# Node Operator Admission: Chainnodes as stVault Basic Operator

**URL:** <https://research.lido.fi/t/node-operator-admission-chainnodes-as-stvault-basic-operator/11616>\
**Category:** stVaults Identification\
**Created:** [June 2, 2026, 2:44pm UTC](https://research.lido.fi/t/node-operator-admission-chainnodes-as-stvault-basic-operator/11616 "2026-06-02T14:44:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![koraykoska\_cn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/439d5e/32.png) [@koraykoska\_cn](https://research.lido.fi/u/koraykoska_cn)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2026, 2:44pm UTC](https://research.lido.fi/t/node-operator-admission-chainnodes-as-stvault-basic-operator/11616/1 "2026-06-02T14:44:21Z")

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## Identification

Chainnodes is a Web3 infrastructure provider serving 10,000+ projects, dApps and games with low-latency, archival RPC across Ethereum and major L2s (Arbitrum, Optimism, Base, Polygon, BSC, Gnosis), handling approximately 1.5 billion requests per day. Beyond RPC, Chainnodes operates validator infrastructure through its Validator-as-a-Service, liquid staking, and solo-staking product lines, and counts teams such as EtherFi, GFX Labs, Oku Trade, Thales and Contango among its users.

We are requesting **Basic Identified Node Operator** designation, accepting the default Basic tier grid.

## Business Case

Chainnodes is building a retail ETH staking product in which user ETH is staked from Avalanche, bridged to Ethereum mainnet, routed through a Mellow Core Vault, and staked into a Chainnodes-operated Lido stVault.

- **Projected ETH TVL in first 12 months:** 10k-50k
- **Audience & markets:** Retail & B2B2C, worldwide
- **Partners:** Diverse, retails focused
- **Scale & timeline:** Launch targeted in ~1 month
- **Fee policy:** Not set in stone yet, probably around market value

## Ops & Decentralization

- **Client mix:** EL(geth, Nethermind, besu), CL(Teku, Lighthouse, Grandine) - all combinations in those sets
- **Infrastructure:** Dedicated / on-premise + Cloud
- **Geo / jurisdiction diversity:** Europe / North America
- **Key management & signing:** Vault + Web3Signer
- **MEV posture:** All relays enabled, including non-censoring

## Links

- **Website:** [https://www.chainnodes.org](https://www.chainnodes.org/)
- **Docs:** [Introduction - Ethereum RPC method documentation - Chainnodes](https://www.chainnodes.org/docs)
- **GitHub:** [Chainnodes · GitHub](https://github.com/chainnodesorg)