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Staking Rewards Calculator: What You Keep After Commission

Staking Rewards Calculator

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Staking APR is almost always quoted gross. The commission comes out of your rewards, not on top of them, so a headline rate tells you little until you know who is taking a cut. Rewards are assumed to compound; token price movement is not modelled because it swamps everything else.
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Why the headline APR is not what you earn

Staking rewards are quoted gross, and the commission comes out of those rewards rather than on top of them. At a 3.2% network rate, Lido's 10% fee leaves 2.88%. Rocket Pool's roughly 14% leaves 2.75%. Coinbase's 25% leaves 2.40% - a quarter of the return, for a service that is otherwise similar.

What the commission buys

Solo staking pays the full rate and costs nothing in commission, but it requires 32 ETH, a machine that stays online, and acceptance of slashing risk you carry yourself. A pool converts that into a fee. Whether the fee is worth paying depends on capital and appetite for operational responsibility, not on the rate.

What this does not model

Token price. Over a year, a 30% move in the underlying dwarfs the difference between a 10% and a 25% commission - which is precisely why the commission is worth minimising: it is one of the few variables you control. Also excluded: MEV rewards, which vary by operator, and withdrawal queue times, which are a liquidity cost rather than a yield one.