Running a Vault
This comprehensive guide walks you through creating your own StakeWise Vault step by step.
A Vault → is a customizable smart contract that can be deployed by anyone to stake their own capital and/or offer staking to others, all in a non-custodial way.
Each Vault is isolated from others and relies on its own set of validators to produce rewards on the consensus layer. However, a Vault may participate in MEV smoothing → to avoid volatility in the execution layer earnings.
Staked ETH/GNO in any Vault can be made liquid by minting osETH/osGNO → – a liquid staking token.
Choose your settings based on your intended use case:
| Use case | Recommended settings |
|---|---|
| Liquid solo staking | • 0% fee • Private Vault • No Vault token • Smoothing Pool |
| Community staking pool | • Custom capacity & fee • Public Vault • No Vault token • Smoothing Pool |
| Node operator service | • Custom capacity & fee • Private Vault per customer • No Vault token • Smoothing Pool (compliance dependent) |
| Service with custom LST | • Custom capacity & fee • Public Vault • Enable Vault token • Smoothing Pool (compliance dependent) |
| Service without LST | • Custom capacity & fee • Public Vault • No Vault token • Disable osToken access |
New to these terms?
Learn about Vault token →, Smoothing Pool →, osToken →, and Public vs Private Vaults →.
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Next you'll find step-by-step instructions to create your Vault and get it running.