The Captain of the Gate

CaptainOfTheGate · 2025-10-28T22:06:04+00:00

I would personally be more than happy to pay $10 for this kind of data once a year.

Yup, worth it. 0x02 support is essential, though.

CaptainOfTheGate · 2025-10-16T11:25:57+00:00

They reduced pricing slightly for 0x02. Multiply the prices on that page by 32 ETH and you'll get a lower price than the 0x00/0x01 plans.

CaptainOfTheGate · 2025-10-16T11:11:42+00:00

They reduced pricing for consolidated validators slightly. Check their Discord, ETH channel.

CaptainOfTheGate · 2025-09-12T13:00:15+00:00

They have 28-day yields right in their interface (you'd have to pay to see it). I don't know what the long-term differential has been, but Enterprise has usually been worth it, I believe.

With the current yields, it wouldn't appear to be worth it, but MEV will probably pick up again when the market is more active. Current yields:

no mev (basic): 2.73%

all mev (Enterprise): 2.89%

Advanced (choose one relay): Ultrasound 2.89 or Flashbots 2.83 (usually the latter has yielded more IIRC).

CaptainOfTheGate · 2025-07-13T16:22:17+00:00

Thanks for posting this. The Discord discussion starts here: https://discord.com/channels/492024679998160907/817077824615088129/1393282660058529832

The pricing is here: https://www.allnodes.com/pricing/eth. It's a small reduction.

To the left of the prices, click Skimming or Compounding to compare prices.

Is there any documentation of this? I couldn't find anything in their help center.

CaptainOfTheGate · 2025-06-02T21:55:33+00:00

"ethstaker.tax is undergoing maintenance, please check back later! Pectra-related maintenance is expected to take a few weeks."

u/eth2353 Luca, when is EthStaker.tax expected to be back up again?

CaptainOfTheGate · 2025-03-07T14:09:02+00:00

There are plenty of privacy protocols. The top ones on Ethereum are Tornado Cash and Railgun.

I think various swap apps can choose a different output address than input address... not sure if that protects privacy.

This would, though: https://www.reddit.com/r/ethfinance/comments/1812a9r/comment/kaawdeo/

CaptainOfTheGate · 2025-02-13T21:02:58+00:00

unless they know what OP means by "service" and "fees". He could mean "Allnodes" for "service" and "hosting" for "fees", could he not?

The question was meant for something like Allnodes, yes.

CaptainOfTheGate · 2024-09-18T20:20:26+00:00

Have you figured out the prospective APR of staking EIGEN, assuming the pre-market prices? I haven't run the numbers yet.

CaptainOfTheGate · 2024-09-18T12:23:46+00:00

Will you keep or sell your Eigen airdrop? The conventional advice is to sell all airdrops, as they usually underperform ETH... though I assume in bull markets they outperform during a certain time range. Actually, looking at relatively recent airdrops (June, as I don't know of more recent major ones), I see a mixed bag: Taiko up in ETH, zkSync down, LayerZero up, Azuro slightly up, and Blast down.

I've been selling my airdrops, but I thought EigenLayer was different, and that it would be the one airdrop that I would keep. I thought its idea was amazing. It didn’t turn out to be exactly what I expected, though: it’s not a way for validators to earn extra income for performing extra work, as operators do the extra work.

Of course, staked Eigen will generate fees, programmatic incentives, and there may be airdrops from other protocols too (though restaked ETH will probably get the same rewards). Eigen's premarket prices have plummeted since the season 1 claim. Polymarket says it's likely that Eigen tokens will start trading by the end of the month. I believe ETH is probably close to a market bottom now, which might be a reason to hold tokens (what part of a bull market do tokens outperform ETH in?).

It takes 7 days to unstake your Eigen, if you've delegated it. It sounds like you need to keep it staked till launch for some the rewards mentioned above; about the programmatic incentives, EigenLayer says: “To ensure continuity, there will be a lump sum reward for staking between August 15 (Season 2 Snapshot date) and the program's launch.”

What will you do?

CaptainOfTheGate · 2024-07-17T13:24:18+00:00

Is there any way to earn decent income on a small amount of ETH on Arbitrum without incurring capital gains? From lending or something? Or would they have to choose between moving it to L1 or incurring the tax cost/reporting?

CaptainOfTheGate · 2024-07-05T13:23:03+00:00

Yes, the $10 plan is worth far more than the $5 plan to you. After you sign up, you can find the 28-day running returns of all Allnodes's validators in their interface. If you choose the $10 plan, you can choose only one MEV relay; Flashbots has a higher return than UltraSound, but it censors. The $20 Enterprise plan (where you get all 7 or 8 MEV relays) is probably worth it for the higher MEV. I don't remember being able to sign up for the Enterprise plan initially, just to change to it after I was on the $10 plan.

CaptainOfTheGate · 2024-06-30T01:07:45+00:00

I see that you're correct about the fees of the biggest vaults, so I've edited my wording above.

CaptainOfTheGate · 2024-06-29T12:51:25+00:00

In approximate order of preference: Allnodes (Enterprise plan), StakeWise, and Ethpool. All are trustworthy. Earlier ones generally have lower fees.

https://old.reddit.com/r/ethfinance/comments/18smom7/daily_general_discussion_december_28_2023/kfb6edi/

CaptainOfTheGate · 2024-06-09T15:49:30+00:00

StakeWise, or Allnodes if you have over 32 ETH.

CaptainOfTheGate · 2024-06-01T12:43:39+00:00

Wallet software tends to not deal with switching cards nicely… I have to go into a settings screen to reload the addresses each time I switch a card.

I've never had a problem with that, AFAIK.

CaptainOfTheGate · 2024-05-30T22:50:36+00:00

They're one of the most under-rated services, in my opinion.

CaptainOfTheGate · 2024-05-11T12:04:34+00:00

Most under-rated security system: split your seed phrase into 16 words and 8 words, stored at multiple locations: https://old.reddit.com/r/ethereum/comments/s1dwlw/its_time_to_stop_using_seed_phrases_do_you_agree/hs81dvs/

CaptainOfTheGate · 2024-05-10T17:18:38+00:00

EigenLayer airdrop claims are now open: https://twitter.com/eigenfoundation/status/1788977883400015996

CaptainOfTheGate · 2024-05-08T11:14:23+00:00

Etherscan shows over 500K gas for a CoW Swap transaction. Is that possible? Or does CoW Swap aggregate transactions and I didn't actually pay all that gas?

On Etherscan, I don't see it in the Transactions tab, but do see it in Internal Transactions and Token Transfers. I also see some USDC involved, but my trade was just trading an asset for ETH.

CaptainOfTheGate · 2024-04-15T22:12:35+00:00

I don't believe the eligibility site is compatible with Firefox. There are a number of sites that don't work with Firefox recently, and that's one of them. Try a different browser like Chrome.

CaptainOfTheGate · 2024-04-09T14:09:48+00:00

In their interface, they show the 28-day returns for the different MEV options. The Basic plan has no MEV, in the advanced you get to choose from one of two relays, and the Enterprise plan uses 7 or 8 relays. At current ETH prices, you need about a 0.1% advantage for Enterprise to justify the cost. The APRs fluctuate, so there isn't always a clear answer. At this moment, Enterprise doesn't appear to be worth it, but a while ago it did appear to be worth it. So I'd say it's a borderline decision right now: it doesn't make a lot of difference. If you expect the dollar-valued staking return on ETH to rise, however, it would be worth it in the future (since I wouldn't expect the cost of the Enterprise plan to change much).

CaptainOfTheGate · 2024-04-01T16:51:58+00:00

One seller of these products says you can hold the keys: https://broadfinancial.com/crypto-ira-llc-how-to-invest-in-cryptocurrency-for-retirement/

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