Vaults

A Vault is an isolated staking pool — a

smart contract

that processes ETH and GNO deposits, distributes rewards, and handles withdrawals in a trustless, non-custodial manner. Vaults do not socialize risk: each deposit can only fund that Vault's validators, and any rewards or penalties are contained within it.

Anyone — from solo stakers to DAOs and institutions — can create a Vault and run it on their own terms: bespoke fee, MEV strategy, and optionally ERC-20 Vault token. MetaMask ↗, Chorus One ↗, and NodeSet ↗ use the same infrastructure to power their staking products.

Beyond base staking rewards, Vaults add yield-enhancing features. Most include Boost, a built-in strategy that amplifies returns (historically 4–6% APY), and every Vault lets depositors mint osETH — a liquid token that unlocks DeFi yield opportunities without unstaking.