Provider at a glance
- Category
- Staking
- Entity
- Not verified
- Official website
- chorus.one
Independent rankingchecked How it works
Details
Scored 73 out of 100 under methodology 2026.10.18, from the evidence read in September 2026.
Chorus One
Institutional validator operator
Staking
#3 Overall
Ranked #3 of 7 staking in the published ranking
73
ChainChoice Score
The ChainChoice Score, shown against 100: published scores run from 41 to 99.- High evidence confidence
Is Chorus One right for you?
Right for you if these matter most
- Rate transparency7/10, the category best
- Voting from custody9/10, the category best
Look elsewhere if these come first
- Slashing cover3/10 here; Luganodes scores 9
- Lock-up disclosure5/10 here; Kiln scores 8
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What will Chorus One cost you?
Not priced on this basis
- Your stake
- $32k
- Expected gross yield
- 5%
How safe is Chorus One?
- Evidence: verified4 of 4 criteria rest on quoted, sourced receipts. Read September 2026.
- LicenceMiCA (EU): no register record on file here.
Alternatives to Chorus One
Compare all 4- 1Kiln6 points above · stronger on slashing cover (6 against 3)79
- 2Luganodes3 points above · stronger on slashing cover (9 against 3)76$80
- 4Figment1 point below · stronger on slashing cover (5 against 3)72
For your setup
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Why this rank
Why Chorus One ranks #3
Each strength is read from evidence on a 0–10 ladder and weighted as the published methodology states. The 32 objective points these produce (17.9 here) sit inside the score; availability, friction, trust record and measured data add the rest. Best in this ranking on 2 of 4.
4 published criteria · Σ weight 100
CriterionWeightStrength · 0–10ScoreContrib.MedianBestRankEvidence
343+3.263.09#4/7Loading evidence…
225+3.526.08#5/7Loading evidence…
247+5.386.07#1/7Loading evidence…
209+5.766.09#1/7Loading evidence…
Hairline = best in this ranking · tick = its median · a missing bar is "not scored", never zero
Margin−3behind Luganodes, #2
RobustnessOne point from changingacross a one-point change to each of its 4 criterion scores, the re-run scores 70–75 and ranks #3–#4
Evidence4 of 4 scored4 quoted, 4 with a source link
What would move the rank
Each line is the ranking run again with one of Chorus One’s criterion scores changed and every other value held: the smallest whole-point change on that criterion that moves its rank, and where the re-run puts it. Up to 4 climbs and 3 falls are listed, smallest change first. Nothing here is a forecast.
If a validator you delegated to gets slashed, who actually writes the cheque? 3 → 5 on its ladder · passes Luganodes+277#3 → #2
How long are the assets locked per network, and did they tell you before you signed? 5 → 8 on its ladder · passes Luganodes+377#3 → #2
Can you find the rate you would actually pay without booking a sales call? 7 → 10 on its ladder · passes Luganodes+377#3 → #2
If a validator you delegated to gets slashed, who actually writes the cheque? 3 → 2 on its ladder · Figment passes it−170#3 → #4
How long are the assets locked per network, and did they tell you before you signed? 5 → 4 on its ladder · Figment passes it−171#3 → #4
Can you find the rate you would actually pay without booking a sales call? 7 → 6 on its ladder · Figment passes it−171#3 → #4
Smallest climb: “If a validator you delegated to gets slashed, who actually writes the cheque?” 3 → 5 passes Luganodes, #2.
Strengths
2 from the score dataWhere it leads
Best for readers who weight
- Can you find the rate you would actually pay without booking a sales call? — 7/10, the category best
- Do you keep custody and still get to vote — and who presses the button? — 9/10, the category best
Tradeoffs
2 from the score dataWhere it trails
Not for readers who put first
- If a validator you delegated to gets slashed, who actually writes the cheque? — 3/10 against a category best of 9/10
- How long are the assets locked per network, and did they tell you before you signed? — 5/10 against a category best of 8/10
Record watch-outs
- Read the Terms of Service before the marketing, and check which entity you are actually signing with. https://chorus.one/terms-of-service, updated March 18, 2026, defines Slashing and then says in 1.3 that 'Bitwise is not responsible in any way for any failure by any supported blockchain Network to transfer Rewards (including any risks of "Slashing")', caps all liability at fees paid in the preceding six months (or $10,000 if none), and contains 'insurance', 'indemnif' and 'coverage' exactly zero times - while live product pages advertise a '$250k/quarter self-insurance pool' whose only explanatory article now 301-redirects to the homepage. If slashing indemnity is why you are shortlisting this operator, that base cover exists only in marketing copy, the institutional layer is explicitly 'upgradeable' (i.e. purchased), no insurer or reinsurer is ever named, and the signed contract allocates the loss to you. Second-order, and the sharper point: the counterparty is ambiguous on the operator's own domain. The Terms of Service name 'Chorus One AG, a Swiss company ... doing business as Bitwise Onchain Solutions', governed by Swiss law with binding arbitration and a class-action waiver - but the disclosure block on https://chorus.one/crypto-research states 'Staking is provided by Attestant Ltd. Doing business as "Bitwise Onchain Solutions" ("BOS")'. Two different legal entities trade under the same name on the same site, and nothing public tells a buyer which one will be on their contract or which law governs it. Establish the contracting entity in writing before diligence goes further.
Competitive position
Where Chorus One leads and where it trails
Rank on every objective dimension among the rows scored on it. A criterion in the top third of its pool is listed as a lead, the bottom third as a trail; the middle is neither. Popularity, size and commercial terms are not dimensions.
Availability#1 / 714.0 of 20 · constant here
Published criteria#3 / 713.4 of 30 · best 15.9
Friction#1 / 72.7 of 10 · constant here
Trust record#1 / 73.2 of 8 · constant here
Measured data#1 / 78.3 of 18 · constant here
Where Chorus One leads
- Can you find the rate you would actually pay without booking a sales call?#1 / 7
- Do you keep custody and still get to vote — and who presses the button?#1 / 7
Where it trails
- How long are the assets locked per network, and did they tell you before you signed?#5 / 7
Closest alternatives
The 3 nearest rows by score
Nearest by published score in either direction. Each card states the criteria on which the two rows differ and the cost difference under the same scenario inputs; the compare arithmetic below shows why the higher one ranks higher.
Figment#4 of 7 · score 72 · 1.0 point behind
Chorus One leads on
- Can you find the rate you would actually pay without booking a sales call?7 vs 6
- Do you keep custody and still get to vote — and who presses the button?9 vs 5
Figment leads on
- If a validator you delegated to gets slashed, who actually writes the cheque?5 vs 3
- How long are the assets locked per network, and did they tell you before you signed?6 vs 5
Largest single reason Chorus One is ahead: published criteria (+0.8 display points).Scenario cost: Figment has no verified pricing for this scenario.
Luganodes#2 of 7 · score 76 · 3.0 points ahead
Chorus One leads on
- How long are the assets locked per network, and did they tell you before you signed?5 vs 3
- Can you find the rate you would actually pay without booking a sales call?7 vs 5
- Do you keep custody and still get to vote — and who presses the button?9 vs 6
Luganodes leads on
- If a validator you delegated to gets slashed, who actually writes the cheque?9 vs 3
Largest single reason Luganodes is ahead: published criteria (+3.4 display points).Scenario cost: Chorus One has no verified pricing for this scenario.
Kiln#1 of 7 · score 79 · 6.0 points ahead
Chorus One leads on
- Can you find the rate you would actually pay without booking a sales call?7 vs 6
- Do you keep custody and still get to vote — and who presses the button?9 vs 7
Kiln leads on
- If a validator you delegated to gets slashed, who actually writes the cheque?6 vs 3
- How long are the assets locked per network, and did they tell you before you signed?8 vs 5
Largest single reason Kiln is ahead: published criteria (+6.5 display points).Scenario cost: Kiln has no verified pricing for this scenario.
Against the leader
79 vs 73 · gap 6.0Why Kiln ranks above Chorus One
The compare workspace's arithmetic applied to these two rows. Each dimension's share of the gap is its weight × the difference, on the displayed scale — it reproduces the displayed gap of 6.0 to within rounding.
DimensionThisKilnGap share
Availability · 23% weight · constant here14.014.0same
Published criteria · 35% weight13.415.9−6.5, worse
Friction · 12% weight · constant here2.72.7same
Trust record · 9% weight · constant here3.23.2same
Measured data · 21% weight · constant here8.38.3same
Published criterionThisKilnPoints
If a validator you delegated to gets slashed, who actually writes the cheque? · w3436−3.26, worse
How long are the assets locked per network, and did they tell you before you signed? · w2258−2.11, worse
Can you find the rate you would actually pay without booking a sales call? · w2476+0.77, better
Do you keep custody and still get to vote — and who presses the button? · w2097+1.28, better
Net7379−6.0
Your scenario
Chorus One is not priced for this scenario
The operator's cut of the rewards your stake earns — not a fee on the stake itself. Gross yield is your assumption, not ours. Change an input and every figure recomputes from the published rate; the published rank does not move.
commission/yr · default scenario — set your own
Your stake · your input$32k
Expected gross yield · your input5%
Rate read from the provider’s published pricing ↗ on 28 September 2026.
commission/yrCost is stated as commission/yr in USD; it is never a yield, never annualised, and it does not enter the score.
Not priced on this basis
Under the default inputs · USDCategory median and cheapestNot statedOnly 1 of 7 rows publish a comparable price; a median and a cheapest row need at least 3.
6 of 7 rows in this ranking have no verified rate for this scenario and are absent from the median, not counted as free.
Evidence
Evidence read 28 September 2026
One row per published criterion: the page each strength was read from, its source type by domain, the reading date and whether the file and the published table agree. Open a row for the quote and the receipt.
4 of 4 cells scored
Score evidenceVerified4 of 4 criteria reconstruct from receipts
4 of 4 criteria reconstruct from a quoted, sourced receipt equal to the published strength.Public receiptsReading…4 quoted with a source URL
The receipt file has not been read yet.Evidence confidenceHighcoverage and corroboration, never freshness
4/4 criteria scored, with 4 dated sources quoted.RobustnessOne point from changingrank #3 to #4 across one-point re-runs
Whether the position holds when one criterion score is changed by one point and the ranking is run again. It is always a re-run of the ranking, never an estimate.The newest evidence read on the platform is 3 November 2026; this category's reading is older. The scores stand as read on 28 September 2026.
Reading the evidence ledger…
CriterionSourceTypeReadFreshnessStatusReceipt
If a validator you delegated to gets slashed, who actually writes the cheque?strength 3 · weight 34Report an error—28 September 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.How long are the assets locked per network, and did they tell you before you signed?strength 5 · weight 22Report an error—28 September 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.Can you find the rate you would actually pay without booking a sales call?strength 7 · weight 24Report an error—28 September 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.Do you keep custody and still get to vote — and who presses the button?strength 9 · weight 20Report an error—28 September 2026*
Unknown
No reading date is recorded for this cell or its category.No receipt
A strength is published but no quote or source page is on file for it.How you can lose money here, and what the ranking scores
- Control failure (Chorus One 9/10): a key or vote changes the rules, freezes or mints.Scored by Do you keep custody and still get to vote — and who presses the button? · 20%
- Insolvency failure (Chorus One 3/10): the firm or issuer that owes you cannot pay.Scored by If a validator you delegated to gets slashed, who actually writes the cheque? · 34%
- Exit failure (Chorus One 5/10): you cannot get out at par, on time, or with what is yours.Scored by How long are the assets locked per network, and did they tell you before you signed? · 22%
Not assessed by this ranking: Liveness failure, Custody failure, Regulatory failure, Execution failure, Information failure. A high place says nothing about these; the Methodology tab says what each means. Also scored, as cost, quality or a summary of several families: Can you find the rate you would actually pay without booking a sales call? (24%).
Facts
facts, not scoresWhat the record publishes
- Pricing
- Chorus One's OPUS / ETH Staking Vault page (https://
chorus .one /stake-ethereum-opus, fetched 28 September 2026) answers "What is the fee for staking on the ETH Staking Vault?" with "The ETH Staking Vault Pool offers highly competitive staking fees at just 5%." and repeats it as "Low fees, high rewards – our 5% commissions are among the market's lowest." That rate belongs to the ETH Staking Vault pool, not to an institutional contract: https:// chorus .one /institutional-staking prints no percentage and routes to "Contact us". The Terms of Service (UPDATED 18 March 2026) set the base — a flat Service Fee "as a percentage of the Rewards earned" at the rate most recently posted on the Site — so the rate is charged on rewards, not principal.Chorus One — official pricing page ↗ · 28 September 2026 - Prices published in
- USDChorus One — official pricing page ↗ · 28 September 2026
- Licences held
- Not published
- Compliance level
- partial
- Regulatory note
- Not published
- Supported chains
- Ethereum, Solana, Cosmos, Avalanche, NEAR, Celestia, Polygon, Sui, Aptos, TON, Injective, Osmosis, dYdX, Chainlink, EigenLayer, Babylon, Monad, Hyperliquid, Aleo, Sei, Seda, Axelar, Band, Gnosis, Stacks, Lombard, Botanix, Canton, Espresso, Mezo, TAC, Arc, Tempo, Centrifuge, Helium, Provenance, Teritori, Mantra, Gram, Tezos
- Markets served
- global
- Primary markets
- Not published
- Restricted markets
- Not published
- Operating limits
- Not published
- Availability note
- Not published
No confirmed legal entity is on file for this record. Nothing is inferred from the brand name.
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How this page is reviewed
Reviewed means this product in this category was read against its sources on or after that date; every ranked category is re-read at least every 45 days. Models research, extract and parse. A deterministic engine ranks. Every quote passes an adversarial refute pass.
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History
What the record carries
Changes to published ranks are recorded in a ledger; every step and its cause is listed on the rank-history page. The entries below begin with the current verified snapshot, then the methodology versions whose changes applied to this category, newest first.
10 methodology entries
- 28 September 2026Current verified snapshot · methodology 2026.10.18Score 73, #3 of 7. 4 of 4 criteria scored. History starts here; earlier values are not interpolated.
- 11 October 2026
2026.10.9No live feed or market rate moves a score- fixed Lending and borrowing: the borrow rate leaves the fee term, which now scores every protocol alike, so the category ranks on its four published criteria. Venus, first on those criteria, moves from #7 to #1; Spark stays #2; Morpho moves from #1 to #3 and Compound from #8 to #6.
- fixed Exchanges: the fee term reads each exchange's taker fee from the catalog instead of a table dated 1 April. Kraken (0.80 %) moves from #6 to #9 and Gemini (1.20 %) from #10 to #11; Coinbase, Luno, Bitvavo and VALR each move up one place, and Bybit stays #1.
- removed Staking: a yield no longer stands in for a staking provider's missing commission. No published score moves.
- added /methodology/live-data publishes which numbers may move a score; on every build a test fills each live feed with extreme values and fails if a single score moves.
- 10 October 2026
2026.10.8When nothing serves your country, the list shown for reference is the published ranking · platform-wide- fixed The reference list shown when nothing serves your country is the published order with the published scores, and a build check now fails any such list out of that order or with a score the ranking does not publish.
- fixed The explorer prints an overall rank only for a row the published ranking holds; a country entrant such as Coinbase Commerce for US merchants shows no overall rank.
- changed Published orders do not move. Country results change only where nothing serves the country: in India bill pay keeps Bitcoin Well first and now shows Strike second, as published; 35 such runs across all categories and countries now match the published list exactly.
- 10 October 2026
2026.10.6A criterion you require re-scores the rows that meet it · platform-wide- changed The explorer sends each criterion you require, at any band, as fit_required with your other answers; region, licence, chain and fact filters stay filters. On /best, a required criterion joins For you as a marked preference does, which needs your country; Overall stays the published ranking, filtered.
- added Every published criterion has a golden case as the explorer sends it (require:<criterion>), so the order a requirement gives is replayed and gated as the published order is, and a change to it needs an entry here.
Methodology 2026.10.18, the same published run every visitor sees · receipt staking:chorus_one:2026.10.18:03cb591b310e
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