Provider at a glance
- Category
- Retail Staking
- Entity
- All 3 Lido products
- Official website
- lido.fi
Independent rankingchecked How it works
Details
Scored 80 out of 100 under methodology 2026.10.18, from the evidence read in October 2026.
Lido (stETH)
Liquid ETH staking you hold in your own wallet
Retail Staking
#1 Overall
Ranked #1 of 7 retail staking in the published ranking
80
ChainChoice Score
The ChainChoice Score, shown against 100: published scores run from 41 to 99.- High evidence confidence
- $160 commission/yr
Is Lido (stETH) right for you?
Right for you if these matter most
- Share of the ETH reward you keep8/10; the category best is 9
- Way back to ETH8/10, the category best
Look elsewhere if these come first
- Rate shown before sign-up5/10 here; Kraken ETH Staking scores 8
Not yet tested for your country. Markets it lists: Global.
to test where you can use it.
The rank above is the published one, the same for every reader. Find my best retail staking provider shows where it lands for you.
What will Lido (stETH) cost you?
$160 commission/yr
- Your stake
- $32k
- Expected gross yield
- 5%
- Commission on rewards
- 10%
$80 below the median of 5 priced retail staking.
How this is calculatedHow safe is Lido (stETH)?
- Evidence: verified3 of 3 criteria rest on quoted, sourced receipts. Read October 2026.
- LicenceMiCA (EU): no register record on file here.
Alternatives to Lido (stETH)
Compare all 4- 2Kraken ETH Staking24 points below · stronger on rate disclosure (8 against 5)56$400
- 3Coinbase ETH Staking25 points below · weaker on net yield after commission (3 against 8)55$560
- 4Revolut ETH Staking26 points below · stronger on net yield after commission (9 against 8)54$48
For your setup
Find out if Lido (stETH) fits you
The rank above is the published one — the same for every visitor. Answer the category's questions and this section shows where Lido (stETH) lands for you, which criteria your answers weight up, and which stated needs the record does or does not meet. The published rank stays beside it.
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Why it leads
Why Lido (stETH) ranks #1
Each strength is read from evidence on a 0–10 ladder and weighted as the published methodology states. The 32 objective points these produce (23.7 here) sit inside the score; availability, friction, trust record and measured data add the rest. Best in this ranking on 1 of 3.
3 published criteria · Σ weight 100
CriterionWeightStrength · 0–10ScoreContrib.MedianBestRankEvidence
508+12.804.09#2/7Loading evidence…
308+7.685.08#1/7Loading evidence…
205+3.205.08#4/7Loading evidence…
Hairline = best in this ranking · tick = its median · a missing bar is "not scored", never zero
Margin+24over Kraken ETH Staking, #2
RobustnessHoldsacross a one-point change to each of its 3 criterion scores, the re-run scores 80–81 and stays #1
Evidence3 of 3 scored3 quoted, 3 with a source link
What would move the rank
Each line is the ranking run again with one of Lido (stETH)’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.
Share of the ETH reward you keep 8 → 0 on its ladder · Kraken ETH Staking passes it−875#1 → #2
Strengths
2 from the score dataWhere it leads
Best for readers who weight
- Share of the ETH reward you keep — 8/10, category best 9/10
- Way back to ETH — 8/10, the category best
Tradeoffs
1 from the score dataWhere it trails
Not for readers who put first
- Rate shown before sign-up — 5/10 against a category best of 8/10
Record watch-outs
- You hold stETH in your own wallet: no venue can freeze it, and none can recover it if you lose the keys. Its market price can sit below ETH when many holders sell at once; Lido says stETH "is intentionally not pegged to ETH".
Competitive position
Where Lido (stETH) 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 · pool best
Published criteria#1 / 717.8 of 30 · pool best
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 Lido (stETH) leads
- Share of the ETH reward you keep#2 / 7
- Way back to ETH#1 / 7
Where it trailsNo criterion in the bottom third of its pool.
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.
Kraken ETH Staking#2 of 7 · score 56 · 24.0 points behind
Lido (stETH) leads on
- Share of the ETH reward you keep8 vs 4
- Way back to ETH8 vs 4
Kraken ETH Staking leads on
- Rate shown before sign-up8 vs 5
Largest single reason Lido (stETH) is ahead: published criteria (+16.4 display points).Scenario cost: Kraken ETH Staking is +$240 against Lido (stETH).
Coinbase ETH Staking#3 of 7 · score 55 · 25.0 points behind
Lido (stETH) leads on
- Share of the ETH reward you keep8 vs 3
- Way back to ETH8 vs 7
Coinbase ETH Staking leads onNo scored criterion
Largest single reason Lido (stETH) is ahead: published criteria (+17.7 display points).Scenario cost: Coinbase ETH Staking is +$400 against Lido (stETH).
Revolut ETH Staking#4 of 7 · score 54 · 26.0 points behind
Lido (stETH) leads on
- Way back to ETH8 vs 3
Revolut ETH Staking leads on
- Share of the ETH reward you keep9 vs 8
- Rate shown before sign-up6 vs 5
Largest single reason Lido (stETH) is ahead: availability (+20.8 display points).Scenario cost: Revolut ETH Staking is −$112 against Lido (stETH).
Against #2
80 vs 56 · gap 24.0Why Lido (stETH) ranks above Kraken ETH Staking
DimensionThisKraken ETH StakingGap share
Availability · 23% weight14.011.0+7.8, better
Published criteria · 35% weight17.811.5+16.4, better
Friction · 12% weight · constant here2.72.7same
Trust record · 9% weight · constant here3.23.2same
Measured data · 21% weight · constant here8.38.3same
Published criterionThisKraken ETH StakingPoints
Share of the ETH reward you keep · w5084+6.40, better
Way back to ETH · w3084+3.84, better
Rate shown before sign-up · w2058−1.92, worse
Net8056+24.0
Your scenario
What Lido (stETH) costs on your 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%
Commission on rewards · published rate10%
Rate read from the provider’s published pricing ↗ on 28 October 2026.
commission/yrCost is stated as commission/yr in USD; it is never a yield, never annualised, and it does not enter the score.
$160
Under the default inputs · USDCategory median$2405 of 7 rows priced · Lido (stETH) −$80 vs median
Cheapest priced$48 · Revolut ETH StakingLido (stETH) costs +$112 more · availability not applied — set your country to filterCompare with Revolut ETH Staking
2 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 October 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.
3 of 3 cells scored
Score evidenceVerified3 of 3 criteria reconstruct from receipts
3 of 3 criteria reconstruct from a quoted, sourced receipt equal to the published strength.Public receiptsReading…3 quoted with a source URL
The receipt file has not been read yet.Evidence confidenceHighcoverage and corroboration, never freshness
3/3 criteria scored, with 3 dated sources quoted.RobustnessHoldsrank #1 across every one-point re-run
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 October 2026.
Reading the evidence ledger…
CriterionSourceTypeReadFreshnessStatusReceipt
Share of the ETH reward you keepstrength 8 · weight 50Report an error—28 October 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.Way back to ETHstrength 8 · weight 30Report an error—28 October 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.Rate shown before sign-upstrength 5 · weight 20Report an error—28 October 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
- Exit failure (Lido (stETH) 8/10): you cannot get out at par, on time, or with what is yours.Scored by Way back to ETH · 30%
- Information failure (Lido (stETH) 5/10): the number is wrong or bought, or your data leaks.Scored by Rate shown before sign-up · 20%
Not assessed by this ranking: Control failure, Liveness failure, Custody failure, Insolvency failure, Regulatory failure, Execution 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: Share of the ETH reward you keep (50%).
Facts
facts, not scoresWhat the record publishes
- Pricing
- "Lido charges a protocol fee (currently 10%) on the rewards accumulated by the staked ETH underlying the protocol." — Lido protocol-fee page, read 28 October 2026. The published stETH rate on that day was a 7-day average of 2.33% (eth-api.lido.fi); no Lido page says whether it is before or after the fee. Gas to stake and unstake, and the price of selling stETH early, are not part of the fee.Lido — official page at lido.fi ↗ · 28 October 2026
- Prices published in
- USDLido — official page at lido.fi ↗ · 28 October 2026
- Licences held
- Not published
- Compliance level
- partial
- Regulatory note
- A protocol run through Lido DAO, not a licensed venue: no regulator holds the ETH because no company does; you hold stETH in your own wallet.
- Supported chains
- Ethereum
- Markets served
- global
- Primary markets
- Not published
- Restricted markets
- Not published
- Operating limits
- Not published
- Availability note
- Lido's terms of use (read 28 October 2026) bar sanctioned territories for every user, and bar the United States and the United Kingdom only from the Lido Earn vaults: "for the purposes of accessing or depositing cryptoassets in the vaults in Lido Earn ... you represent and warrant that you are not accessing them from, and are not a citizen or resident of, the United States, the United Kingdom". Core stETH staking carries no such country line.
Legal entity on file: Lido, placed in 3 products. Only confirmed entities are shown; nothing is inferred from the brand name.
If something goes wrong with Lido (stETH): where to complain, and where to report a scam
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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.
Accountable for this review: Mathias Siemonsmeier, Founder.
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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.
9 methodology entries
- 28 October 2026Current verified snapshot · methodology 2026.10.18Score 80, #1 of 7. 3 of 3 criteria scored. History starts here; earlier values are not interpolated.
- 28 October 2026
2026.10.18A new ranking for retail ETH staking: where to stake ETH from an app or an exchange, scored on the share of the reward you keep- added Lido (stETH), Kraken ETH Staking, Coinbase ETH Staking, Revolut ETH Staking, OKX ETH Staking, Bitstamp Earn Staking and Bybit ETH Staking enter Retail Staking, ranked in that order.
- added Lido (stETH) enters first on the Retail Staking country pages for Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, the Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United States and Vietnam.
- added Retail Staking: seven ETH staking products ranked on the share of the reward kept, the exit routes and the rate disclosure, each read on 28 October 2026 from the provider's own pages, its public API or a regulator's register, with the page captures committed.
- added A rate counts as shown before sign-up only with its basis stated in words: no Lido page says whether its 7-day APR is before or after the 10% fee, so Lido (stETH) scores 5 of 10 there, not the 9 an inference from its API code would give.
- 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 retail_staking:lido-steth:2026.10.18:b5105e08f7a1
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