been using it by default without questioning it, someone mentioned the rates arent always optimal past a certain size
curious if anyone has actually compared it properly against other options on Solana
the fee is built into the exchange rate, not shown separately, on anything above a small amount it becomes a real difference compared to going through a dedicated aggregator
switched away from it for swaps a while back, curious what others moved to for this
just started using Base and trying to figure out the best way to move assets over, tried one option but the fees were higher than expected and it took longer than i thought it would
not sure if i used the wrong platform or if thats just how it is, curious what people are actually using for this
Got around 50 SOL. Staking rewards are like 6-7% APY. That's maybe 3-4 SOL a year. On today's prices that's like $400-500.
Not nothing, but also not life changing. Worth the hassle of picking validators, locking funds, or setting up liquid staking? Or just hold and forget?
Used to be easy. Now you need to bridge, farm, unstake, bridge back. By the time you're done, half your yield is gone.
Am I just doing it wrong or has DeFi gotten too annoying?
noticed the rates in Ledger Live are consistently worse than what i find elsewhere, tried a few swaps and the difference was significant enough that i stopped using it for that entirely
feels like Ledger Live is great as a portfolio tracker and for signing transactions but the built in swap is just not competitive, the pairs are limited and what you actually receive is lower than what you'd get going directly through an aggregator
now i just connect my Ledger to external platforms to sign, works fine but curious if theres a setup people are actually happy with for this
I've been holding stETH for a while and want to convert back to ETH, looked into the official Lido unstaking and the withdrawal queue is taking literal weeks, which is too long.
From what I understand there are two options, wait in the withdrawal queue through Lido directly or just swap stETH back to ETH on a DEX which is instant but you're depending on available liquidity and the peg holding at the time.
For smaller amounts is it just smarter to swap stETH to ETH directly rather than wait, or am I missing something about why people use the official unstake route
I’m trying to keep everything on-chain. I never planned to sell or cash out, and I prefer non-custodial tools partly for privacy and partly to make tracking simpler. Using a CEX for swaps creates a paper trail I’d rather avoid.
Wondering how people handle this, especially for cross-chain moves.
Hi everyone, I'm holding BTC for a few years now but I've heard about staking, is this safe? How does that actually work? Would you rather stake or borrow against it?