Geode Finance

Geode Finance provides a fully automated, trustless smart contract infrastructure that enables any protocol, organization, or individual to run their own fully customizable staking pool with only a single on-chain transaction. Geode was initially deployed on Avalanche Network and has since expanded to include Ethereum as well.

By offering trustless, decentralized turn-key staking pool solutions, organizations gain a sustainable source of revenue while also increasing validator diversity on the network. These pools give their owners complete control, minimizing the third-party risks associated with centralized staking solutions. Geode’s flexible architecture allows pool owners to implement restricted access, set fees, or offer their own branded liquid staking derivative tokens.

Geode was created to address the issues with currently available, centralized staking-as-a-service products. To serve a wide variety of different types of organizations and pool configurations, Geode has developed a permissionless staking library that allows anyone to craft, create and maintain their own trustless staking solution.

The Geode Finance Portal, gETH and Withdrawal Contracts work together to ensure a global standard. An open marketplace for node operators and staking pools was then built on top of Geode’s permissionless global standard. The combination of these systems creates Geode’s widely adaptable infrastructure and can meet a variety of needs while remaining streamlined and easy to integrate.

Geode staking pools may be public or private, and pool owners also have the option to create branded liquid staking derivatives. Public pools allow organizations to deploy their customized liquid staking solution with control over fees, node operators, and branded staking derivatives, while private pools give more secure options for projects and institutions, allowing organizations to stake treasury funds or create exclusive staking pools.

Geode’s marketplace for node operators and organizations allows them to locate and utilize each other’s services easily. This makes choosing an operator simple for pool owners and enables operators to attract new stakes to manage. In summary, Geode's infrastructure offers a convenient and efficient way for both node operators and organizations to interact with each other.

When you stake in a liquid staking product powered by Geode, you mint a G-Derivative (gETH and gAVAX). The gETH or gAVAX minted is the corresponding LSD for the selected staking pool.

Using a single ERC115 contract, allows Geode’s infrastructure to provide for a wide array of different staking product types, as well as allowing for better compatibility in the future. Put another way, G-Derivatives are databases of Balances and Prices with extra Scalability (interfaces).

The key benefit of Geode’s G-Derivatives is their highly configurable nature. For example, via Geode’s interfaces pool owners may choose whether they want their LSD to function as a value accrual or rebasing token.