Lido kicks off $16.5B ETH consolidation to slash validator…
All 34 curated node operators are posting locked ETH bonds for the first time, adding financial accountability to a system that previously ran on reputation alone.
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All 34 curated node operators are posting locked ETH bonds for the first time, adding financial accountability to a system that previously ran on reputation alone.
The upgrade pushes Lido's staked ETH onto post-Pectra 0x02 validators, lifting their share of Ethereum's staking set to roughly 52% and trimming total validator count by about a third.
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