I’d like to update you with the results of the onboarding application evaluations that took place on Monday May 23, 2022.
Evaluation Results
The Lido Node Operator Subgovernance Group (LNOSG) decided to nominate 8 applicants for the proposed shortlist.
Shortlisted applicants have been asked to confirm their desire to join the Lido on Ethereum operator set. In case they do not reply affirmatively in a timely manner, or for some other reason cannot join this round, they will not be onboarded and will need to re-apply in a future round.
We had very strong turnout this round with 42 applicants (versus the previous round we had 23 for Ethereum). Due to market conditions and the recently slowed pace of deposit inflows, the LNOSG determined that proceeding somewhat conservatively was likely more appropriate at this time, despite the original intention to onboard a very large cohort.
During the meeting on May 23, 2022, the LNOSG decided to propose the following applicants for inclusion into our node operator set for the Ethereum protocol (in alphabetical order):
| Shortlist (in alphabetical order) |
|---|
| Attestant Limited |
| ChainSafe |
| Cryptomanufaktur |
| Kukis Global |
| Nethermind |
| Prysmatic Labs |
| RockLogic GmbH |
| Sigma Prime |
You can find the full PDF with summary statistics and the recordings of the introduction and conclusion to the LNOSG evaluation meeting in the public drive below. Due to the privileged/confidential nature of some of the information provided in some of the applications, the portion of the call where applications were discussed in detail was not recorded.
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1_y9g5IzIYBTjaCmub54hfZkCy_EFOexE
Both shortlisted and non-shortlisted applicants have been emailed notifying them of the results. Where relevant, applicants who were not shortlisted also received comments regarding potential ways to improve their application in future rounds should they wish to reapply. If for some reason you applied but did not receive an email, please reach out to [email protected].
Governance voting
Should the DAO disagree with any of the proposed applicants, request additional information, or otherwise request additional input for the onboarding, the LNOSG will reconvene to propose a next course of action.
A snapshot will be proposed in the coming days and the link will be added here: snapshot. The snapshot will be for the inclusion of the 8 (or fewer, in case applicants cannot continue) Ethereum Operators.
Next Steps
Following DAO approval (or, optimistically, during the vote so that we can execute faster) we will coordinate with the respective team to onboard the new node operators onto Lido’s testnet, and prepare operators for inclusion onto mainnet after the DAO vote and testnet procedures have concluded. The estimated timeline for the new node operators to be fully on mainnet is sometime mid-June.