Obol vs Sanctum

Obol3.9/5

VS

Sanctum4.5/5

Feature	ObolVisit	SanctumVisit
Ratings
Our score	3.9/5	4.5/5
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Yield	3.5	4.5
Security	4.5	4.5
Liquidity	3.5	5.0
Decentralization	4.5	4.0
Ease of use	3.0	4.5
Specs
Type	Staking pool	Liquid staking
Stakeable assets	ETH	SOL
Receipt token	stOBOL	INF and validator LSTs
Protocol fee	Not disclosed	0.1%
Chains	Ethereum	Solana
Node operators	Distributed validator clusters	Permissionless validator set with custom white-label pools
Audited	Yes	Yes
Typical reward rate	Not disclosed	5.65%-5.69%
Company
Founded	2021	—
Headquarters	—	—
Investors	Pantera Capital, BlockTower Capital, Blockscape Lab, Coinbase Ventures +12	Not disclosed
Strengths and weaknesses
Pros	Eliminates single points of failure by distributing validator duties across independent nodes Supported by audits from Trail of Bits, Nethermind Security, and Zach Obront Live day-one integration powering multi-operator vaults in Lido V3 Built-in fault tolerance keeps validators proposing even if individual nodes go offline	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	Adds network latency requirements across distributed nodes during threshold signing Operates exclusively on Ethereum consensus infrastructure Introduces middleware software exposure via the Charon client	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 solo and squad stakers, Liquid staking node operator sets, Institutional validators requiring high uptime	Solana holders seeking diversified yield, Validators launching branded LSTs, DeFi traders swapping liquid tokens

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