# Proposal: Enable $LDO Staking with Protocol Revenue Sharing

**URL:** <https://research.lido.fi/t/proposal-enable-ldo-staking-with-protocol-revenue-sharing/10195>\
**Category:** Proposals\
**Created:** [June 12, 2025, 10:09am UTC](https://research.lido.fi/t/proposal-enable-ldo-staking-with-protocol-revenue-sharing/10195 "2025-06-12T10:09:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Junco\_Li](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/research.lido.fi/junco_li/32/6015_2.png) [@Junco\_Li](https://research.lido.fi/u/Junco_Li)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2025, 4:56pm UTC](https://research.lido.fi/t/proposal-enable-ldo-staking-with-protocol-revenue-sharing/10195/11 "2025-06-17T16:56:11Z")

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Thanks for raising the point about development spending — it’s absolutely essential. Fortunately, we can now reference real estimates to assess feasibility.

📊 Based on public reports and on-chain dashboards:

- **Estimated protocol revenue** : ~$102M/year
- **Q1 2025 spending (dev, audits, ops, etc)**: ~$56.6M  
→ Annualized: ~$226M
- **Estimated net income** (conservative)\*\*: ~$51.6M/year

🧾 Here’s a simplified chart showing the financial snapshot:

**Lido Protocol – 2025 Estimates**

- Protocol Revenue: $102M
- Development & Operations (Annualized): $226.4M
- Estimated Net Income: $51.6M

![Lido Revenue vs Spending vs Net Income - Chart](Please upload the image manually here and replace this line with image description if needed)

🔍 **Insight** : Even with strong development investment, there remains meaningful net income that could be used for:

- Staking rewards
- Buybacks
- Treasury growth

And all this **without jeopardizing core operations**.

> Enabling a small (e.g. 5–10) revenue share would not break the budget — it would simply help retain token holders and better align incentives.

Let’s continue analyzing and designing something sustainable.

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