We contributed to Lido DAO, P2P.org, =nil; Foundation, DRPC, Neutron and invested into 150+ projects
We are excited to announce results of the first two grants from the MVI Grants program:
Ethresear.ch post & full study by A. Eloranta, S. Helminen.
The key findings of this empirical study are:
Large staking pools have 12% higher mean returns compared to single-validator stakers / solo stakers
Ethereum Issuance can exacerbate the above dynamic
Elasticity analysis shows strong correlation between solo stakers' deposits and relative staking yield compared to staking services
Positive events result in higher inflows to large staking pools, compared to small ones
Ethresear.ch post by members of FranklinDAO: V. Zhu, O. Korinek, A. Duckworth.
13 interviews were conducted in this study, uncovering interesting information, preferences and opinions of various actors within the staking economy:
Investors that stake ETH
Solo stakers
Centralized Exchanges
Centralized Staking Providers
Decentralized Staking Middleware pools
DVT service providers
Retail investors
Institutions
Stay tuned for further updates!