To put it simply, there’s no real difference between token locking and staking. In both cases, you hand your coins over to the project team and they promise you some future airdrop rewards. The names might sound different on the surface, but in practice, it’s the same playbook—your asset control is temporarily out of your hands. As for risks, there’s not much difference either. While your funds are locked, if the project rug pulls, the contract gets exploited, or the market crashes, all you can do is watch. Before joining this kind of activity, you really need to consider whether you can accept these risks.