Hello, I’m the cofounder / CTO of Bitwise. I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself and similar to this example add more certainty around the future operations of Attestant from Bitwise’s point of view.
1. As a result of our deal, confirming there are no planned material changes to existing validator operations.
As Jim mentioned above, there are no plans to change the team that are responsible for running the infrastructure supporting the Lido validators, nor indeed to change the infrastructure itself. This acquisition is not just limited to the tech + infra but rather the tech + infra + team. This is also stated in our press release: “The core Attestant team will join Bitwise, including co-founders Sreejith Das, Jim McDonald, and Steve Berryman”
2. Also confirming there are no planned material changes to the organizational structure of the node operator.
Bitwise will be keeping the operations of Attestant intact including its organizational structure and setup from a geographical and jurisdictional perspective.
As shared publicly in this tweet we love the Attestant team’s staking and Ethereum protocol expertise, open source contributions, and community research / engagement. Our aim is to protect and amplify all of those efforts.
3. Bitwise does not have any controlling interest in another Lido node operator.
Attestant is the first and only acquisition / investment we’ve made amongst Lido node operators.
Here to answer any more questions from the Lido community! Thank you.
Hong Kim.