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For those that don't know, staking is a dedicated computer + 32 ETH in escrow, then you get your ETH back + 1/2 ETH payment at the end of the month but fewer if you were offline including possibly losing some of your escrowed ETH.

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So it's not possible to stake without 32 ETH to stake? That's a sizeable investment.

staking pools are a thing

What is the computer doing during that time?

Validating or creating blocks, which to be clear is _significantly_ less work than mining.

Voting on block proposals as part of a randomly assigned committee.

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