Rocket Pool vs SSV Network

Rocket Pool4.2/5

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SSV Network4.0/5

Feature	Rocket PoolVisit	SSV NetworkVisit
Ratings
Our score	4.2/5	4.0/5
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Yield	3.5	4.0
Security	4.5	4.5
Liquidity	4.0	3.5
Decentralization	5.0	4.5
Ease of use	4.0	3.5
Specs
KYC required	No	Not disclosed
Type	Liquid staking	Staking pool
Stakeable assets	ETH	ETH
Receipt token	rETH	cSSV
Protocol fee	14%	Not disclosed
Minimum stake	0.01 ETH	Not disclosed
Withdrawal time	Instant via deposit pool buffer	Not disclosed
Chains	Ethereum	Ethereum
Node operators	Permissionless	Permissionless operators running distributed validators
Audited	Yes	Yes
Restaking	No	Yes
Slashing cover	Yes	Not disclosed
Typical reward rate	2.0-2.2%	20%+
Company
Founded	2016	—
Headquarters	—	—
Investors	Coinbase Ventures, Consensys, 1kx	Coinbase Ventures, Digital Currency Group, Gate Ventures, Lukka +1
Strengths and weaknesses
Pros	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	Secures over 7 million ETH across more than 120,000 validators Active-active fault tolerance handles one offline operator in a four-node cluster Non-custodial key shares isolate node operators from full validator keys Network fee distributions to cSSV stakers are paid directly in ETH
Cons	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	Operates exclusively on the Ethereum network Stakers pay both operator market fees and DAO network fees Unstaking cSSV requires waiting through a mandatory cooldown queue Coordinated operator failures can still trigger Ethereum slashing penalties
Best for	Decentralization-focused Ethereum stakers, Home node operators with under 32 ETH, DeFi users needing yield-bearing collateral	Liquid staking protocols decentralizing validators, Institutional stakers needing cold-storage key protection, SSV holders seeking ETH yield

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