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The Results of Obol's First Retroactive Funding Round

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The Results of Obol's First Retroactive Funding Round

We're thrilled to announce the results of the Obol Collective's first Retroactive Funding Round (RAF1). After a week of evaluation and voting by delegates, 46 projects were chosen to receive funding.

Obol’s First Retroactive Funding Round (RAF1)

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Obol’s First Retroactive Funding Round (RAF1)

For this first round, the Obol Collective is providing 1M OBOL Tokens to reward public goods.

Magma Partners with Obol to bring Distributed Validators to Monad

Magma Partners with Obol to bring Distributed Validators to Monad

Magma is partnering with the Obol Collective to exploring the deployment of Obol Distributed Validators (DVs) on the Monad blockchain.

Announcing the OBOL Token and Decentralized Operator Ecosystem

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Announcing the OBOL Token and Decentralized Operator Ecosystem

We’re excited to announce the introduction of the OBOL token and the formation of the world’s largest Decentralized Operator Ecosystem.

Snapshot Taken: Entering the Next Phase of the Obol Collective

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Snapshot Taken: Entering the Next Phase of the Obol Collective

We’ve taken a snapshot of current Obol Contributions, as well as Obol badge and Techne holders. Stay tuned for more details in the coming days about the next phase of the Obol Collective.

Pectra: What It Means For You

Pectra: What It Means For You

By enabling the consolidation of existing validators up to 2048 eth in size, this is a unique opportunity for node operators and staking protocols to reduce their validator count and migrate to distributed validators to future-proof their infrastructure.

Expanding EtherFi’s Operation Solo Staker

Expanding EtherFi’s Operation Solo Staker

Overview EtherFi and Obol are excited to announce a new expansion of the Operation Solo Staker Program. Originally created in late 2023 with the vision of bringing more decentralisation to Ethereum, the initiative onboards home stakers to EtherFi’s validator set by leveraging Obol Distributed Validators (DVs). This technology not

The Easiest Path to Mainnet: Squad Staking in Lido CSM

The Easiest Path to Mainnet: Squad Staking in Lido CSM

The Community Staking Module (CSM) is the first Lido module with permissionless entry, allowing any node operator to operate validators by providing an ETH-based bond (security collateral). By Squad Staking in Lido Community Staking Module (CSM), it’s easier than ever to become an Ethereum mainnet validator. Powered by Obol

Byzantine Finance Chooses Obol DVs for Restaking Security & Decentralisation

Byzantine Finance Chooses Obol DVs for Restaking Security & Decentralisation

Byzantine chose to build their native restaking vaults exclusively on Obol Distributed Validators (DVs), to maximise decentralisation & security of the protocol.

Promoting staking security with the Node Operator Risk Standard (NORS)

Promoting staking security with the Node Operator Risk Standard (NORS)

Today, we’re proud to be a part of a collaborative group of industry-leading staking players to announce the Node Operator Risk Standard (NORS) certification, a first-of-its-kind certification built specifically for Ethereum node operator risk management.

Introducing Obol Contributions: Stake, Contribute, Earn

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Introducing Obol Contributions: Stake, Contribute, Earn

Today marks the launch of the Obol Contributions Program, an opportunity for EVERY staker to get recognition for scaling and decentralising Ethereum by staking on Obol distributed validators (DVs). Stakers can participate by staking on Obol DVs via a Contributions launch partner such as Stakely, Mellow’s vault for Lido,

Announcing the Obol Collective

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Announcing the Obol Collective

Today marks the launch of the Obol Collective: a community dedicated to scaling Ethereum by strengthening the security, resiliency, and decentralisation of the consensus layer through the development and deployment of distributed validators. The Collective is fueled by Obol’s economic model, which directs 1% of staking rewards from DVs

Releasing Charon 1.0

Releasing Charon 1.0

Today, we’re releasing Charon 1.0, the first long-term support (LTS) version of our DV middleware client. Our development team spent the last three years building Charon, Ethereum’s first distributed validator (DV) middleware client. Today, after years of collaborative development, rigorous audits, thorough testing, and solid Mainnet performance,

Squad Staking: The Next Frontier in Ethereum Home Validation

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Squad Staking: The Next Frontier in Ethereum Home Validation

It’s time to squad up! Have you ever wanted to run an Ethereum validator but lacked the 32ETH and intimate support needed to get started? If so, squad staking is for you! Get started at squadstaking.com. Let’s face it, solo staking is hard. It’s easier said

Report: Ethereum’s Correlation Risks - Poorly Understood, but Always Present

Report: Ethereum’s Correlation Risks - Poorly Understood, but Always Present

Correlation represents a critical hot-topic and key consideration for ETH stakers. Yet the landscape of correlation risks remains broadly misunderstood. A collaboration between Obol Labs and Liquid Collective, the report “Ethereum’s Correlation Risks: Poorly Understood, but Always Present” examines, for the first time, a holistic cross-section of today’s

1% For Decentralisation: A Funding Model For Ethereum

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1% For Decentralisation: A Funding Model For Ethereum

It’s time for Ethereum staking projects to commit to strengthening Ethereum’s foundation - the consensus layer. This is how Obol is going to help.

Decentralising Restaking: Our Journey With Ether.Fi

Decentralising Restaking: Our Journey With Ether.Fi

EtherFi has committed to deploying >$1B worth of stake on Obol DVs, run by seven of their partner node operators.

Relm & Chainproof To Provide Discounted Slashing Insurance for DVs

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%

Announcing Our Collaboration With Liquid Collective

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.

The Distributed Validator Protocol Roadmap

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

Lido x Obol Simple DVT Testing Report

Lido x Obol Simple DVT 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

Why We Built Charon as a Middleware

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!

In The Parodos: A Conversation With Hanan Nouman

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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.

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

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.

Introducing the Obol Techne Credential

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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.