2025 - Q2 Community Lifeguard Report
We’re ending the first half of 2025 strong and in line with the goals outlined in the past report. Let’s dive in!
Community
Similar to Q1 ‘25, our approach included a mix of content, async support, and synchronous activities described in the sub-sections below.
As it stands, these are the numbers at the end of this quarter:
- 434 total registered Node Operators in the CSM. Note that this is the total amount of NOs coming from a mix of efforts from Lido contributors as it’s currently not possible to attribute provenance.
- 13 satellite solo staking communities established (up from 10 in Q1’25) with local advocates across Asia and LATAM with 1142 members in aggregate. These satellite communities mainly organize themselves on Telegram and leverage the Lido CSM for their solo staking journeys.
| Satellite Community | Country | Members (Q1’25) | Members (Q2’25) | Change | Local co-host |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solo Stakers Guild Japan | |||||
| (Previously CSM Japan) | Japan | 91 | 107 | +16 | Daiki Endo |
| CSM Taipei | Taiwan | 35 | 0 | -35 | Merged with Solo Stakers Guild Taiwan |
| CSM Philippines | Philippines | 36 | 31 | -5 | Bitskwela |
| CSM x DDC | Philippines | 25 | 24 | -1 | Davao DeFi Community |
| CSM Korea | Korea | 35 | 37 | +2 | DSRV |
| Club de Nodos | LATAM | 400 | 510 | +110 | SEED LATAM |
| Kipu Stakers* | LATAM | 17 | 17 | 0 | ETH KIPU |
| Home Staking Summit Community (Singapore)** | Singapore | 101 | 100 | -1 | Stakesaurus. **To merge with Solo Stakers Guild SG in Q3. |
| Solo Staking Boleh (Malaysia) | Malaysia | 57 | 58 | +1 | Stakesaurus |
| Solo Stakers Guild Taiwan | Taiwan | 96 | 128 | +32 | AWS Taiwan, ETH Taipei, Insight Software, imToken |
| Solo Stakers Guild Costa Rica [New] | Costa Rica | N/A | 12 | +12 | Ethereum Costa Rica |
| Solo Stakers Guild SG [New] | Singapore | N/A | 79 | +79 | Stakesaurus |
| Solo Stakers Guild HK [New] | Hong Kong | N/A | 18 | +18 | ZAN, Openbuild, SNZ Capital |
| Solo Stakers Guild BKK [New] | Bangkok | N/A | 21 | +21 | ContributionDAO |
| Total | 893 | 1142 | +249 |
*The same footnotes from the Community section of Q3’24’s report apply here.
Satisfaction Survey
As usual, we ran our quarterly satisfaction survey to understand where we can improve. This one received 38 respondents, down by 2 from the 40 respondents in Q1 ‘25. We subtracted the percentage of those who voted 5 (promoters) from the percentage of those who voted 1-3 (detractors), giving us a total Net Promoter Score (NPS).
These are the results:
| Question | Q1 ‘25 NPS (%) | Q2 ‘25 NPS (%) | Change (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| How would you rate the quality of events (workshops, presentations, etc) from the Lido Community Lifeguards? | 77.78 | 81.6 | +3.82 |
| How satisfied are you with the quality of interactions and support provided by the Lido Community Lifeguards? | 75.00 | 79.00 | +4 |
| How likely are you to recommend the Lido Community Lifeguards as guides to someone interested in Ethereum staking? | 72.50 | 78.9 | +6.4 |
| Aggregated NPS | 75.09 | 79.83 | +4.74 |
We’re grateful for the feedback in the additional comments section, which was full of positivity and support. Thank you all. 
Community Staking Online
This quarter came with a diverse lineup of online events like targeted workshops and community calls. We’ve really enjoyed stepping up to host many of these sessions, allowing us to deliver hands-on training and connect directly with our community on key topics!
- Run Lido CSM with Nethermind Sedge: A hands-on workshop guiding new and existing solo stakers on how to use the Nethermind Sedge tool for a rapid Lido CSM setup.
- Governance for Node Operators: A session exploring how node operators can actively participate in the governance processes of Ethereum and the Lido DAO.
- Lido x Aztec Community Call: A collaborative community call with the Aztec team, focused on their privacy-preserving L2 and how home stakers can run a sequencer on existing hardware.
- Lido CSM Hands-on Workshop en Español: A dedicated, step-by-step workshop conducted entirely in Spanish, teaching participants how to deploy a Lido CSM validator using Google Cloud.
- Roundtable with Shayan from ethduti.es: One of our classic roundtables, this time dedicated to some community-wide updates (like CSM v2 or the Identified Community Staker framework) with a special guest! Shayan, who is building ethduti.es, an Ethereum validator duties tracker.
CSM-DVT Clusters
We continue to use this as a conversion strategy within our strongest communities. In Q2’25, we have one more CSM-DVT cluster committed to operating on mainnet!
There are no changes to the number of keys run on Lido CSM by these clusters as the key limit of CSM remains capped. That said, we will be facilitating these clusters to increase their key count once CSM v2 goes live.
| Cluster Name | CSM Operator ID | Cluster Size | DVT Used | Number of keys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ministry of Stakers | 299 | 7 | Obol | 1 |
| SG Semi-Pros | 327 | 7 | SSV | 7 |
| Malaysia DV Operators (Testnet) | NA | 7 | Obol | NA |
| SG CSM-DVT Cluster | NA | 7 | Obol | NA |
Other Community Staking Content (podcasts, blog posts, and more)
- Official all-in-one Lido CSM guide
- Validation tips from professionals #1: Abstract of Yorick Downe’s presentation at Lido Connect 2024
- How onchain voting works featuring Lido DAO
- How Ethereum consensus works for new CSM Operators
- [Written Guide] How to deploy a Lido CSM node using Google Cloud credits (Spanish)
- [Video Guide] How to deploy a Lido CSM node using Google Cloud credits (Spanish)
- How the proposed Community Stakers Identification framework works (Spanish)
- Summary of forum proposals for CSM (Spanish)
Community Lifeguards at Conferences & Events
We maintained low conference participation in Q2’25 in favour of larger key conferences in the 2nd half of the year—e.g., EthCC, Edcon, KBW, Token2049 Singapore, DevConnect.
With more time on our hands, we continue to double down on our strategy of engaging grassroots communities. Check out the details below!
Conferences & Community Events
| Event | Engagement Type | Location | Organizer(s) | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ETHAsia | Introducing Solo Stakers Guild and CSM on the Community Stage | Hong Kong | ETHAsia | 9 April 2025 |
| ETHCDM / Staking LA | Presentation + demo | CDMX, Mexico | SEEDLatam | 30 April 2025 |
| Solo Stakers Meetup in Tokyo | CSM + DVT Workshop | Tokyo, Japan | Daiki Endo | 15 April 2025 |
| Introducing the Cryptoknight Academy to Ethereum Home Staking (private event) | Presentation + demo | Singapore (Online) | Cryptoknight Academy | 16 April 2025 |
| Introducing National Chengchi University to Ethereum Home Staking | Presentation + demo | Taipei (Online) | National Chengchi University | 23 April 2025 |
| Cryptoknight Solo Staking Hands-on Workshop #1 | CSM Workshop | Singapore (Online) | Cryptoknight Academy | 29 April 2025 |
| Cryptoknight Solo Staking Hands-on Workshop #2 | CSM Workshop | Singapore (Online) | Cryptoknight Academy | 3 June 2025 |
| Blockhead Research Network | Moderator for panel discussion on institutional adoption & node operations | Singapore | Blockhead, BCW Group, Worldpay | 17 June 2025 |
| Introducing the Dapplearning community to Ethereum Home Staking | Solo Staking & CSM Presentation + demo | China (Online) | Dapplearning | 25 June 2025 |
Solo Stakers Guild (SSG)
Our cost-efficient in-person community engagement model continues steadily this quarter.
| Name | Location | Local Contributor(s) | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SSG Hong Kong | Hong Kong | ZAN, SNZ Capital, OpenBuild, GCC | 9 April 2025 |
| SSG Costa Rica | San José, Costa Rica | Ethereum Costa Rica, Web3MentorHood, CENFOTEC University, Club de Nodos | 7 May 2025 |
| SSG Singapore: How ETH consensus works | Singapore | OKX | 17 April 2025 |
| SSG Singapore: CSM+SSV+Obol 3-in-1 workshop | Singapore | OKX | 24 April 2025 |
| SSG Singapore: How Onchain Governance works | Singapore | OKX | 30 April 2025 |
| SSG: Small Group Session #1 | Singapore | NA | 7 May 2025 |
| SSG Taiwan: Exploring the grants ecosystem for builders | Singapore | Verabridge, AWS, Insight Software, ETH Taipei, imToken | 26 May 2025 |
| SSG x Uniswap: The Math & Mechanisms Behind AMMs | Singapore | Uniswap Labs, GnosisHQ | 12 June 2025 |
| SSG Vienna | Vienna | Stereum | 25th June 2025 |
| SSG: Small Group Session #2 | Singapore | NA | 26 June 2025 |
| SSG Germany (Online) | Germany (Online) | Stereum | 26 June 2025 |
A ton of planning and coordination goes behind the scenes to ensure the quality of the Solo Stakers Guild series and we are grateful for an increasing amount of support from local ecosystem players.
A huge shoutout to the ones joining our cause this (and next) quarter to help grow Ethereum Solo and Home Stakers in their respective countries—ZAN, SNZ Capital, OpenBuild, GCC, OKX, Uniswap, GnosisHQ, Stereum, ETH Costa Rica, Web3MentorHood, CENFOTEC University, Club de Nodos & more!
Lido Luma Calendar
We continued the momentum into Q2 with more in-person and online events than ever (activity increased from 13 events in Q1 to over 17 events in Q2).
Our Luma Calendar for all things Lido remains the central hub, including our own events and those of our satellite communities.
Make sure to subscribe and help us spread the word while we continue delivering high quality event programming with strong ecosystem players at very reasonable costs compared to market norms.
1981 subscribers vs 1539 last quarter.
Lido Community Staking Tribes (LCST)
In Q1, we mentioned 3 more organisations will be participating in Q2 but we actually have 4 new ones this quarter—The movement is getting louder!
Check out the announcements in the linked table below.
Progress of Participants
| Organisation | Number of Participants | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Drop | Increased from 4 to 6 | 3 Participants were attesting with good performance on Holesky, Pending migration to Hoodi |
| Chainstack | 3 | All 3 participants completed Holesky testnet setups |
| Chainbound | 2 | Starting with 1 participant before adding another 1 |
| OpenZeppellin | 1 | Hosting their custom co-branded Dappnode in their hacker house in Argentina, which will encourage other organisations to join in the efforts to create new home stakers |
| Wonderland (new) | 1 | Pending testnet setup |
| Cryptoknight Academy (new) | 4 | Hardware purchased. Participants will be selected from community members who have shown commitment to becoming Ethereum home stakers. |
| StraitsX (new) | 4 | All participants have received their hardware and will begin their first lesson in July. |
| Nethermind (new) | 3 | All participants have received their hardware and will begin their first lesson in July. |
Next Steps
Although some participants prefer to wait for Dappnode to release their Hoodi CSM package before resuming their setup process, we took the initiative to publish workaround instructions to all participants.
We will be pushing all participants aggressively onto Lido CSM v2 Mainnet in Q3!
Support
We continue helping node operators in CSM and all over Ethereum to keep their validators online through many of the workshops, 1-1s and reachouts.
The queue for CSM is still long, and deposits started to come in just recently. We hope to see a stake share limit increase for CSM soon! Due to this, conversion efforts remain low but engagement with already-existing, or training on testnet for new operators is going strong.
Internal work
This is not something the community sees, but we spend a fair amount of our time on organizing ourselves internally (CLGs weeklys, internal documentation, etc) as well as calls, some regular syncs with other Lido contributors and other meetings with relevant parties from the ecosystem like other staking-related projects or communities. These meetings cover various topics, from CSM-related decision-making to presenting community ideas and initiatives.
Grants given in Q2
In this second quarter, we saw an increased usage of our budget to 24,003 USD compared to the previous quarter (16,670). Most of it was spent on key integrations, while the rest was used for general community grants and the expansion of our Solo Stakers Guilds, as described in the points below.
- Solo Stakers Guilds: The initiative expanded with two new events this quarter! The first-ever guild in Vienna, Austria, held as a ‘Road to EthCC’ event, and a successful SSG in **Costa Rica** for the LATAM community.
- Unified Performance Rating API for CSM v2: A grant was awarded to Miga Labs to develop a unified performance API for CSM v2. This will enhance validator evaluations by adding block proposals and sync committee participation to the existing attestation metrics.
- High-Signal: A grant was provided to adapt the High Signal tool for Lido. This platform uses AI to ingest and analyze content from various channels, ensuring its alignment with Lido’s strategic goals.
- Lido CSM Japanese Community: We continued to support our Japanese community with a grant for various activations. This included a keynote at a Fracton Ventures event, a hands-on workshop during the TEAMZ Summit, and the creation of localized Japanese-language guides used during the workshops and follow-up sessions
- ETHAsia: We supported the first ETH Asia conference in Hong Kong with a small grant. Stakesaurus gave a talk on the community stage during the morning of ETHAsia which served as a funnel to Solo Stakers Guild Hong Kong in the afternoon.
- Balkan Operators Community: This grant helped kick off the Balkan Operators Community, led by the Web3 Academy team, with their first meet-up happening in Belgrade!
- ETH Tegucigalpa (Honduras): Tegucigalpa community received a grant to host a workshop on how to run an Ethereum node from home. The event is scheduled for July, and we will provide an update on its outcome in our next report.
- urbe.eth (Rome): urbe.eth community hosted a hands-on workshop in Rome for 30 attendees. The event was conducted in Italian to help build a local node operator community - some pictures here!
- CSM Interns: This was the last quarter supporting one community staker who was helping the Lido marketing team with bottoms-up social media outreach.
Operative Expenses
This quarter we used $7,570.65 (37.85% of the total $20K budget), an increase of 36.07% over the past quarter’s 5.5K. As seen on the screenshot below, most was used for travel expenses, followed by software expenses and some miscellaneous.
What to expect in Q3 2025
- Getting operators prepared for CSM v2, including dynamics to help them go through the Identified Community Stakers framework.
- A steady cadence of online workshops, community events, and Solo Stakers Guild— Subscribe to our Luma calendar here to keep up to date and help us spread the word!
- Getting all of the current participants of Lido Community Staking Tribes onto Mainnet
- Onboarding more organizations onto Lido Community Staking Tribes
Stay tuned!
Fees & Payment
For the contributions completed in Q2 2025, the CLGs request that the committee consider payment based on the individual performance of the Community Lifeguards to the Ethereum addresses:
0x06Fb051a46cC49D99Be778BDd6Dcd3519d3820db
0xAC2bdb872655572f616879eB32E5fB81f336974c