Liquid staking in StakeWise V3 is powered by osETH - an overcollateralized staked ETH token that accrues staking rewards when held.

osETH represents ETH staked in Vaults and earns ETH rewards that accrue from their validators. osETH can always be redeemed for ETH from Vaults, helping it maintain an accurate price on DEXs.

A unique feature of osETH is that it can be minted against any Ethereum node, making access to liquid staking as permissionless and non-custodial as possible. This enables users to stake ETH however they like, including solo, and be able to farm, borrow and restake staked ETH in DeFi.

Permissionless minting of osETH allows it to be backed by a wide network of pools, solo stakers, DAOs, and other organizations staking ETH in unique ways that do not lead to the centralization of Ethereum.