Glossary
Stride
A Cosmos liquid-staking appchain — accepts ATOM, OSMO, INJ, and other Cosmos assets, returning liquid receipt tokens (stATOM, stOSMO) usable across IBC.
Stride is the dominant liquid-staking protocol in the Cosmos ecosystem. Users deposit ATOM (or other supported Cosmos assets), Stride stakes them through its own validator set, and issues a liquid receipt token (stATOM, stOSMO, stINJ) that continues to accrue staking rewards while remaining transferable and usable as collateral.
The chain runs under Replicated Security from the Cosmos Hub. Its LSTs are widely used across Osmosis, Mars, Margined, and other Cosmos DeFi protocols.