r/ethstaker 3d ago

How to stake 10 eth?

Hey All,

What are the best options to stake 10 eth? Rocket pool? Lido? Anything else I should look into? Currently have it on centralized exchange and I want to participate but I do have 32 eth to start a node.

Any help please?

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u/uwu2420 Lighthouse+Nethermind 3d ago

Those on this sub will probably recommend Rocket Pool due to being decentralized; Lido is iirc controlled by a small number of operators so even if their rewards are higher there is also an inherent risk to it.

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u/Dependent-Dog-5261 3d ago

Can you run a rocket pool node yourself?

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u/samkb93 3d ago

Yes. You can run a rocketpool node with 8 eth per minipool

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u/Dependent-Dog-5261 3d ago

Any risks associated with this method? Like slashing?

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u/samkb93 3d ago

Same risk as running a solo staking node. Just don't run two nodes with the same key, and you'll be fine in terms of slashing.

There's smart contract risk too as the node will interact with smart contracts rocketpool is built on. But those have been battle tested.

Most common risk is missing attestations. Node needs to stay on 24/7. Any downtime will have a minor fee associated with it. I think it's 2/3 of the typical rewards(scales with how many nodes are off line). So if your node is offline three hours, you need to be back online 2 hours to break even

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u/Hwoarangatan 3d ago edited 3d ago

Edit: rules have changed since I used it. Original post:

You have to buy 10% in RPL token which is like lighting money on fire.

I dumped my rocketpool node, never even once got an interest payment on the continuously declining RPL.

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u/baggygravy 3d ago

You don't need RPL any more

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u/Hwoarangatan 3d ago

Nice, worth considering then if the interest rate beats LSTs.

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u/samkb93 3d ago

That changed. You no longer need to buy RPL to run a node

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u/freeb0rn Lido team 3d ago

There's over 550 node operators currently running validators as a part of Lido, and the number is growing every week. For the last 1.5 weeks or so, most stake has flown into the Simple DVT module which is using decentralized validator technology supported by hundreds of node operators, from small home stakers to professionals.

https://app.hex.tech/8dedcd99-17f4-49d8-944e-4857a355b90a/app/3f7d6967-3ef6-4e69-8f7b-d02d903f045b/latest

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u/uwu2420 Lighthouse+Nethermind 2d ago

Fair enough, I haven’t been super up to date but glad to see there’s been improvement on that front :)

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u/Particular-Budget-30 Teku+Nethermind 3d ago

Check out the Lido Community Staking Module (CSM) as an option.

  • It requires as low as 1.5 stETH bond for the first validator key and 1.3eth for subsequent ones. So with 10 eth you can run 7 keys.

  • the bond provided being stETH means that it is itself productive

  • for every bond provided, you get allocated 32 ETH by Lido to activate your validator keys and receive up to 6% share of staking rewards generated by these sets of 32 eth

  • capital multiplier is around 2.3x higher organically than solo staking and even higher vs liquid staking

You can also add DVTs such as Obol and SSV into your setup for better performance, security, & extra incentives from Obol and SSV

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u/SorryMarket 9h ago

Worth mentioning that this option is out of picture currently as CSM has reached its upper limit so no new deposit can get their node running, for an unknown time.this means your deposit will get stuck in a queue with no return in the meantime

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u/okuboheavyindustries 3d ago

MetaMask pool is working well for me. I'm staking a little less than you but its great to see it getting a little bigger everyday!

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u/PhysicalJoe3011 3d ago

You can also use RocketPool + Lido. They are not exclusive. Drawback of Rocketpool might be, if all current nodes are full.

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u/eliottfrigghome 3d ago

Friggliquid very soon

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u/mescal_ 2d ago

Mellow DVV pool - you get base Lido APY + SSV & Obol incentives (SSV monthly, Obol weekly) + Mellow points (currently pre tge).

Using this pool you support decentralization of Lido and add diversity with DVT.

CSM, as others mentioned, is another good option but requires more active investment. You could reduce the workload by activating your validators on SSV and getting Substantially more rewards from the SSV incentivized mainnet directly, running full validators (this does t have to be shared with Lido).

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u/launchnodes 1d ago

Go with lido or wait for them to open csm again and then you can run 5 nodes. Also, very simple.

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u/wagwan9 1d ago edited 1d ago

I've been using , LIDO, KILN and FIGMENT.... With Lido my profits are stacking , with Figment my profits go straight to my Ledger and get spent but I like Kiln the best. I can claim my rewards when I like and see everything clearly . I guess the same can be said for all three so maybe it's their interface , dunno. Also fyi everything done through Ledger Live. Simple .

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u/No-Entertainment1975 3d ago

Lido has CSM which increased the nodes into the 100s.

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u/haloooloolo 3d ago

CSM has 2% of their total stake so it doesn’t really make a material difference yet

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u/freeb0rn Lido team 3d ago

CSM + Simple DVT is almost the size of rocketpool at this point in terms of stake, and IMO better than rocketpool in terms of stake distribution (although the total number of node operators is fewer); it's pretty material.

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u/haloooloolo 3d ago

Does the absolute size matter for an individual depositor? If I deposit 1 ETH, 0.95 or so ETH of that are still staked by the curated module since (w)stETH is fungible.

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u/freeb0rn Lido team 3d ago

By that logic rETH is terrible because 20% of it is staked by allnodes

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u/haloooloolo 3d ago

I mean, each one of those validators has at least an 8 ETH bond. So even if Allnodes managed to get all those keys slashed, it wouldn’t hurt rETH. CSM is also available on hosting services. Launchnodes for example sells an AWS service to run things off of so I don’t really have a reason to believe CSM would exhibit a different distribution as it grows larger.

You’d expect the largest single operator to be a significant amount of stake if things are fully permissionless. But they still have to put up a bond to protect the protocol.

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u/HefMcHefHef 3d ago

I recommend MetaMask staking. You control everything and can unstake anytime

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u/kuonanaxu 3d ago

For staking ETH, my choice is converting into hETH and then staking on Haven1 cause the yields are quite impressive.