ether.fi vs Sanctum

ether.fi4.0/5

VS

Sanctum4.5/5

Feature	ether.fiVisit	SanctumVisit
Ratings
Our score	4.0/5	4.5/5
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Yield	4.5	4.5
Security	3.5	4.5
Liquidity	4.5	5.0
Decentralization	3.5	4.0
Ease of use	4.0	4.5
Specs
KYC required	No	Not disclosed
Type	Liquid restaking	Liquid staking
Stakeable assets	ETH	SOL
Receipt token	eETH / weETH	INF and validator LSTs
Protocol fee	Not disclosed	0.1%
Chains	Ethereum	Solana
Node operators	Not disclosed	Permissionless validator set with custom white-label pools
Audited	Yes	Yes
Restaking	Yes	Not disclosed
Typical reward rate	Not disclosed	5.65%-5.69%
Company
Founded	2023	—
Headquarters	—	—
Investors	Bullish, CoinFund, Chapter One, Node Capital +25	Not disclosed
Strengths and weaknesses
Pros	Over $4.6B in total value locked provides deep secondary market liquidity Users retain control of their withdrawal credentials during validator creation eETH and weETH are widely integrated across major Ethereum Layer 2 rollups Bug bounty program offers payouts up to $500,000 for vulnerability disclosures	Connects over 1,360 Solana liquid staking tokens into shared liquidity Audited by six firms including Quantstamp, OtterSec, and Halborn Program upgrades secured by an 11-member multi-organization multisig Enables immediate unbonding through liquidity pools rather than epoch waits
Cons	Restaking exposes stakers to compounding multi-layer smart contract and slashing risks October 2026 audit flagged re-entrancy risks in external bridge contracts Unbonding and withdrawal queues depend on underlying Ethereum validator exit times	Withdrawal instructions incur a 0.10% fee Restricted exclusively to the Solana blockchain Underlying custom LSTs remain subject to individual validator slashing risks Secondary pool trades face potential depeg risk during liquidity shocks
Best for	Ethereum holders seeking layered restaking yield, DeFi users requiring liquid weETH collateral, Stakers wanting card spending options	Solana holders seeking diversified yield, Validators launching branded LSTs, DeFi traders swapping liquid tokens

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