ENS (Ethereum Name Service) vs Lido ENS (Ethereum Name Service) leads by 1 point.
ENS (Ethereum Name Service) scores 1 point above Lido, led by operating style. ENS (Ethereum Name Service) ranks #4 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.
ENS (Ethereum Name Service)65
vs
Lido64
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #4 and #5 of 10
ENS (Ethereum Name Service) scores 1 point above Lido, led by operating style.
ENS (Ethereum Name Service) #4 of 1065
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 termENS (Ethereum Name Service) leads on 1 of 4 published criteria; Lido on 2. The terms sum to the gap.
TermENS (Ethereum Name Service)LidoWeightPoints
Job fit8/109/107.2−1.9for Lido−1.0 of 32
Confidence7/108/105.8−1.5for Lido−0.8 of 32
Operating style8/107/105.3+1.4for ENS (Ethereum Name Service)+0.7 of 32
FrictionScore dimension6.75.310+3.6for ENS (Ethereum Name Service)
Net of the terms+1.6
Criteria roundingThe criteria block is rounded to whole points before it is spread−0.1
Reproduced gap+1.6
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below6564+1.0
Weight is in points of the 86-point weighted total. Points are score points of the gap between the two.
ENS (Ethereum Name Service)'s lead rests on lighter criteria: Lido is ahead on job fit, which carries more weight (30) than any criterion ENS (Ethereum Name Service) leads on (22).
ENS (Ethereum Name Service)Score 65Onchain identity — human-readable .eth names for wallets and dappsStrength: Job fit — 8/10Watch-out: Ethereum-native; resolution outside the Ethereum ecosystem varies by appLidoScore 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
Quick facts
At a glance
1 of 3 rows read the same for both.
FactENS (Ethereum Name Service)Lido
PricingSnapshotENS documentation FAQ (docs.ens.domains/faq, fetched 30 September 2026): "5+ character .eth names: $5 in ETH per year. 4 character .eth names: $160 in ETH per year. 3 character .eth names: $640 in ETH per year." The fee is paid in ETH at registration and renewal, plus Ethereum gas, and "There is no maximum registration duration." After expiry there is a 90-day grace period, then a 21-day temporary-premium Dutch auction before anyone can register the name (ETH Registrar docs, same date). No other platform fee appears on the pages read.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 coverageEditorialOnchain names / identity records (not a trading or custody app)Liquid-staked ETH (stETH) and supported staking assets
Region fitSnapshotus, europe, globalus, europe, global
From the published criteria
Which should you pick?
ENS (Ethereum Name Service)
65#4 of 10
Leads
Pick it when
Pick ENS (Ethereum Name Service) if operating style matters most — it scores 8/10 to Lido's 7/10 there (weight 22).
Strength
Job fit — 8/10
Tradeoff
Ethereum-native; resolution outside the Ethereum ecosystem varies by app
Lido
64#5 of 10
Pick it when
Pick Lido if job fit matters most — it scores 9/10 to ENS (Ethereum Name Service)'s 8/10 there (weight 30).
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?
ENS (Ethereum Name Service)Leads
Choose ENS (Ethereum Name Service) if operating style matters most
Operating style: 8/10 against 7/10 for Lido (weight 22)
ENS (Ethereum Name Service)Score 65Onchain identity — human-readable .eth names for wallets and dappsStrength: Job fit — 8/10Watch-out: Ethereum-native; resolution outside the Ethereum ecosystem varies by app
Lido
Choose Lido if job fit matters most
Job fit: 9/10 against 8/10 for ENS (Ethereum Name Service) (weight 30)
Confidence: 8/10 against 7/10 for ENS (Ethereum Name Service) (weight 24)
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
by 1 of 10weight 7.2 of 86Lido leads
ENS (Ethereum Name Service)8/10 out of 10
Lido9/10 out of 10
Ecosystem
weight 5.8 of 86Tie
ENS (Ethereum Name Service)7/10 out of 10
Lido7/10 out of 10
Operating style
by 1 of 10weight 5.3 of 86ENS (Ethereum Name Service) leads
ENS (Ethereum Name Service)8/10 out of 10
Lido7/10 out of 10
Confidence
by 1 of 10weight 5.8 of 86Lido leads
ENS (Ethereum Name Service)7/10 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
ENS (Ethereum Name Service)14/20Lido14/20
Tie
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
ENS (Ethereum Name Service)18/30Lido18.8/30
Lido leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86
ENS (Ethereum Name Service)6.7/10Lido5.3/10
ENS (Ethereum Name Service) leads
Trust recordweight 8 of 86
ENS (Ethereum Name Service)6.4/8Lido6.4/8
Tie
Measured dataweight 18 of 86 · constant here
ENS (Ethereum Name Service)6.9/18Lido6.9/18
Tie
Decision rulePublished order
Choose ENS (Ethereum Name Service) unless the term Lido leads on is the one you are buying.
Pick Lido if job fit matters most — it scores 9/10 to ENS (Ethereum Name Service)'s 8/10 there (weight 30).
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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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ENS (Ethereum Name Service) scores 1 point above Lido, led by operating style. Published scores, out of 100: ENS (Ethereum Name Service) 65 (rank 4 of 10 web3 apps), Lido 64 (rank 5 of 10).
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