A non-custodial liquid staking protocol that lets you earn validator rewards on Ethereum, Polygon, BNB Chain, and Hedera — without surrendering access to your tokens.
Seven capabilities that distinguish the Staderlabs platform from standard validators.
Four live networks in one interface: Ethereum (ETHx), Polygon (MaticX), BNB Chain (BNBx), and Hedera (HBARX). More chains in the governance pipeline.
Each deposit mints an ERC-20 liquid token. Prices accrue rewards in real time through an exchange-rate model — no manual claims needed.
Validator rewards are re-staked automatically. Over a 12-month period, compounding can add 5–12% on top of the base APR, depending on the network.
Ethereum solo-validator staking requires 32 ETH. With Staderlabs's protocol you can start with 0.1 ETH. Polygon and BNB Chain have similarly accessible minimums.
ETHx and MaticX are integrated with Aave, Balancer, Curve, and 40+ other protocols. Base is on the team's radar for future deployment given its liquidity growth.
Sigma Prime, Halborn, Peckshield, Code4rena, and OtterSec have each reviewed the smart contracts. Findings are public. Continuous on-chain monitoring runs 24/7.
SD holders vote on protocol parameters and can delegate tokens to the Utility Pool for additional yield. Governance history is recorded on Snapshot and the community forum.
Five steps from wallet connection to earning rewards.
MetaMask, Ledger, WalletConnect, and Coinbase Wallet are all supported. No account registration is required — the protocol is entirely non-custodial.
Pick Ethereum, Polygon, BNB Chain, or Hedera. The Staderlabs platform shows the current APR for each before you commit.
Type how much you want to stake. One on-chain transaction and the deposit is live. Gas costs on Ethereum are typically under $4 at 20 gwei.
ETHx, MaticX, BNBx, or HBARX arrives in your wallet within the same block. The exchange rate rises daily as validator rewards accumulate.
Use the liquid token in Aave for borrowing power, add it to a Balancer pool, or simply hold it. Unstake any time — no permission needed.
Approximate figures as of early 2025. On-chain dashboards on Dune Analytics carry live data.
Honest reasons the protocol attracts institutional and retail stakers alike.
Look, plenty of staking products exist. What sets the team behind Staderlabs apart is the combination of audit depth, multi-chain breadth, and a governance token that actually gives holders a say — rather than just optics. The SD Utility Pool delivering double-digit yields is a concrete example, not a marketing line.
More detail on the team and long-term roadmap is on the team page. Technical specifics live in the Q&A section.
Eleven questions the Staderlabs community asks most often.
Staderlabs is a non-custodial, smart contract-based liquid staking middleware for Proof-of-Stake networks including Ethereum, Polygon, BNB Chain, and Hedera. Users deposit tokens, receive liquid receipt tokens, and earn auto-compounded validator rewards while keeping the ability to move funds freely.
Connect a compatible wallet — MetaMask, Ledger, or WalletConnect all work. Choose a network, enter the amount, and confirm the transaction. Liquid tokens arrive in the same block. No KYC, no account creation, no lock-up at the protocol level.
Five independent firms — Sigma Prime, Halborn, Peckshield, Code4rena, and OtterSec — have audited the smart contracts. All reports are publicly available. In addition, the team runs continuous on-chain monitoring and uses multi-sig accounts for any parameter changes.
Staderlabs issues ETHx for Ethereum, MaticX for Polygon, BNBx for BNB Chain, and HBARX for Hedera. Each token is ERC-20 compatible on its respective chain and rises in value against the underlying asset as rewards accrue. ETHx in particular follows patterns familiar from ERC-20 and some accounting logic borrowed conceptually from ERC-721 token tracking.
Yes — that is the point. ETHx and MaticX are accepted on Aave, Balancer, Curve, and 40+ other protocols. You can supply ETHx as collateral to borrow stablecoins, or add it to a liquidity pool to earn trading fees on top of staking yield. Base is a network the Staderlabs team is watching for future deployment as its DeFi liquidity matures.
Standard Ethereum validator staking locks 32 ETH and requires running infrastructure. Staderlabs lowers that to 0.1 ETH, removes the hardware requirement, and gives you a tradable liquid token. The trade-off is a small protocol fee on rewards, which the platform discloses upfront on each network page.
SD is Staderlabs's governance and utility token. Holders vote on fee structures, whitelisted validators, and treasury allocations via Snapshot. Beyond governance, SD can be delegated to the Utility Pool — a mechanism that channels node-operator collateral revenue back to SD delegators, producing yields that have exceeded 10% in recent periods.
Go to the relevant network page, click Unstake, and enter the amount of liquid tokens to redeem. Ethereum unstaking follows the beacon chain withdrawal queue, which can take hours to days depending on the exit queue length. BNB Chain typically processes in 7–15 days. Polygon and Hedera have their own unbonding periods specified on the platform.
Ethereum staking starts at 0.1 ETH. That compares favorably to the 32 ETH required to run an independent validator. Polygon and BNB Chain have similarly low floors. The exact minimums are shown on each network's staking page and can be adjusted by governance vote.
The team behind Staderlabs has publicly discussed Base as a potential target given Base's rapid growth in DeFi activity and Coinbase's involvement as an investor. No date has been confirmed. Deployment would require a governance proposal, smart contract audit, and sufficient liquidity on Base to justify the integration costs.
Rewards accumulate in the liquid token's exchange rate rather than as separate claimable amounts. Every validator on the network earns a share of block rewards and priority fees. The Staderlabs protocol collects those, deducts a protocol commission (displayed on each network page), and reflects the remainder in the rising ETHx-to-ETH rate. On-chain data for all reward flows is available through the Dune Analytics dashboard linked in the footer.