What is Ethereum? #
“Ethereum is the community-run technology powering the cryptocurrency ether (ETH) and thousands of decentralized applications.” #
| Cost To Stake | APR Per Node |
| $75K | 4.82%+ |
Profile #
- Launched in 2015
- Current Market Cap: $249,587,699,110
- Started as Proof of Work and is currently moving from hybrid PoW/PoS to only PoS
- Currently has 364,268 validator nodes staking
- Requires 32 ETH to stake a node
- Staking produces 4.82% APR returns on 32 ETH staked (1.5424 ETH)
- Does not natively support delegated staking
- Destaking/Unbonding: Pending Beacon Chain rollout.
- Slashing/Penalties: Only apply to obvious malicious activity (Double Spend ect)
- Supports Smart Contracts and NFTs
Node Requirements #
Looking to roll your own node? Here is what’s required. #
- 16 vCPU cores
- 16 GB RAM
- 2 TB SSD
- 10 Mbps Up/Down
5 Year Outlook #
Based on our research at StaaS Fund, here are the long term expectations for this asset. #
- Cost to create/buy/sell NFTs will improve with PoS rollout
- Most popular smart contract and NFT platform
- Adoption will increase significantly
- Supported by Microsoft, JP Morgan Chase, Splunk, FEDEX…
