The Ultimate Guide to LSTs | Season 5 Finale

Season 5 | Episode 9

In today's season 5 finale we take a deep dive into the multifaceted world of Liquid Staking. Mike and Myles scrutinize critical aspects such as market structure, exploring its influence on liquidity providers and governance. They also discuss social scaling, evaluating its role in the adoption and scalability of Liquid Staking solutions along with the implications of self-limiting. This episode is a holistic recap of the season and with the biggest takeaways from Season 5.

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction

(02:58) LST Market Structure

(13:16) Social Scaling & Self-limiting Debate

(28:19) “Permissionless Promotion”

(29:15) Curation VS Permissionless

(35:25) Liquid Staking Router Outlook

(43:09) Re-staking & Liquid Staking Intersection

(52:15) Lido Governance Role & Impact

(56:16) Future of Liquid Re-staking

(1:01:10) Co-Opetition: Eigen Layer & Lido

(1:07:08) MEV & Liquid Staking Intersection

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Resources:

Chorus One Validator Economics

https://medium.com/chorus-one/exploring-validator-economics-on-solana-cb1498a3aef6

How POS Networks Nurture Decentralization by Felix L

https://chorus.one/articles/how-can-proof-of-stake-networks-nurture-decentralization

Sreeram Episode

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-intersection-of-restaking-and-liquid/id1641356619?i=1000622262081

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