Should the Lido DAO add the 5 shortlisted Ethereum and 15 shortlisted Solana staking provider organizations as node operators?

During August 2021, the Lido Node Operator Subgovernance Group (LNOSG) evaluated 13 onboarding applications for the Ethereum protocol, and over 50 applications for the Solana protocol for inclusion into the Lido Node Operator set for each respective protocol.

For Ethereum, as a result of the evaluations performed on Aug 13, 2021, the LNOSG is recommending the following node operators for onboarding to the Lido DAO:

• Blockdaemon
• Figment
• RockX
• AllNodes
• Anyblock Analytics

For Solana, as a result of the evaluations performed in June 2021 and on Aug 13, 2021, the LNOSG is recommending the following node operators for onboarding to the Lido DAO. (The first ten operators in the list below were shortlisted during the June LNOSG evaluation session and the last 5 were shortlisted during the August session):

• Chorus One
• P2P Validator
• Staking Facilities
• stakefish
• Figment
• Everstake
• Chainode Tech
• Staking Fund
• DSRV
• Syncnode SRL
• Blockdaemon Inc.
• First Movers Advantage, LLC (AKA Block Logic)
• Forbole
• ChainLayer
• RockX

More information about the onboarding application windows and evaluations performed can be found here: https://research.lido.fi/t/announcement-onboarding-for-ethereum-wave-2-and-solana-wave-1-supplemental/836/2

This vote will run for 5 days and seeks LDO holder approval of the onboarding of the abovementioned node operators for the respective protocols.

Our goal with onboarding new node operators is to improve the decentralization and resilience of the Lido protocol, as well as bringing on new organizations with strong skill sets and alignment with Lido’s values to help grow liquid staking on the networks the Lido protocol supports.