# Lido

By [CFin](https://paragraph.com/@cfin) · 2022-06-07

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Lido DAO is a liquid staking protocol that supports Ethereum, Terra, Solana, Polygon, Cosmos, and Kusama blockchains. Lido’s goals are as follows:

*   To allow users to earn staking rewards without fully locking their tokens;
    
*   To make it possible to earn rewards on a small deposit;
    
*   To reduce the risk of staked deposits;
    
*   To provide stTokens as a building block for other applications; and
    
*   To provide an alternative to exchange staking, self staking, or semi-custodial staking.

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*Originally published on [CFin](https://paragraph.com/@cfin/lido)*