Blockdaemon vs Luganodes Luganodes leads by 16 points.
Luganodes scores 16 points above Blockdaemon, led by slashing cover, rate transparency, and voting from custody. Blockdaemon ranks #7 and Luganodes #2 of 7 published staking. Every term of the gap is on the ledger below; the inputs are on the audit receipt.
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Luganodes76
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #7 and #2 of 7
Luganodes scores 16 points above Blockdaemon, led by slashing cover, rate transparency, and voting from custody.
BLBlockdaemon #7 of 760
Luganodes #2 of 776
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99; a bar is empty at 41 and full at 99.
Why, term by termLuganodes leads on 3 of 4 published criteria; Blockdaemon on 1. The terms sum to the gap.
TermLuganodesBlockdaemonWeightPoints
Slashing cover9/102/108.2+14.9for Luganodes+7.6 of 32
Rate transparency5/103/105.8+3.0for Luganodes+1.5 of 32
Lock-up disclosure3/105/105.3−2.7for Blockdaemon−1.4 of 32
Voting from custody6/105/104.8+1.2for Luganodes+0.6 of 32
Net of the terms+16.3
Reproduced gap+16.4
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below7660+16.0
Weight is in points of the 86-point weighted total. Points are score points of the gap between the two.
LuganodesScore 76Institutional non-custodial validator operator on 40+ networks that is the only member of this pool to name a licensed insurer for slashing — confirmed on the Bermuda Monetary Authority's own register — and state the client pays nothing for it, while publishing a commission figure for just three of those networks (TRON, Sui and Hyperliquid on 2026-09-28), no exit-queue figure for Ethereum at all, and a contract that caps its own liability at the fees it collected.Strength: Slashing indemnity — 9/10Watch-out: Read the Terms of Service before you read anything else, because it contradicts three things the marketing says. (1) The company you would contract with is not the Swiss one on the homepage: https://luganodes.com/terms-of-service opens "These Terms of Service for Boldfit Tech Solutions Ltd. ("Terms") regulate the services provided by Luganodes, a private limited company based in Cayman Islands ("Luganodes")", while https://luganodes.com/faq/ lists "Headquarters Switzerland (Lugano Plan ₿)" and /network/ethereum calls the operation "Swiss-operated"; the Terms then pick Swiss law (8.1, "These Terms are regulated by and construed in line with Swiss substantive law") and assign jurisdiction to "the regular courts of Luganodes" (8.2), which is not a court — Luganodes is the counterparty's own trading name, not a place. (2) The insurance that makes this the strongest indemnity disclosure in the category is nowhere in the contract. The words Chainproof and insurance appear zero times in the Terms; section 4 expressly excludes "slashing penalties" from Luganodes' responsibility, and section 5 caps total liability at "the portion of Service Fees received by Luganodes" from your delegation. The insurer is real and licensed — Chainproof Digital Asset Insurance Ltd appears on the Bermuda Monetary Authority's own regulated-entities register as sector Insurance, Class IIGB — but Chainproof describes its slashing product as "First-party indemnification for validators and institutional stakers", publishes no limit ("meaningful policy limits", "All policies are bespoke"), and does not name Luganodes anywhere on its site. So get the policy number, the limit, and written confirmation that YOU are the beneficiary rather than the validator. (3) Section 6 states the Service Fee "is also available on the Luganodes website" — it is not, for any network except TRON, Sui and, on a Hyperliquid page new since August, Hyperliquid ("3.00%" on 2026-09-28). Ask for your commission per network and your Ethereum exit-queue expectation in the contract; neither is published.BlockdaemonScore 60Bank-facing non-custodial validator operator (70+ protocols per its homepage counter, though /validators says "50+ protocols"; ISO 27001 / SOC 2 Type II claimed; $110B+ assets secured platform-wide but only "$6+ billion" in staking infrastructure) whose staking pitch rests on a "100% slashing insurance guarantee" that names no underwriter, no limit and no policy anywhere on its own domain — while publishing tiered self-serve per-compute-unit pricing for its API product and no staking commission at all.Strength: Unbonding disclosure — 5/10Watch-out: Read the guarantee's scope before you read its size, and note that Blockdaemon's own pages disagree about it. The headline is an absolute — "backed by 100% slashing insurance guarantee" (/staking) — but the three pages that say anything about what the policy responds to do not agree: /validators scopes it to rewards ("Customers are 100% guaranteed under our slashing insurance policy against rewards missed due to downtime and slashing risks"), while the blog's disclaimer points at principal ("Covers affected staked balances. Additional terms and conditions apply. Inquire here for more information.") and /trust-center says only "Our slashing protection, backed by leading risk advisors and insurers, safeguards clients against potential losses." Not one names a carrier. The single insurance party identified on the entire domain is Marsh, which Blockdaemon itself calls "the world's leading insurance broker and risk advisor" — a broker, not the underwriter that pays; a domain-wide search for Chainproof, Munich Re, Lloyd's, Nexus Mutual, 'underwriter', 'carrier', 'aggregate limit', 'policy limit' and 'certificate of insurance' returns nothing. So settle this in writing before committing: who is the risk carrier, what is the per-incident and aggregate limit, and does cover attach to slashed principal or only to foregone rewards. Second-order: do not read the homepage's "$110B+ Assets Secured" as staked AUM — the staking pages size that business at "$6+ billion worth of staking infrastructure", an 18x difference, because the $110B is the whole platform including custody. Third: the protocol count is inconsistent on Blockdaemon's own site — the homepage counter says 70+ Protocols while /validators says "Supports 50+ protocols" and /protocols links 61 pages.
Quick facts
At a glance
2 of 3 rows read the same for both.
FactBlockdaemonLuganodes
PricingSnapshotBlockdaemon prints no staking commission figure. The only pricing statement is the "Commission Fee" entry in the glossary of its Trust Center (https://www.blockdaemon.com/trust-center, fetched 28 September 2026): "The Validator charges the Delegators who choose to stake their tokens to the protocol via the validator infrastructure. This fee is charged as a % of any rewards distributed by the protocol to that validator." The same entry ends: "Validators set the commission fee %, but are only able to change it in accordance with limitations set by the Network. The Commission Fee is public information published on the Network, accessible by any participants including Delegators." That is a general definition of how proof-of-stake commission works, not Blockdaemon's price; the staking, validators and custodian pages show reward rates and route to "Get in touch", so the rate for a contract is reachable only through sales or by reading each validator's on-chain commission.Luganodes' TRON network page (https://luganodes.com/network/tron/, fetched 28 September 2026) answers "What APR can I earn staking TRX with Luganodes?" with: "Luganodes returns 95% of staking rewards to voters at a 5% commission, currently a 3.21% APR. TRON yield comes from block production and voting rewards rather than a fixed rate, so it moves with network conditions. Among institutional TRON staking providers, Luganodes sits at the top of the cohort on both reward share and yield. Last updated: June 2026." The same page's header block reads "5% Flat Commission" and "~3.2% APR". That is the TRON Super Representative rate only. Luganodes prints a rate for just two other networks (Sui on its network directory, Hyperliquid on its new Hyperliquid page); its Ethereum and staking-product pages print no fee, and its Terms say the Service Fee is recorded on-chain and "also available on the Luganodes website".
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From the published criteria
Which should you pick?
BL
Blockdaemon
60#7 of 7
Pick it when
Pick Blockdaemon if lock-up disclosure matters most — it scores 5/10 to Luganodes's 3/10 there (weight 22).
Strength
Unbonding disclosure — 5/10
Tradeoff
Read the guarantee's scope before you read its size, and note that Blockdaemon's own pages disagree about it. The headline is an absolute — "backed by 100% slashing insurance guarantee" (/staking) — but the three pages that say anything about what the policy responds to do not agree: /validators scopes it to rewards ("Customers are 100% guaranteed under our slashing insurance policy against rewards missed due to downtime and slashing risks"), while the blog's disclaimer points at principal ("Covers affected staked balances. Additional terms and conditions apply. Inquire here for more information.") and /trust-center says only "Our slashing protection, backed by leading risk advisors and insurers, safeguards clients against potential losses." Not one names a carrier. The single insurance party identified on the entire domain is Marsh, which Blockdaemon itself calls "the world's leading insurance broker and risk advisor" — a broker, not the underwriter that pays; a domain-wide search for Chainproof, Munich Re, Lloyd's, Nexus Mutual, 'underwriter', 'carrier', 'aggregate limit', 'policy limit' and 'certificate of insurance' returns nothing. So settle this in writing before committing: who is the risk carrier, what is the per-incident and aggregate limit, and does cover attach to slashed principal or only to foregone rewards. Second-order: do not read the homepage's "$110B+ Assets Secured" as staked AUM — the staking pages size that business at "$6+ billion worth of staking infrastructure", an 18x difference, because the $110B is the whole platform including custody. Third: the protocol count is inconsistent on Blockdaemon's own site — the homepage counter says 70+ Protocols while /validators says "Supports 50+ protocols" and /protocols links 61 pages.
Luganodes
76#2 of 7
Leads
Pick it when
Pick Luganodes if slashing cover matters most — it scores 9/10 to Blockdaemon's 2/10 there (weight 34).
Strength
Slashing indemnity — 9/10
Tradeoff
Read the Terms of Service before you read anything else, because it contradicts three things the marketing says. (1) The company you would contract with is not the Swiss one on the homepage: https://luganodes.com/terms-of-service opens "These Terms of Service for Boldfit Tech Solutions Ltd. ("Terms") regulate the services provided by Luganodes, a private limited company based in Cayman Islands ("Luganodes")", while https://luganodes.com/faq/ lists "Headquarters Switzerland (Lugano Plan ₿)" and /network/ethereum calls the operation "Swiss-operated"; the Terms then pick Swiss law (8.1, "These Terms are regulated by and construed in line with Swiss substantive law") and assign jurisdiction to "the regular courts of Luganodes" (8.2), which is not a court — Luganodes is the counterparty's own trading name, not a place. (2) The insurance that makes this the strongest indemnity disclosure in the category is nowhere in the contract. The words Chainproof and insurance appear zero times in the Terms; section 4 expressly excludes "slashing penalties" from Luganodes' responsibility, and section 5 caps total liability at "the portion of Service Fees received by Luganodes" from your delegation. The insurer is real and licensed — Chainproof Digital Asset Insurance Ltd appears on the Bermuda Monetary Authority's own regulated-entities register as sector Insurance, Class IIGB — but Chainproof describes its slashing product as "First-party indemnification for validators and institutional stakers", publishes no limit ("meaningful policy limits", "All policies are bespoke"), and does not name Luganodes anywhere on its site. So get the policy number, the limit, and written confirmation that YOU are the beneficiary rather than the validator. (3) Section 6 states the Service Fee "is also available on the Luganodes website" — it is not, for any network except TRON, Sui and, on a Hyperliquid page new since August, Hyperliquid ("3.00%" on 2026-09-28). Ask for your commission per network and your Ethereum exit-queue expectation in the contract; neither is published.
Self-identify in 10 seconds
Which one is actually for you?
BLBlockdaemon
Choose Blockdaemon if lock-up disclosure matters most
Lock-up disclosure: 5/10 against 3/10 for Luganodes (weight 22)
BlockdaemonScore 60Bank-facing non-custodial validator operator (70+ protocols per its homepage counter, though /validators says "50+ protocols"; ISO 27001 / SOC 2 Type II claimed; $110B+ assets secured platform-wide but only "$6+ billion" in staking infrastructure) whose staking pitch rests on a "100% slashing insurance guarantee" that names no underwriter, no limit and no policy anywhere on its own domain — while publishing tiered self-serve per-compute-unit pricing for its API product and no staking commission at all.Strength: Unbonding disclosure — 5/10Watch-out: Read the guarantee's scope before you read its size, and note that Blockdaemon's own pages disagree about it. The headline is an absolute — "backed by 100% slashing insurance guarantee" (/staking) — but the three pages that say anything about what the policy responds to do not agree: /validators scopes it to rewards ("Customers are 100% guaranteed under our slashing insurance policy against rewards missed due to downtime and slashing risks"), while the blog's disclaimer points at principal ("Covers affected staked balances. Additional terms and conditions apply. Inquire here for more information.") and /trust-center says only "Our slashing protection, backed by leading risk advisors and insurers, safeguards clients against potential losses." Not one names a carrier. The single insurance party identified on the entire domain is Marsh, which Blockdaemon itself calls "the world's leading insurance broker and risk advisor" — a broker, not the underwriter that pays; a domain-wide search for Chainproof, Munich Re, Lloyd's, Nexus Mutual, 'underwriter', 'carrier', 'aggregate limit', 'policy limit' and 'certificate of insurance' returns nothing. So settle this in writing before committing: who is the risk carrier, what is the per-incident and aggregate limit, and does cover attach to slashed principal or only to foregone rewards. Second-order: do not read the homepage's "$110B+ Assets Secured" as staked AUM — the staking pages size that business at "$6+ billion worth of staking infrastructure", an 18x difference, because the $110B is the whole platform including custody. Third: the protocol count is inconsistent on Blockdaemon's own site — the homepage counter says 70+ Protocols while /validators says "Supports 50+ protocols" and /protocols links 61 pages.
LuganodesLeads
Choose Luganodes if slashing cover matters most
Slashing cover: 9/10 against 2/10 for Blockdaemon (weight 34)
Rate transparency: 5/10 against 3/10 for Blockdaemon (weight 24)
Voting from custody: 6/10 against 5/10 for Blockdaemon (weight 20)
LuganodesScore 76Institutional non-custodial validator operator on 40+ networks that is the only member of this pool to name a licensed insurer for slashing — confirmed on the Bermuda Monetary Authority's own register — and state the client pays nothing for it, while publishing a commission figure for just three of those networks (TRON, Sui and Hyperliquid on 2026-09-28), no exit-queue figure for Ethereum at all, and a contract that caps its own liability at the fees it collected.Strength: Slashing indemnity — 9/10Watch-out: Read the Terms of Service before you read anything else, because it contradicts three things the marketing says. (1) The company you would contract with is not the Swiss one on the homepage: https://luganodes.com/terms-of-service opens "These Terms of Service for Boldfit Tech Solutions Ltd. ("Terms") regulate the services provided by Luganodes, a private limited company based in Cayman Islands ("Luganodes")", while https://luganodes.com/faq/ lists "Headquarters Switzerland (Lugano Plan ₿)" and /network/ethereum calls the operation "Swiss-operated"; the Terms then pick Swiss law (8.1, "These Terms are regulated by and construed in line with Swiss substantive law") and assign jurisdiction to "the regular courts of Luganodes" (8.2), which is not a court — Luganodes is the counterparty's own trading name, not a place. (2) The insurance that makes this the strongest indemnity disclosure in the category is nowhere in the contract. The words Chainproof and insurance appear zero times in the Terms; section 4 expressly excludes "slashing penalties" from Luganodes' responsibility, and section 5 caps total liability at "the portion of Service Fees received by Luganodes" from your delegation. The insurer is real and licensed — Chainproof Digital Asset Insurance Ltd appears on the Bermuda Monetary Authority's own regulated-entities register as sector Insurance, Class IIGB — but Chainproof describes its slashing product as "First-party indemnification for validators and institutional stakers", publishes no limit ("meaningful policy limits", "All policies are bespoke"), and does not name Luganodes anywhere on its site. So get the policy number, the limit, and written confirmation that YOU are the beneficiary rather than the validator. (3) Section 6 states the Service Fee "is also available on the Luganodes website" — it is not, for any network except TRON, Sui and, on a Hyperliquid page new since August, Hyperliquid ("3.00%" on 2026-09-28). Ask for your commission per network and your Ethereum exit-queue expectation in the contract; neither is published.
Criterion by criterion
Scorecard
Published criteria · weight in points of 868 of 8 cells scored. Strength is read from the evidence file; the weight is the published one. Methodology
Slashing cover
by 7 of 10weight 8.2 of 86Luganodes leads
Blockdaemon2/10 out of 10
Luganodes9/10 out of 10
Lock-up disclosure
by 2 of 10weight 5.3 of 86Blockdaemon leads
Blockdaemon5/10 out of 10
Luganodes3/10 out of 10
Rate transparency
by 2 of 10weight 5.8 of 86Luganodes leads
Blockdaemon3/10 out of 10
Luganodes5/10 out of 10
Voting from custody
by 1 of 10weight 4.8 of 86Luganodes leads
Blockdaemon5/10 out of 10
Luganodes6/10 out of 10
Score dimensions
weights sum to 86
The published score is five dimensions, each weighted for the category. "Published criteria" is the criteria block above; the other four are the engine's own terms — availability, friction, trust record, measured data. Each bar is one side's points out of that dimension's maximum; the weight beside the name is its points of the 86-point weighted total. The published criteria above can fill 24 of the block’s 30. A weight marked “constant here” belongs to a dimension every ranked product in the category holds at the same value: it still counts in the total, and it orders nothing here.
Availabilityweight 20 of 86 · constant here
Blockdaemon14/20Luganodes14/20
Tie
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
Blockdaemon8.4/30Luganodes14.7/30
Luganodes leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86 · constant here
Blockdaemon2.7/10Luganodes2.7/10
Tie
Trust recordweight 8 of 86 · constant here
Blockdaemon3.2/8Luganodes3.2/8
Tie
Measured dataweight 18 of 86 · constant here
Blockdaemon8.3/18Luganodes8.3/18
Tie
Decision rulePublished order
Choose Luganodes unless the term Blockdaemon leads on is the one you are buying.
Pick Blockdaemon if lock-up disclosure matters most — it scores 5/10 to Luganodes's 3/10 there (weight 22).
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Control failure: 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% (Blockdaemon 5/10, Luganodes 6/10)
Insolvency failure: 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% (Blockdaemon 2/10, Luganodes 9/10)
Exit failure: 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% (Blockdaemon 5/10, Luganodes 3/10)
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%).
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Luganodes scores 16 points above Blockdaemon, led by slashing cover, rate transparency, and voting from custody. Published scores, out of 100: Blockdaemon 60 (rank 7 of 7 staking), Luganodes 76 (rank 2 of 7).
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