The long-awaited Chainlink Staking v0.1 was launched on December 6, 2022, and the community staking pool was capped at 25M LINK. It was filled up just in two days.
The launch of Chainlink Staking v0.2 started on November 28, 2023, with a nine-day Priority Migration period. Then, on December 7, 2023, stakers eligible for Early Access had a four-day opportunity to stake up to 15,000 LINK in v0.2 before General Access opens. And finally, on December 11, 2023, anyone had the opportunity to stake up to 15,000 LINK, provided the pool is not yet full.
It is worth mentioning that the Community Pool is capped at 40 875 000 LINK tokens. Please check the Chainlink Staking Dashboard here. Currently, the Community Pool is full.
If you want to learn more, please read the article about Chainlink staking.