Ethereum

I know that everybody likes passive income

But if we start to feel entitled to staking rewards and say things like "ETH is meant to be staked", we've changed the purpose of staking from 'securing the chain' to 'providing passive income' to stakers

imo, this lowers the value of the entire Ethereum ecosystem

stake responsibly // be a kind human // slomad

as stake rate climbs and the “risk-free” rate decreases (and proposals become rarer), many yield seekers won’t be able to handle the oppty cost of passing up juicier apy elsewhere

for me, staking is a bonded commitment. idc about the yield but expect the value of [my bags] to grow if i keep the network secure

punk 9511 | lover of toadz | validator, collector, tinkerer | keep it swampy

i would hope so but people have a point - even if nominal yield is 1.8%, these 'at scale' staking service providers continue to fare better than solo stakers, which doesn't bode well for future stake rate or validator set composition. if there really is going to be a levelling off at some pt, i welcome it!

Solo stakers are indisputably better (more valuable) for the network. Staking services providers just "fare" better (aka make more money) because of their ability to run thousands of validators on limited hardware and also their current ability to pool execution rewards, which are unpredictable and can be lottery-like

What makes at scale staking services “better” than solo stakers?  They miss fewer attestations and proposals?  They are able to
Compound returns faster?

my hope is that those of us that solo stake are doing so at least in part to contribute to the network

at least for someone non-technical like me, setup and hardware investment can be too high a hurdle vs just trading into an LST if yield is the sole incentive