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Decentralising Restaking: Our Journey With ether.fi

EtherFi has committed to deploying $100M worth of stake (1,000 validators) on Obol DVs, run by seven of their partner node operators.

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Relm & Chainproof To Provide Discounted Slashing Insurance for DVs

ETH staking insurance is about to get a lot cheaper, thanks to Distributed Validators and upcoming insurance products from Relm and Chainproof.  Historically, insuring against Ethereum staking risks was prohibitively expensive for node operators, staking protocols, and ETH holders alike. For example, there was a time when Lido spent 25%

Updates & Announcements

Announcing Our Collaboration With Liquid Collective

Today we’re excited to share our upcoming plans with Liquid Collective, the community of industry participants building LsETH, a liquid staking protocol built to meet the needs of enterprises.

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The Distributed Validator Protocol Roadmap

Distributed Validators (DVs) are the next critical infrastructure primitive for the Ethereum network to improve security, resiliency and decentralisation. With the initial adoption of squad staking deployments and the eventual release of multiple DV client implementations, there is a growing need to define a DV protocol that establishes a foundation

Community Testing

Lido x Obol Simple DVT - Wave 1 Testing Report

Introduction Today we’re excited to share a performance report detailing the first wave of testing for Lido’s Simple DVT module, the first mainnet module to be added as part of Lido V2. Overall, Obol’s DV middleware satisfied the performance requirements to move forward with a mainnet deployment

Education

Why We Built Charon as a Middleware

In this article, we explain how and why we built Obol’s DVT as a middleware: to keep Ethereum secure, resilient, and composable. Our composable approach will enable an ecosystem of staking products backed by DVs, making Ethereum more resilient and decentralised than ever before!

Life At Obol

In The Parodos: A Conversation With Hanan Nouman

We continue our interview series with full stack developer Hanan, who entered the crypto industry as a software engineer at Consensys in Dubai. Hanan sees DVT as leveling the playing field for small holders of Ethereum, and is motivated to build immutable crypto tech.

Education

How DVT Helps: Staking-as-a-Service Providers

This is part 4 of a series exploring how DVs help different types of validators in the Ethereum ecosystem. In this article, we visit Staking-as-a-service (StaaS) providers.

Community Testing

Introducing the Obol Techne Credential

We're thrilled to announce the official launch of the Obol Techne Credential – a unique initiative that aims to increase the opportunities for members of the Obol Community and broader staking ecosystem.

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Announcing our Mainnet Open Beta Release!

Today, we’re pumped to share that we’ve launched our Mainnet Open Beta phase! After years of development, testing, and initial Mainnet rollout, we are ready for our Beta launch!! It is time to allow everyone to run Mainnet distributed validators.

Life At Obol

In The Parodos: A Conversation With Nanni Sackmann

We continue our series in the parados with our Head of People, Nanni. She has a long career in leading strategy and teams around human resources and culture in multiple industries. Take a look and learn about how you can develop your Web3 career!

Life At Obol

In The Parodos: A Conversation With Brett Li

In a Greek theater, the parodos are the hallways where the chorus and actors enter and exit. There, actors could have conversations, getting to know one another. We want you to spend some time in the parodos with the Obol Core Team. First up, our new Chief Growth Officer, Brett Li.

Community Testing

Mainnet Alpha DVs & Large Scale Performance Testing

As we continue to make progress towards our full V1 launch, we'd like to share key updates on our Alpha phase and upcoming Ecosystem Performance Testing efforts.

Community Testing

Performance Testing Distributed Validators

Earlier this year, we worked with MigaLabs, the blockchain ecosystem observatory located in Barcelona, to perform an independent test to validate the performance of Obol DVs. We’re happy to share the results of these performance tests.

Education

How DVT Helps: Digital Asset Custodians

This is part 3 in a multi-part series that explores how DVT helps the different types of entities in the Ethereum staking ecosystem. In this article, we visit an increasingly important segment of the community: Digital Asset Custodians.

Education

How DVT Helps: At-Home Validators

This is part 2 of a multi-part series that explores how DVs help the different types of validators in the Ethereum ecosystem. In this article, we visit arguably the most important type of validator to the Ethereum ethos: at-home validators.

Updates & Announcements

Obol V2: Looking Forward

In our continued effort to build the Obol Network; we have begun a working group to research, specify, implement, and maintain Obol V2, the Distributed Validator Protocol.

Education

Decentralising Cosmos validator sets with Distributed Validator Technology (Part 1)

In this multi-part blog post series, we will be researching and exploring potential use cases of Distributed Validator Technology (DVT) in the Cosmos ecosystem.

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Launching Our Alpha Release

We’re happy to announce that we’ve now officially entered the Alpha Release of the Obol Network! For the first time, we'll be deploying Mainnet DVs with the community. Here's all the details of the launch.

Community Testing

The Bia Testing Program: Claiming Rewards, Exiting & What’s Next

After 1600+ distributed validator clusters run by 9000+ nodes around the world and 60+ organizations, we are ready to start winding down the Bia Testing Program, gathering learnings, and looking forward to what’s next. When we closed out Athena, our first testing program 6+ months ago, we led with

Education

The Future of Staking: A Look at Ethereum's Shanghai Upgrade

The Ethereum ecosystem is on the brink of a significant transformation with the upcoming Shanghai upgrade. This article explores key metrics and delves into the potential impact of the hard fork on the staking ecosystem.

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Road to Mainnet for Distributed Validators

Today, we announced Ethereum Mainnet’s first distributed validator! This marks the first phase of Obol’s journey to bringing DVs to Mainnet Ethereum. Here, we will walk through our current design philosophy, protocol roadmap, and adoption strategy.

Community Testing

The Bia Journey: Beginning on Goerli Testnet

Today, we are launching a critical initiative to promote community involvement in the journey towards the adoption of distributed validators.

Community Testing

The Obol Ambassador Program

Today, we are launching a critical initiative to promote community involvement in the journey towards the adoption of distributed validators.

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Obol Raises $12.5M to Decentralize Ethereum Staking Infrastructure

Why we're excited about the future we can build together with the community to usher in next generation of staking.