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General information and FAQs related to Lido.

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What is Lido?

Lido is a liquid staking solution for PoS networks. Lido lets users stake any amount of tokens for daily staking rewards.
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How does Lido work?

Lido allows users to receive staking rewards in real-time.
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Written by Support. Updated over a week ago

What is liquid staking?

Liquid staking allows users to get staking rewards whilst maintaining a liquid variant of their stake.
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Is it safe to work with Lido?

Lido is open-source and audited liquid staking solution.
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Written by Support. Updated over a week ago

Do Ethereum staking rewards with Lido compound?

Ethereum staking rewards with Lido do not compound. True compounding on Ethereum is not possible until withdrawals on ETH2 are enabled.
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Written by Support. Updated over a week ago

What is the difference between liquid staking & self-staking?

Liquid staking eliminates many inconveniences associated with self-staking.
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What are the risks of staking with Lido?

Smart contract and slashing risks exist when staking with Lido.
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What are staking/validator penalties?

Penalties are placed on validators who misbehave.
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Written by Support. Updated over a week ago

Where can I find information on audits?

Audits can be found on Lido's Github.
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Written by Support. Updated over a week ago

What is the Lido Insurance Fund used for?

A Lido Insurance Fund may be used for various reasons.
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Written by Support. Updated over a week ago

Who are the team members and founders?

Lido consists of a DAO that includes various members with different backgrounds.
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Written by Support. Updated over a week ago