Kiln vs Rocket Pool

Kiln3.8/5

VS

Rocket Pool4.2/5

Feature	KilnVisit	Rocket PoolVisit
Ratings
Our score	3.8/5	4.2/5
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Yield	3.5	3.5
Security	4.5	4.5
Liquidity	3.0	4.0
Decentralization	3.5	5.0
Ease of use	4.0	4.0
Specs
KYC required	No	No
Type	Native staking, Liquid staking, Restaking, Staking pool	Liquid staking
Stakeable assets	ETH, SOL, APT, ATOM, ALGO, AVAX, ADA, TIA, CRO, FET, FLR, IOTA, INJ, MON, NEAR, SEI, SUI, XTZ, TRX, BTC, GRAM	ETH
Receipt token	Not disclosed	rETH
Protocol fee	Not disclosed	14%
Minimum stake	Not disclosed	0.01 ETH
Withdrawal time	Not disclosed	Instant via deposit pool buffer
Chains	Ethereum, Solana, Aptos, Cosmos, Avalanche, Tron, Sui, Bitcoin, Other	Ethereum
Node operators	Kiln multi-cloud validator infrastructure	Permissionless
Audited	Yes	Yes
Restaking	Yes	No
Slashing cover	Not disclosed	Yes
Typical reward rate	0% to 30%	2.0-2.2%
Company
Founded	2018	2016
Headquarters	France	—
Investors	1kx, Consensys, Kraken	Coinbase Ventures, Consensys, 1kx
Strengths and weaknesses
Pros	SOC 2 Type II certified infrastructure audited by Insight Assurance in June 2026 Integrates directly with enterprise custodians including Fireblocks and Ledger Supports over 30 Proof-of-Stake blockchains from a unified API and dashboard Allows direct non-custodial staking without relinquishing asset ownership	Permissionless node operator set with over 1,400 independent operators Low minimum liquid deposit of 0.01 ETH with no identity checks Requires only 4 ETH validator bonds instead of standard 32 ETH solo stakes Extensively audited by firms including Sigma Prime, Consensys Diligence, and Trail of Bits
Cons	Targets institutions and enterprise developers rather than retail self-custody stakers Exposes capital to protocol-specific unbonding queues and lockup periods Experienced a past infrastructure issue that prompted an emergency validator exit	Lower published staking yields than some larger centralized competitors Redemptions directly from the protocol depend on available deposit pool buffer liquidity Stakers remain exposed to potential node operator slashing penalties and contract bugs
Best for	Custodians and institutional asset managers, Wallets launching white-label Earn products, Institutions requiring SOC 2 certified staking	Decentralization-focused Ethereum stakers, Home node operators with under 32 ETH, DeFi users needing yield-bearing collateral

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