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Staking on Ethereum: validators, nodes, staking from home, solo staking, mev, client diversity, liquid staking, hardware, DVT...

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Staking Nerd Talk Episode 2 is online. We talked about the economics of compounding, becoming a professional operator and advanced strategies for preventing a supermajority bug. Thanks to Yorick for being my cast buddy. Check it out on https://youtu.be/A6JS-PPLq3U

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EthStaker is is accepting crypto payments for its Staking Gathering event tickets through @daimo-pay. Time to eat our own dog food. Learn more about our @devcon event on https://ethstaker.org/events/staking-gathering-2025

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@adamhurwitz.eth

I discovered Mellow Protocol on Lido 🔷🛰️ It'll be interesting to learn how the distributed validator rewards on @ssv-network + @obol are generated to get to the current 4% APR with Lido

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Hey EthStaker fam. We're sunsetting /smoothly over the next 3 rewards cycles. Please head to discord to see our full announcement. https://discord.com/channels/986169748159103026/1042043015641964644/1403433758383935651 Smoothly started as a simple idea: make EL rewards fair, transparent, and easy to opt-in to, especially for solo stakers. Since launch, we’ve prioritized security and public-good alignment over growth and learned a ton running this in the wild. Since the Pectra activation, we've seen consistent validator exits due to many solo stakers opting for type 2 validators, which aren't fairly taken into account in Smoothly V1. Over the last year we explored a more ambitious V2 design, linked below, which takes into account MaxEB and does not require an oracle. Despite real progress, V2 has been blocked by an overly complex multi-proof system due to the various ways builders can pay proposers. Check out the design here: https://github.com/noahfigueras/contractsV2 We'd love to support any team looking to push forward with this design! Reach out if you're interested. Happy to answer any questions you guys have!

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always excited to see this

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EthStaker is still looking for speakers for our Staking Gathering event at Devconnect in November. Apply here: https://ethstaker.org/forms/staking-gathering-speaker-application-2025

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@aviationdoctor.eth

Woke up to a flurry of failed attestations from my solo validator. The NUC’s SSD finally gave up the ghost after three years of intense I/O. Not the most pleasant start of a Sunday, but I was expecting it at some point, and had a spare SSD on hand. Swapped the disks, flashed Ubuntu Server, clean-installed eth-docker, and less than one hour of tinkering later, I am now syncing from checkpoint, which should complete by tomorrow. Running a solo validator does take some effort, and the rewards of ~2.7% APY aren’t much, but putting the de- in decentralization is priceless

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🎉 Happy 10th Anniversary, Ethereum! 🎉 A decade ago, Ethereum sparked a revolution—ushering in smart contracts, DeFi, dApps, and the vision of a decentralized world computer. At Kiln, we’re proud to support this incredible ecosystem as the leading staking provider—helping secure the network with 55,000+ validators and empowering ETH holders to earn rewards while contributing to Ethereum’s security. Here’s to building for the long term—together—with no compromise on decentralization. 🚀 Thanks to @caspar, @ethereumjoseph, Vivek Raman, @mikeneuder.eth, @ralexstokes, @hrkrshnn, @drakefjustin — and many more builders on ETH we’ve had the pleasure of welcoming at our office. Huge thanks to @aimxhaisse for leading our Ethereum initiatives at Kiln.

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@adamhurwitz.eth

Reminder: There's no such thing as safe CEX ⚠️ I tested out what the real ETH staking APR is on Gemini and my funds have been mysteriously on "hold" for a week after submitting the requested documentation. Another good example for self ownership of staking with @safe, Keycard, EthereumPhone /ethos, GridPlus, Hito, etc.

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@adamhurwitz.eth

Interesting idea on Ethereum future proof of stake PoS upgrades - The name "proof of stake" PoS makes more sense than "proof of governance" PoG - Validators are creating and validating new blocks under the proposed model. It doesn't have to do with governance. - Paying validators the market rate for block building and validating without staking is interesting to simplify the network. However this new model doesn't have a way to penalize bad actors which brings us back to staking and slashing? It seems John Adler doesn't agree with his own rage bait "validators are cucks" because he admits they are essential to the network for block building and validating. https://x.com/therollupco/status/1948074899492278452

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stVaults aren't just modular contracts—they're sovereignty infra. Institutions get compliance. Validators get customization. Stakers keep their liquidity. Making the complex effortless = Lido magic. https://x.com/LidoFinance/status/1945405852095037515

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The 'Identified Community Stakers' framework is designed to help Lido autonomously identify home operators in the permissionless Community Staking Node Operator pool. Identification is important because the pool has lower minimum bond to start node operating and higher APR. Because of these awesome incentives it naturally attracts bigger Node Operators and professional setups. It's a bit like a bird feeder designed to deter squirrels. The ICS framework is built on: ∆ Proof of humanity ∆ Proof of experience ∆ Proof of Engagement Check out @dgusakov 's presentation below: https://www.youtube.com/live/dnuA71J2eq0?si=-pXuZs7CLdZ1lvC7&t=969

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Anyone have experience setting up and managing Pocket Network validator nodes? My technical prowess isn’t up to the standards of my pride. I have questions!

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@adamhurwitz.eth

It's interesting to learn from the May @safe : @karpatkey Joint Treasury Community Update that 75% of the ETH treasury is staked using liquid staking tokens LSTs @lidofinance and @stakewise. https://forum.safe.global/t/safe-joint-treasury-community-update-may-2025-summary/6595

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My validator isn't validating for the last ~month and I didn't know and I only know now because I got notified I missed a block proposal 😒 I have alerts for if my validator is down but I guess I don't for if it's... having some issue where it's not down but not working right?

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