LiquidDecentralizedSimple
staking with
stETH

Empowering and securing Ethereum since 2020

2.9%

APR

$22,150,620,782

TVL

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ETH

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stETH and get rewards

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stETH in DeFi

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stETH

Ethereum’s leading liquid staking token, with best-in-class security, deepest liquidity and competitive rewards

Secure and
battle tested

$2,247,799,643 rewards paid since 2020

Competitive rewards, deep liquidity

Trade stETH on secondary markets, use as collateral in lending or restaking

Available wherever you need it

100+ integrations

Uncompromised

Security

By Lido Staking Protocol

Protected and Verified

Over $4M invested in security, including audits, bug bounties, and expert reviews

Audits Bug Bounty

Auditors

Open sourced

Allowing continuous peer reviews and enhancements from developers worldwide

Decentralized

700+ Operators across the globe using the Lido Protocol to run validators

The most performant Node Operator Set at Scale

All Modules

Curated

Simple DVT

Community Staking

Geographical diversity

Curated & Simple DVT modules

1—5

6—10

11—15

16—20

21—25

26—30

31—35

Client Diversity

Client diversity underpins the safety of Ethereum’s consensus mechanism, and Node Operators using the Lido protocol have always been at the forefront of reducing majority client usage.

Distributed validators

The Simple DVT Module uses Distributed Validator Technology (DVT) from Obol and SSV Network to reduce the technical and operational risks related to the operation of validators. Validators in SDVT are operated by clusters of participants, each composed of 7 Node Operators who range from professionals to solo stakers, operating in concert.

Empowering permissionless validators

01

Smoothing of CL and EL rewards across the largest Ethereum validator set

02

Competitive bond structure

03

User-friendly experience with low operational gas fees

04

Exclusive use of ETH (stETH) for bonds and rewards

05

Potential for increased rewards per ETH of staked capital compared to vanilla solo staking

Lido Validator Set Performance 97.17%

97.17%

Network performance 96.47%. Check on Rated

Node Operators 700+

700+

A vast array of independent Node Operators, from professionals to home stakers, use the Lido protocol via permissioned and permissionless modules

Curated Module

Curated Module

Curated Module Performance 97.20%

97.20%

Network performance 96.47%. Check on Rated

Node Operators 37

37

Simple DVT Module

Simple DVT Module

SDVTM Performance 96.91%

96.91%

Network performance 96.47%. Check on Rated

Node Operators 261

261

Including 144 Solo & Community Stakers

Community Staking Module

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Community Staking Module

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CSM Performance 96.11%

96.11%

Network performance 96.47%. Check on Rated

Node Operators 425
Due to the permissionless nature of the module, the number of node operators indicated does not represent unique operators (entities/individuals), but rather technical operator entries in the module

425

Governed byLIDO DAOMission-driven decentralized organization

Non-custodial

Lido protocol's design ensures no one can access or control stakers' funds

Transparent

Key decisions require public votes by LDO token holders, ensuring accountability to both users and the wider Ethereum community

Governance Process

Resilient

Whether it is governance, geographic/jurisdictional diversity, or node software, Lido ecosystem participants are always pushing to make the protocol more decentralized in pursuit or greater resilience

stETH

Ecosystem

MetaMask

A crypto wallet & gateway to blockchain apps.

Curve

Use (w)stETH or stMATIC in Curve liquidity pools.

AAVE

Borrow tokens against (w)stETH.

1inch

Exchange and provide liquidity with (w)stETH.

Ledger crypto wallet

Stake directly from Ledger crypto wallet.

Balancer

Provide liquidity with (w)stETH in Balancer’s pools.

Uniswap

Create a new liquidity pool, provide liquidity, and swap tokens.

Sky

Use wstETH for borrowing or multiplying while getting staking rewards.

100more appsExplore more apps on Lido Ecosystem page

stETH in DeFi

in DeFi

Lending and Borrowing

Utilize your stETH - lend it out or borrow against it to access liquidity through third-parties when needed.

Over $1.9B in TVLacross 1 use cases

Leveraged staking

stETH can be used as collateral and leverage ETH using native rate feeds.

Over $163M in TVLacross 1 use cases

Diversified Rewards

Discover multimodal DeFi options for stETH with dynamic rebalancing and flexible operation.

Over $70M in TVLacross 2 use cases

Restaking

Use stETH as collateral in restaking for third-party rewards.

Over $242M in TVLacross 5 use cases

Lido V3 Testnet on Hoodi is live

Staking

Stake ETH Lido Institutional Lido on Polygon

Integrations

stETH in DeFi Lido Multichain Ecosystem

Node operators

Node Operator Portal Become a Node Operator Existing Lido Operators Resources

Lido DAO

Governance Process LEGO grants Research Forum Snapshot Voting On-chain Voting Easy Track Voting

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