# The Staking Guardians The **Staking Guardian** is a new role introduced by the Staking Abstraction Layer (SAL) into the Bitcoin staking ecosystem, serving as a core component to ensure the transparency, integrity, and security of the staking process. Staking Guardian take on multiple responsibilities in the staking flow, including asset custody, transaction verification, and transaction co-signing. By separating the construction of staking transactions from their verification and signing, the Staking Guardian ensures that staking transactions initiated by roles like the LST Issuer are accurate and error-free, guaranteeing that user assets are staked according to their intent. When users unstake and redeem their assets, the Staking Guardian also verifies the transaction to ensure that assets are correctly returned to the designated address, preventing any asset loss. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.solv.finance/staking-abstraction-layer-sal/architecture/the-ecological-view/the-staking-validators.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.