Node Operator Admission: Solstice as stVault Professional Operator

Node Operators stVaults Identification
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1. Identification

Solstice Staking AG is a Swiss-based institutional-grade digital infrastructure company specializing in secure, high-performance blockchain staking solutions. Operating from regulated and strategically chosen jurisdictions such as Switzerland and with expanding presence in Liechtenstein, Solstice Staking delivers precision-engineered staking infrastructure tailored for institutional clients, service providers, and ecosystem partners. The company emphasizes security, operational resilience, and optimized validator performance, leveraging bare-metal, low-latency hardware and minimal cloud dependency to maximize uptime and minimize risk. As part of the broader Solstice Labs and Deus X Capital enterprise ecosystem, the company is positioned at the intersection of blockchain infrastructure and institutional market demand.

2. Business Case

As a Professional Operator, Solstice brings:

  1. Regulated entities and banks. Solstice Staking is in active PoC with licensed banks exploring Lido V3 stVaults.
  2. Nation-backed platforms. As founding member of the Liechtenstain Trust Integrity Network “LTIN” the first nation-backed blockchain infrastructure platform. Bringing Ethereum Liquid Staking demand over LTIN to Lido V3 stVaults.
  3. Solstice Vaults. High demand for Ethereum Liquid Staking from our Solstice Protocol side and the +350million USD TVL.
  4. First productive Obol DVT Cluster with LTIN, Bitcoin Suisse and Solstice Staking. More information can be found here.

3. Ops & Decentralisation

Solstice Staking manages its validator operation with maximum emphasis on secure operations with robust procedures to avoid slashing. Whilst our infrastructure is designed to maximise performance, safety adn security of funds is always our primary consideration:

  • Fully non-custodial key management with distributed key generation

  • Client diversity across both consensus and execution layer implementations, powered by Vouch

  • Industry-leading anti-slashing protection via Dirk and additional in-house safeguards

  • Geographically distributed bare-metal and multi-cloud infrastructure in Tier-3+ data centres located exclusively in Switzerland and Liechtenstein

  • Remote signing in physically separated, air-gapped and hardened environments with strict multi-layer access controls

  • State-of-the-art monitoring and alerting with robust escalation procedures

MEV Policy

Solstice Staking uses a diversified MEV relay set with safe fallbacks to local block building to ensure proposer liveness. We also offer clients the ability to run OFAC compliant relays only.

4. Links

Website: solsticestaking.io

Documentation: docs.solsticestaking.io

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Thanks for applying, it’s great to see you moving forward with onboarding as a stVaults Node Operator.

The stVaults Committee has started the assessment process, and we’ll keep you updated as things progress.

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As a delegate of the stVaults Committee, I am posting to confirm that the relevant ET motions establishing Solstice’s status as an stVaults Identified Node Operator have now been enacted.

Following the committee’s assessment of Solstice’s application, Solstice’s has been assigned to the Basic Identified Operator Category under the stVaults framework, in line with the scope of its application.