Lets Talk Fees
TrustedStake charges a dynamic validator-reward share on all index strategies. Our validator has a standard 9% take rate on dividends earned, with the remainder distributed to stakers.
Following our recent partnership with Kraken Institutional and resulting operational efficiencies, users now experience an average ~26.5% reduction in fees, bringing the effective take rate down to approximately ~6.62% as of May 7, 2026.
Implementation:
- Stake: You delegate TAO to TrustedStake’s proxy for your chosen index strategy.
- Child-Hotkey Routing: We direct your stake to best-in-class & non weight copying validators through child hotkeys based on your selected index constituents.
- Automatic Split: Each block, the validator pays a share of rewards to TrustedStake, we take 9%, and the rest goes to you.
- No lock-ups: Users can undelegate or revoke the proxy at any time.