Chorus One Joins Bitwise

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We are pleased to announce that Bitwise has acquired Chorus One, including its team and infrastructure. Chorus One will join Bitwise as part of Bitwise Onchain Solutions which includes Attestant (BVI) Limited, a Curated Set Node Operator.

As we understand the historical precedent in the Lido Node Operators set that a single entity cannot operate several Curated Set Node Operators, we are also announcing our intention to voluntarily withdraw Chorus One from the Curated Module. The infrastructure run by Attestant (BVI) Limited, will remain the same in terms of deployment (bare metal) and geographical and jurisdictional location.

As such, we will coordinate with Lido DAO contributors regarding the process to smoothly exit Chorus One’s validators from the Curated Module in a timeline and manner that minimizes impact to stakers and users of the protocol.

We look forward to furthering our commitment to Ethereum, through our continued support of Vouch and Dirk, as well as our other open source libraries (ESD, Go client libraries, ethdo, chaind, etc.). We believe our acquisition of Chorus One puts us in an even stronger position to do so.

More information is available at https://bitwiseinvestments.com/newsroom/bitwise-acquires-staking-infrastructure-pioneer-chorus-one. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have here, or directly to members of either team.

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Thank you very much @Berryman for the message and the welcome. As someone who has been part of the Chorus One team, this is an exciting new chapter, and I’m looking forward to continuing this work under Bitwise.

On the Curated Module transition, I want to personally express our commitment to getting this right. We’ll be working closely with the Bitwise team and Lido contributors to ensure the exit process is well coordinated, transparent and smooth for stakers. This means being proactive in communication, responsive throughout the process, and making sure no step is rushed.

Chorus One has always cared deeply about its role in the Ethereum ecosystem and Lido, and that doesn’t change with this new chapter. We’re very excited about what we can build together as part of Bitwise Onchain Solutions.

I’m available for any questions from the community.

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