GETH (Guarded Ether)

GETH (Guarded Ether) receives a B risk grade (23/100) from Hindenrank, where lower scores indicate lower risk. Moderate risk — well-established wallet operator with audited contracts and simple design, but centralized operations and limited secondary market liquidity warrant caution. GETH (Guarded Ether) is a liquid staking token issued by Guarda Wallet, an Estonian crypto wallet company founded in 2017. Users deposit as little as 0.1 ETH into Guarda's staking pool and receive GETH tokens 1:1, which can be traded on Uniswap while their ETH earns ~3% APY on the beacon chain. Guarda takes a 10% fee on rewards and distributes them quarterly. With an OpenZeppelin-audited smart contract and a clean operational track record, GETH received a B+ risk grade reflecting its straightforward design and established operator, though it remains a small player compared to major LST providers like Lido.

The key risks identified for GETH (Guarded Ether) are: (1) Centralized validator operations: Guarda Wallet operates all the validators backing GETH, meaning a single company controls the staking infrastructure. If Guarda experiences operational issues, regulatory problems, or goes out of business, staked ETH could be temporarily inaccessible. (2) Limited liquidity: GETH has very thin trading liquidity compared to major liquid staking tokens like stETH. If you need to sell a large GETH position quickly, you may face significant price slippage on decentralized exchanges. (3) Smaller scale operation: With ~$15M in staked ETH, GETH is tiny compared to Lido ($27B) or Coinbase ($11B). Smaller operations have less margin for error and fewer resources for security, infrastructure redundancy, and user support.

GETH (Guarded Ether) scores 23/100 across eight risk dimensions: Mechanism Novelty: 0/15, Interaction Severity: 4/20, Oracle Surface: 0/10, Documentation Gaps: 4/10, Track Record: 3/15, Scale Exposure: 3/10, Regulatory Risk: 3/10, Vitality Risk: 6/10. The highest risk area is Vitality Risk at 6/10.

Among 81 rated Liquid Staking protocols on Hindenrank, GETH (Guarded Ether) ranks #5 by safety (lowest risk score = safest). Its 23/100 risk score and B grade place it among the safer Liquid Staking protocols.

GETH (Guarded Ether) scores 3/15 on the Track Record risk dimension, indicating some history of security incidents or exploits. Higher scores reflect more severe or frequent incidents. Review the full risk report for details.