Develp
Staking

Ethereum staking for institutions

Develp runs Ethereum validators for your organization, with the withdrawal credentials on your own address, so your ETH stays under your control. If you already stake, you can keep your operator and add Develp for a share of your stake on a different setup.

Slashings0Since September 2022
Rewards score, Q3 202699.78%Network 99.44%
Team on Ethereum since2018The team behind Nimbus

Ways to stake with Develp

Direct staking

Validators set up for your organization

Sized to your stake and your risk preferences. The withdrawal credentials point to your address and reports arrive each month. OFAC-compliant relays are used if your policy requires them.

A second operator

Keep your operator, add Develp

Develp runs a share of your stake beside your current operator, on a setup designed to differ from it. Your current arrangement stays as it is.

From the first call to live validators

  1. Scoping call

    Your stake, custody and reporting needs.

  2. Setup design

    Validators sized to your stake, with relays that fit your policy.

  3. Diligence pack

    What your risk, legal and security teams ask for.

  4. Key setup

    Keys generated offline, with withdrawal credentials on your address.

  5. Live, with reporting

    Your validators go live and reports start.

Your ETH stays under your control

Develp manages the key that signs a validator's duties. You hold the withdrawal address, and that address is the only place your stake can go.

Who holds which key
DEVELP ETHEREUM NETWORK YOUR ORGANIZATION REMOTE SIGNER SIGNING KEY 1 DUTIES BEACON CHAIN WITHDRAWALS WITHDRAWAL ADDRESS 2 EXIT REQUEST 3 DEVELP REMOTE SIGNER SIGNING KEY 1 DUTIES ETHEREUM NETWORK BEACON CHAIN WITHDRAWALS YOUR ORGANIZATION WITHDRAWAL ADDRESS 2 3 EXIT REQUEST
1

The signing key signs the validator's duties, and Develp can use it to send an exit for you. It cannot move your ETH or change where it goes.

2

The address is set in the withdrawal credentials when the deposit is made, and it can't be changed after that.

3

Since the Pectra upgrade in May 2025, your address can exit the validator on its own.

How Develp runs validators

Security and trust

Spread across providers and regions

The infrastructure runs with more than one provider and in more than one region.

Remote signing

Keys sign through a remote signer, separate from the machines that run the validators.

Slashing protection

The remote signer keeps a slashing protection record and refuses any conflicting signature.

Keys generated offline

Validator keys are generated offline, and each key has one signer only.

Watched around the clock

Monitoring runs day and night, with an on-call team behind it.

Upgrades from inside the Nimbus team

Each network upgrade is followed by the team behind Nimbus before it reaches mainnet.

Reports your finance and risk teams can use

Reports are shaped to what your teams need: rewards, performance beside the network's for the same period and the status of every validator.

See the client portal

Questions about staking with Develp

What sets the wait for an exit?

The network's exit queue. It moves with demand: when more stake is leaving, the wait is longer.

Can we start with part of our stake?

Yes. You can start with a share of your stake and add more later, beside your current operator or on its own.

How are fees set?

Per client, depending on the stake and the setup. The team goes through them on a call.

Which custody setups work?

Develp can work with your custody setup when the withdrawal credentials can point to an address your custody arrangement controls. The scoping call confirms it.

Start with a call

Tell us how your organization holds ETH and what you need.