-concepts/withdrawal-contracts.md)
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4. We need to create an upgradability pattern **for both Portal and Withdrawal Contracts**, so we can prevent Governance from changing these mechanisms inconveniently or maliciously.

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[Limited Upgradability](/key-concepts/portal/limited-upgradability.md)
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5. Now, we can implement The Staking Library. It should manage and provide a wide variety of features for the staking derivatives:

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[Permissionless Configurable Staking Pools](/key-concepts/permissionless-configurable-staking-pools.md)
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6. We need to have a marketplace for Pools and Operators to communicate easily:

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[Operator Marketplace](/operator-marketplace.md)
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6. We need to have a generalized approach on price updates, that supports infinitely many staking pools:

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[Telescope Ether](/key-concepts/oracles/telescope-ether.md)
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