Lido Proposes Identified DVT Clusters for Community Staking Module
Lido Proposes Identified DVT Clusters for Community Staking Module
🔐 DVT Clusters Coming
Lido has introduced a proposal to bring Identified DVT Clusters (IDVTC) to its Community Staking Module, targeting a Q2/Q3 2026 release with CSM v3.
Key Features:
- 4 operators using Obol or SSV Network to co-run validators
- 1.5 ETH bond for first validator, 0.5 ETH thereafter
- 0.375/0.125 ETH average per cluster member
- Up to 3.1x capital efficiency vs solo staking
- Up to 40 keys with deposit priority
The proposal builds on SimpleDVT's success, with 20% of CSM validators now using DVT after nearly 2 years. By end of 2025, 22,233 validators ran on DVT, representing ~1.99% of total Ethereum stake.
IDVTC aims to lower capital barriers while offering potentially higher rewards than ICS on bonds above 2.5 ETH, furthering resilience across Lido's permissionless validator set.
Taken together, 2025 marked continued structural progress for the Lido validator set built around: • Rapid DVT adoption • Balanced Node Operator distribution • Strong client diversity • Improved infrastructure resilience • Broader geographic dispersion All contributing to
A major driver of Q4 growth was accelerated adoption within the Curated Module: Obol: 100 → 1,100 validators (11x growth vs Q3) SSV Network: 4,800 → 7,550 validators (1.5x QoQ growth) DVT implementation continues to expand across Lido modules, materially improving the
The proposal sees IDVTC further lowering the capital barrier to securing Ethereum through CSM, whilst at the same time offering potentially higher rewards than ICS on bonds above 2.5 ETH. As proposed, an Identified DVT Cluster (4 operators using @Obol_Collective or @ssv_network
Client diversity remains well distributed relative to the broader Ethereum network, with a slightly broader distribution across clients. • No Consensus client exceeds 33% • Five Execution Layer clients are actively used • Multi-node setups: 27.86% of validators
Distributed Validator Technology scaled across all modules. By the end of 2025, 22,233 validators were run using DVT, representing 711,456 ETH (+537,792 ETH YoY). DVT-powered Lido validators now account for ~1.99% of total Ethereum stake, strengthening fault tolerance across
Execution Layer diversity has also matured significantly since the Merge. Across Lido validators: • Geth: ~37% • Nethermind: ~39% • Besu: ~18.7% • Reth: growing to ~4.7% • Erigon: ~0.6%
The proposal suggests introducing IDVTC with the CSM v3 release, expected around Q2/Q3 2026. Whether you're an existing CSM operator or considering becoming one, join the discussion and share your feedback below. research.lido.fi/t/community-st…
After nearly 2 years of SimpleDVT, and with 20% of CSM validators now using DVT, the operational benefits are clear. Bringing a scalable DVT framework to Lido CSM is a natural next step to amplify resilience across the permissionless Lido validator set whilst encouraging a new
Validator infrastructure also continued to mature in 2025 with operators spreading validators across more nodes to improve resilience and reduce potential blast radius. • Validator density per node: ↓ 14.5% • Average validators per node: ↓ 25% vs 2024
Proposal: Introducing Identified DVT Clusters (IDVTC) to Lido CSM This proposal brings a tailored bonded DVT solution to the Lido Community Staking Module, accelerating DVT adoption and furthering the resilience of CSM. ↓
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