Lido scores 23 points above Curve Finance, led by confidence and operating style. Curve Finance ranks #10 and Lido #5 of 10 published Web3 apps. Every term of the gap is on the ledger below; the inputs are on the audit receipt.
Curve Finance41
vs
Lido64
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #10 and #5 of 10
Lido scores 23 points above Curve Finance, led by confidence and operating style.
Curve Finance #10 of 1041
Lido #5 of 1064
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99; a bar is empty at 41 and full at 99.
Why, term by termLido leads on 2 of 4 published criteria; Curve Finance on 0. The terms sum to the gap.
TermLidoCurve FinanceWeightPoints
Confidence8/107/105.8+1.5for Lido+0.8 of 32
Operating style7/102/105.3+6.9for Lido+3.5 of 32
Trust recordScore dimension6.43.28+8.3for Lido
FrictionScore dimension5.32.710+6.8for Lido
Net of the terms+23.4
Reproduced gap+23.4
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below6441+23.0
Weight is in points of the 86-point weighted total. Points are score points of the gap between the two.
A floor bound on one row means the criterion arithmetic does not reproduce the displayed gap exactly.
LidoScore 64Liquid staking — stake ETH and stay liquid with stETHStrength: Job fit — 9/10Watch-out: Staking carries smart-contract and validator / slashing risk; stETH can trade slightly off pegCurve FinanceScore 41The foundational DeFi protocol for stablecoin and pegged-asset swapsStrength: Job fit — 9/10Watch-out: Interface is notoriously complex — not beginner-friendly
Quick facts
At a glance
FactCurve FinanceLido
PricingSnapshotCurve's DEX overview (docs.curve.finance/user/dex/overview, fetched 30 September 2026): "Each Stableswap pool has its own set fee, with most ranging from 0.005% to 0.02%"; some, such as the Strategic Reserve pools, charge "around 0.001%"; and "Most current and all new pools now feature dynamic fees", which rise when a swap would unbalance the pool further. For Cryptoswap pools (pairs that are not pegged): "Fees can be as low as 0.05% and go up to around 0.4%". Curve's swap guide (same date) says the quoted exchange rate "already includes trading fees". Network gas applies on whichever chain is used.Lido's Protocol Fee page (lido.fi/how-lido-works/protocol-fee, fetched 30 September 2026): "Lido charges a protocol fee (currently 10%) on the rewards accumulated by the staked ETH underlying the protocol." Stakers keep "90%" of rewards in every staking module; the other 10% is split between node operators and the DAO treasury in proportions that differ by module (Curated Module: 5% and 5%). The rate is set by Lido DAO governance, and the fee "is waived during periods of negative net rewards". No deposit or withdrawal fee appears on the Lido pages read; Ethereum gas applies.
Asset coverageEditorialStablecoin and pegged-asset pairs, plus volatile pairs in Cryptoswap pools, across major EVM chainsLiquid-staked ETH (stETH) and supported staking assets
Region fitSnapshotglobalus, europe, global
From the published criteria
Which should you pick?
Curve Finance
41#10 of 10
Pick it when
Curve Finance leads Lido on no published criterion and no score dimension — pick it only if a fact outside the score (country, funding rail, custody) decides for you.
Strength
Job fit — 9/10
Tradeoff
Interface is notoriously complex — not beginner-friendly
Lido
64#5 of 10
Leads
Pick it when
Pick Lido if confidence matters most — it scores 8/10 to Curve Finance's 7/10 there (weight 24).
Strength
Job fit — 9/10
Tradeoff
Staking carries smart-contract and validator / slashing risk; stETH can trade slightly off peg
Self-identify in 10 seconds
Which one is actually for you?
Curve Finance
Curve Finance leads Lido on no published criterion
Choose it only if something outside the published criteria decides for you — your country, a funding rail, or custody.
Curve FinanceScore 41The foundational DeFi protocol for stablecoin and pegged-asset swapsStrength: Job fit — 9/10Watch-out: Interface is notoriously complex — not beginner-friendly
LidoLeads
Choose Lido if confidence matters most
Confidence: 8/10 against 7/10 for Curve Finance (weight 24)
Operating style: 7/10 against 2/10 for Curve Finance (weight 22)
LidoScore 64Liquid staking — stake ETH and stay liquid with stETHStrength: Job fit — 9/10Watch-out: Staking carries smart-contract and validator / slashing risk; stETH can trade slightly off peg
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
Job fit
weight 7.2 of 86Tie
Curve Finance9/10 out of 10
Lido9/10 out of 10
Ecosystem
weight 5.8 of 86Tie
Curve Finance7/10 out of 10
Lido7/10 out of 10
Operating style
by 5 of 10weight 5.3 of 86Lido leads
Curve Finance2/10 out of 10
Lido7/10 out of 10
Confidence
by 1 of 10weight 5.8 of 86Lido leads
Curve Finance7/10 out of 10
Lido8/10 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
Curve Finance14/20Lido14/20
Tie
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
Curve Finance15.6/30Lido18.8/30
Lido leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86
Curve Finance2.7/10Lido5.3/10
Lido leads
Trust recordweight 8 of 86
Curve Finance3.2/8Lido6.4/8
Lido leads
Measured dataweight 18 of 86 · constant here
Curve Finance6.9/18Lido6.9/18
Tie
Decision rulePublished order
Choose Lido unless the term Curve Finance leads on is the one you are buying.
Curve Finance leads Lido on no published criterion and no score dimension — pick it only if a fact outside the score (country, funding rail, custody) decides for you.
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None of this ranking's criteria scores a way of losing money; the families that apply are listed below as not assessed.
Not assessed by this ranking: Contract failure, Control failure, Regulatory failure, Execution failure, Exit 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: Use-case fit (30%), Ecosystem fit (24%), Operating style (22%), Confidence signal (24%).
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Lido scores 23 points above Curve Finance, led by confidence and operating style. Published scores, out of 100: Curve Finance 41 (rank 10 of 10 web3 apps), Lido 64 (rank 5 of 10).
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