Hey everyone,

I’ve been looking into different ways to stake ETH, and Lido seems like one of the more convenient options because of stETH/wstETH and the liquidity it gives you.

But I’m trying to understand the trade-off a bit better. With solo staking, the responsibility is mostly on me. With an exchange, I’m trusting the exchange. With Lido, it feels like I’m trusting a mix of smart contracts, node operators, and DAO governance.

For people here who actually use Lido: what do you personally see as the biggest risk or downside of holding stETH/wstETH?

I'm about to unstake some ETH for the first time. I'm using a Ledger nano X and when I request the withdrawal it fails, telling me I need to have blind signing switched on in settings. I'm aware of the risks of doing this, so how can I be sure this is safe?

(Part of my fear is because I'm using an old MacBook Pro which no longer receives security updates.)

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Been holding and staking Eth for over two years and I now want to unstake and sell my eth . Can anyone help step by step how to unstake my eth. Do i need to swap it back (stETH to ETH swap) ? I don't actually want delays at all. thanks

1️⃣ The "Beacon" Trailblazer Lido didn't wait for the dust to settle. It launched in Dec 2020, just weeks after the Ethereum Beacon Chain went live, solving the "locked ETH" problem from day one.

2️⃣ Dominance is an Understatement It’s not just a protocol; it’s a pillar. Lido secures nearly 1/4 of the entire Ethereum network, making it one of the most significant entities in crypto security.

3️⃣ stETH: The Universal LEGO Lido’s $stETH is the most integrated asset in DeFi. Use it as collateral on #Aave, swap it on #Uniswap, or bridge it via #Chainlink, all while the staking rewards keep rolling in.

4️⃣ The NEST Buyback System Lido recently introduced the NEST initiative: a structured buyback program using protocol revenue to tighten the $LDO supply once it hits specific revenue milestones.

5️⃣ No Minimum Entry While running a solo validator requires 32 ETH ($70k+), Lido lets you participate in securing Ethereum with as little as $1. It truly democratized the "validation" game.

Any idea about lido dao coin i have a average of 1.62$ cad down real bad. But i can hold for 1-2 years also. Just want insight should i keep holiding or take whatever the losses i got

Second i have average of hbar coin average 0.22$ cad should i hold this or just sell and take losses

Need insight as I can hold these both for another 1-2 year if they can go back up

I have 2 position on lido earn, one with earnUSD claimed and one with earnETH not claimed; anyway i don't seem my positions grow; the amount is the same of when i deposited them... why they don't grow?

Considering deploying eth into earnETH on lido. How risky is it compared to Steth? Thoughts on lido's security to defend against hacks, etc?

Hi everyone,

I happen to have a large supply of Holesky ETH (around 1.4 million holETH) sitting in my wallet. Since I’m not a developer or node operator, I’m looking to pass this on to someone who actually needs it for large-scale stress testing, validator simulations, or protocol research.

I know faucets are limited and getting this much can be a pain for dev teams. I’m open to offers (OTC) or even a small trade for mainnet ETH/stablecoins to cover my time.

If your team is building on Holesky and needs a massive "whale-sized" bag to test staking/slashing or complex dApps, feel free to DM me.

Network: Holesky Testnet
Amount: 1.4M+ holETH
Proof: Contact me - Adhilajee on telegram

Cheers!

Hey guys, any help is appreciated. I connected my trezor 5 via rabby wallet and it works amazing. Recently I decided to use Lido strAtegy and Lido GGV and tried to move 0.025 eth to each of them. Rabby shows me fee 0.03$, but when I sign transaction rabby vlocks it with message "gas fee is to high" and trezor shows me Max fee 13-15$.

My questions are: is it really going to take 15$ fee? Should I approve this transaction without rabby and approve it solo via trezor and fee will be 0.03$?

On the official lido earn website, they have a number of different pools such as steth, strategy, lido GGV, lido DVV.

I am familiar with steth, which allows you to earn 2.5% APY on your ethereum and it's as safe/conservative as it gets. However, I am unsure how safe the other pools are. I can see they have higher APY (5-6%) so I am going to assume there's significantly more risk.

What are the risks with these pools? What is the difference between each of these pools? Which one would you personally recommend investing into?

Thanks all, I'm still a defi newbie so trying to learn and get more familiar with everything so any help is very much appreciated.

I stake thru strategy and did not claim immediately the strETH. it accumulate mellow points just after claiming strETH. anyone experienced this too?

Hi. I made a request for withdrawal on the GG Vault last 7th Nov. it is mentioned 3-days waiting time but still pending until now. Tried chatting with support but no response. Any issues I may not be aware of?

Can’t seem to find answers for this.

CSM turns one this month, marking a major milestone in the protocol’s ongoing effort to make Ethereum staking more decentralized, inclusive, and community-driven.

• ~50% of all Lido Node Operators now participate via a permissionless module, requiring no DAO approval.,
• 347,200 ETH staked through CSM, representing ~4% of Lido’s total TVL.,
• 291 active CSM operators (out of a total of 622 across all Lido modules).,
• CSM is now ~55% the size of the largest permissionless staking protocol.,

https://x.com/LidoFinance/status/1983879017494172014

Does anyone have the same issue? ive been trying for days to unstake my stETH from Lido but i always have this error. I also tried 1inch swap and with Metamask but no luck. I wonder if im doing something wrong here. Hope someone can enlighten. Thanks

Hey All ,

Recently started staking with Lido on my ledger and today when I was checking my balances I noted that I had randomly received 72 YIELDX from a yield-farming.io. Obviously, this is likely a scam, but I went to the website and it directed me immediately to something called lidopoints.org where it states that they are giving away bonus ETH for stETH holders. I put my address in and whaddayouknow, I am eligible for 3 ETH!

.....So Yeah. fair warning, but curious to see if anyone else has seen something like that. I was under the impression that scammers wouldnt even be able to send me anything to my ledger as I dont interact with other sites with it, but here we are.

Curious to see what others experiences are and if you have seen anything similar.

Hey, I had my ETH staked through LIDO and I started a withdraw on 09/30/2025. The sETH got sent to this wallet 0x889edC2eDab5f40e902b864aD4d7AdE8E412F9B1 and I never received my ETH again. Can anyone give advice on this? Is this normal?

I withdrew my ETH and it said 1-2 days for the withdrawal. It's 4 days now, should I worry?

TXN: 0xe408186110f3abdf1307928cfab06f20b03c71cf5073631dc0a71d80429b1d55

Thanks to 2 huge stakes last week, both CSM & SDVT just hit full capacity (3% and 4% respectively). Now, these 2 modules with ~700 active operators are securing 7% of the Lido stake!!

Oct 2, if no surprise, CSM v2 is expected to be live on mainnet and the cap wil be raised to 5% too!

CSM is the Lido's first permissionless staking module that allows anyone to run validators using Lido. With CSM, operators need to provide 2.4e or even 1.5e to run an Ethereum validator! 1.3ETH to run every additional validator.

SDVT is a Lido's module that operators co-run validators using DVT (Obol and SSV).