Staking ETH isn't risk-free or hassle-free -- you have to keep a validator running and online, on pain of getting slashed. If you're not going to outsource your

Staking ETH isn't risk-free or hassle-free -- you have to keep a validator running and online, on pain of getting slashed. If you're not going to outsource your validators to $CLOUD_PROVIDER or $EXCHANGE (which you shouldn't, since why trust them?), then you have to be forever vigilant of your uptime. This is painful enough that most people will happily outsource it while collecting yield. What will almost certainly happen is ETH holders will self-organize into a handful of large well-connected staking pools run by exchanges. Heaven forbid your exchange gets hacked or goes offline.