Stacking DAO Overview

What is Stacking? Stacking is locking STX to participate in Stacks Consensus. You can compare it to ETH staking. Today, 400m STX stacked with a yield of 9% or more. Follow live stats on www.stacking-tracker.com.

Stacking DAO is expanding and evolving into an STX Stacking infrastructure powerhouse for the most prominent Bitcoin Layer 2.

Initially launched as a Liquid Stacking protocol, it rapidly became the largest Stacks DeFi platform, playing a key role in bootstrapping the ecosystem liquidity. Today, it’s driving Stacks forward as the hub for STX Stacking and DeFi innovation.

Stacking DAO goal is to empower the entire Stacks ecosystem, from users to builders, by developing the most comprehensive suite of services and features for all aspects of stacking and beyond.

The team has been developing new BTC yield products through STX stacking and is currently researching MEV and restaking solutions.

What Are The Differences Between stSTX, stSTXbtc, and Native Stacking?

Features	stSTX	stSTXbtc	Native Stacking
Non-custodial	✅	✅	✅
Immediate Stacking yield	✅	✅	❌
Tokenised representation of Stacked STX (liquid staking)	✅	✅	❌
BTC rewards	❌	✅	✅
Auto-compounding yield	✅	❌	❌
STX Rewards	✅	❌	❌

How does Stacking DAO compare to other Stacking solutions?

Custodial delegated stacking pools. Examples are OKX, Coinbase Custody, Bitgo and Copper. OKX and Coinbase Custody are live today. Custodial stacking pools take full custody of STX and offer an institutional UX. These pools also don’t offer a tokenised representation of stacked STX

Community delegated stacking pools. Examples are Stacking DAO native Stacking pool, Xverse pool, and Friedger pool. These pools allow users to stack their STX and earn BTC or STX rewards. These pools don’t offer a tokenised representation of stacked STX.

	Custodial Pool	Community Pool	stSTX	stSTXbtc
Non-custodial	❌	✅	✅	✅
Tokenised representation of Stacked STX (stSTX)	❌	❌	✅	✅
Autocompounding STX yield	❌	❌	✅	❌
BTC yield	✅	✅	❌	✅
Immediate Stacking Yield	❌	❌	✅	✅