# Node Operator Sub Governance & New Node Operator Application Process

**URL:** <https://research.lido.fi/t/node-operator-sub-governance-new-node-operator-application-process/344>\
**Category:** Node Operators\
**Created:** [February 17, 2021, 10:27am UTC](https://research.lido.fi/t/node-operator-sub-governance-new-node-operator-application-process/344 "2021-02-17T10:27:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![FelixLts](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/research.lido.fi/felixlts/32/379_2.png) [@FelixLts](https://research.lido.fi/u/FelixLts)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2021, 8:46am UTC](https://research.lido.fi/t/node-operator-sub-governance-new-node-operator-application-process/344/4 "2021-04-30T08:46:20Z")

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Sorry for the late reply. You can track the stETH token balance ([$2,798.60 | stETH (stETH) Token Tracker | Etherscan](https://etherscan.io/token/0xae7ab96520de3a18e5e111b5eaab095312d7fe84)) and relate it to the ETH2 deposit contract ([Eth2 Deposit Contract | 0x00000000219ab540356cbb839cbe05303d7705fa](https://etherscan.io/address/0x00000000219ab540356cbb839cbe05303d7705fa)).

This will all be part of future Lido upgrades/iterations when more functionality/transfers are available on ETH2. For now, the DAO would just be able to deny them adding new keys.

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