Starknet plans to launch STRK staking in Q4, which will allow for innovative business logic and use cases, enhance the usefulness of STRK, and contribute to the gradual decentralization of the network. At this initial stage, neither StarkWare nor the Starknet Foundation will participate in the pledge, so they will not be eligible for the pledge reward. In addition, all locked tokens will not be able to participate in the pledge at that time.