# eigen

Security is becoming a marketplace.
That idea sits at the center of the $EIGEN thesis.
EigenLayer introduces restaking, a model that allows Ethereum validators to extend their existing economic security to additional services such as bridges, oracle networks, data availability layers, and other decentralized infrastructure.
Instead of every new protocol building its own validator network from scratch, developers can tap into Ethereum's established security base.
The opportunity is clear.
Restaking increases capital efficiency by allowing the same collateral to secure multiple networks simulta