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Institutional Staking Survey

1.Thanks for participating in this survey! Before we get started, can you please provide (please leave blank if you prefer not to say):
2.How do you identify your business?
3.Does your company currently stake ETH?
4.If yes, do you utilize a third party staking provider?
5.What are the main reasons you chose this staking provider?
6.Are you concerned about validator centralization?
7.Do you hold liquid staking tokens (LSTs), such as stETH or cbETH?
8.If yes, what LST(s) do you hold?
9.When considering an LST, are you concerned with the liquidity available across all sources?
10.How does your company use LSTs?
11.If your company stakes but does not hold LSTs, what is the primary reason?
12.Optional: please provide any other comments or context about your company's approach to staking or use of LSTs.
13.Are you interested in restaking ETH?
14.Do you feel that you understand the risks of restaking?
15.Do you prefer to stake ETH with one integrated platform (Coinbase, Binance, Kiln, etc)?
16.Are you comfortable staking ETH with a decentralized protocol? (Lido, Rocket Pool, etc)?
17.Are you familiar with the concept of staking through Distributed Validator Technology (DVT) providers?
18.If yes, would you pay a premium price for specialized features, such as enhanced security/uptime, decentralization, fault tolerance, etc.?
19.About how often does your company monitor its staking provider's operations?
20.What metrics do you monitor?
21.What tools do you use to monitor your staking provider's operations?
22.Do you have a good understanding of how to evaluate the risk profiles of node operators?
23.How do you custody your ETH?
24.What % of your portfolio is allocated to ETH or staked ETH?
25.What % of your ETH allocation is liquid staked vs native staked vs not staked?
26.Do you feel that ETH staking rewards are high enough to justify the risks?
27.Is tracking your total staked ETH earned from execution vs. consensus layer rewards important to you?
28.How important is achieving above-average staking returns vs. a benchmark to you?
29.If so, which benchmark?
30.My knowledge of staking economics can be described as....
31.My knowledge of the concept of slashing can be described as...
32.My knowledge of the concept of offline penalties can be described as...
33.I am familiar with the ETH staking withdrawal process
34.My knowledge of Distributed Validator Technology (DVT) is...
35.I am confident that my ETH staking provider will not incur a slashing penalty.
36.I prefer an integrated staking provider (Coinbase, Binance, Kiln, etc.)
37.I prefer a decentralized staking provider (Lido, Rocket Pool, Liquid Collective, etc;)
38.I am confident that I can withdraw my staked ETH in volatile market conditions.
39.I am hesitant to stake my ETH due to a lack of regulatory clarity.
40.I am hesitant to participate in a liquid staking protocol due to a lack of regulatory clarity.
41.Regulations impact my ETH staking provider selection.
42.I classify DVT's riskiness to my staking operations as
43.Geographic location of node operators is important to me when selecting a staking provider.
44.I understand the operational requirements to run an Ethereum validator.
45.I am familiar with node operations.
46.I am familiar with the concept of “client diversity.”
47.I understand the risks of staking ETH.
48.I consider the riskiness of restaking ETH to be:
49.I understand the risks of liquid staking.
50.A node operator's "brand" is an important factor when selecting a staking provider.
51.On a scale of 1-10 (1=least, 10=most), how do you value decentralization?
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10
52.On a scale of 1-10 (1=least, 10=most), how do you value censorship-resistance?
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10
53.On a scale of 1-10 (1=least, 10=most), how do you value staking yield?
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10
54.On a scale of 1-10, how much do you value security/safeguarding from loss?
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10
55.On a scale from 1-10, how much do you value liveness?
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10
56.On a scale from 1-10, how much do you value access to liquidity?
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10
57.On a scale from 1-10, how much do you value diversity of staking providers?
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10
58.On a scale from 1-10, how much do you value regulatory clarity?
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10