Restaking

Learn how optional restaking products fit into ether.fi and how their rewards, liquidity, dependencies, and slashing risks differ from staking.

Restaking is an optional product category within ether.fi. It is not the complete ether.fi platform, and it is not automatically included in eETH or weETH.

Staking and restaking are different positions

• eETH and weETH are liquid staking tokens that accrue Ethereum staking rewards.

• Restaking products, such as weETHs, are separate positions that add exposure to a restaking protocol or managed restaking strategy.

Users must opt into a separate restaking product to take on its additional dependencies and potential rewards. The products currently available can change; the ether.fi app is the source of truth for availability.

What changes when assets are restaked

A restaking product can add:

• rewards generated by the applicable restaking protocol or strategy;

• smart-contract and governance dependencies beyond Ethereum staking;

• liquidity and redemption conditions specific to the product;

• operator, oracle, middleware, or network dependencies; and

• additional penalty or slashing exposure where the product participates in slashable services.

Rewards are variable and are not guaranteed. A higher displayed reward does not mean the position has the same risk profile as eETH or weETH.

Historical EigenLayer position

ether.fi previously restaked a significant portion of protocol assets through EigenLayer. The remaining legacy protocol position is being wound down and is not a bundled restaking product for eETH or weETH holders. The current status is maintained on the weETH / eETH and Slashing Risk pages.

For currently documented restaking products, start with Staking.