The Staking Trilemma
Diva Staking was conceived to deliver the best balance between three aspects:
- Trust-minimization: Eliminating trust assumptions and the influence of humans over the protocol.
- Decentralized: Distributing operations between thousands of diversified nodes, regions, clients.
- Scalable: Able to power large amounts of staked ETH.
| Diva | Ethereum staking | Rocket Pool | Lido | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scalable | ✅ | Low 1Ξ bond | ✅ | N/A | 🟡 | 10.4Ξ bond | ✅ | No bond |
| Trustless | ✅ | Collateralized, immutable, ZK oracles | ⛔️ | Requires trust in the operator | 🟡 | Collateralized, partially upgradable, uses oracles | ⛔️ | Uncollateralized, upgradable |
| Decentralized | ✅ | Permissionless nodes | ✅ | Thousands of nodes | ✅ | Thousands of nodes | ⛔️ | 30-37 whitelisted operators |