Is Liquid Staken a Good Idea?

This week Anna and Tarun chat with Vasiliy Shapovalov from [Lido](Lido) and Felix Lutsch of Chorus One about liquid staking on the ETH2 Proof of Stake consensus chain. Vasiliy explains Ethereum’s unique PoS validator setup and how liquid staking behaves on this network. They also talk about how liquid staking behaves on other live PoS, the inevitability of liquid staking and how to best design these systems. Lastly, they chat about navigating control and decision making in liquid staking protocols, touching on topics of decentralisation and governance.

Here are some links for the episode:

• Episode 140: Staking derivatives & DeFi with Alex Evans (and Tarun!)
• Blog post: How Lido Works
• Blog post: The Road to Trustless Ethereum Staking
• EthCC 4 - Vasiliy Shapovalov : Liquid staking in Ethereum security
• A Note on Borrowing Constant Function Market Maker Shares
• Liquid Staking Research Report: Implications of Proof-of-Stake Assets in Decentralized Finance
• OlympusDAO

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