EthStaker

Consensus rewards for solo stakers are now ~2.9% APR.

It now takes 13 validators to achieve 1 ETH per month in consensus rewards from attestations.

Not counting the execution rewards because block proposals are random, plus it seems that the MEV will get burnt in the future.

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Why solo stake when you can do something like Rocketpool, Stader, or soon to be DVT?

Less of a capital requirement for access to the same reward with just a bit more risk

I wasn’t speaking for myself — I’ve been running an Ethereum node since 2016 “for free” and staking since pre-merge.

I’m as aligned as it gets and solo staking is the gold standard from which I will not walk away for a meager APR upside.

But the upside from all those LST systems comes from MEV smoothing, which will disappear once we start burning MEV. I’m thinking long term and with MEV gone + validator dilution, the rewards are going to be low in absolute, and for everyone (not just solo stakers).

Instead I was speaking in general terms. I strongly dislike RP’s tokenonics (which thankfully are being revisited completely). Don’t know much about Stader/DVT/Diva as I haven’t had an interest in switching.

I agree that solo staking is def the gold standard but for new comers who can no longer afford 32eth it makes sense that they would look for lower capital requirements and a higher APR

I wish I had the eth to solo stake 🥲