{"id":21073,"date":"2025-02-12T10:36:46","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T08:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/lido-announces-v3-update\/"},"modified":"2025-02-12T10:36:46","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T08:36:46","slug":"lido-announces-v3-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/lido-announces-v3-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Lido Announces v3 Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Developers of the liquid staking platform Lido plan to release the v3 protocol update in the summer of 2025.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Introducing Lido V3: Ethereum Staking Infrastructure<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SYNSBW6S6R\">https:\/\/t.co\/SYNSBW6S6R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Advancing Ethereum staking with stVaults.<\/p>\n<p>? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nMFhGlLDL3\">pic.twitter.com\/nMFhGlLDL3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lido (@LidoFinance) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LidoFinance\/status\/1889335909834797458?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The core feature of v3 is the modular smart contracts <a href=\"https:\/\/hackmd.io\/@lido\/stVaults-design?ref=blog.lido.fi\">stVaults<\/a>, allowing users to customize the staking mechanism, including setting fees and creating lists of trusted operators.<\/p>\n<p>The update will be rolled out in three phases:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Creation of restaking vaults based on existing technologies and formation of preliminary deposits, which will transition to stVaults upon mainnet launch.<\/li>\n<li>Deployment in the testnet and development of integrations with partners.<\/li>\n<li>Launch of stVaults on the mainnet.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Lido DAO will determine the timeline for the update&#8217;s release in both the test and main networks.<\/p>\n<p>Developers <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.lido.fi\/lido-v3-ethereum-staking-infrastructure\/\">noted<\/a> that they aimed to make the new functionality &#8220;as versatile as possible,&#8221; but primarily focused on institutional stakers, node operators, and asset managers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh7-qw.googleusercontent.com\/docsz\/AD_4nXdfbVK7xm1mX1PzV_mlyyTFt762vPvKNhyFhE7wnr3uqZyphdH7edGDK9yzBA8gXxwGXzPcE2BnBecwYf324jY08QEo_bUnsIhF6GWrfpWyG7KJpXu_PPLhtMLrn18MidwKoEa2EA?key=TUNLcaoIaXuU10GSC3JYHBZ6\" alt=\"Lido Announces v3 Update\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Source: Lido.fi.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to the project&#8217;s blog description, stVaults exist as a separate non-custodial platform alongside the Lido Core protocol.<\/p>\n<p>The use of the new mechanics will remain voluntary. According to the creators, this allows participants to &#8220;explore individual strategies and consider new trends in asset redistribution&#8221; without exposing the rest of the ecosystem to additional risk.<\/p>\n<p>In 2024, the <span data-descr=\"total value locked\" class=\"old_tooltip\">TVL<\/span> in Ethereum liquid restaking protocols <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/ethereum-liquid-restaking-tvl-surges-by-6000-over-the-year\">increased<\/a> by nearly 6000%.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Developers of the liquid staking platform Lido plan to release the v3 protocol update in the summer of 2025. Introducing Lido V3: Ethereum Staking Infrastructurehttps:\/\/t.co\/SYNSBW6S6R Advancing Ethereum staking with stVaults. ? pic.twitter.com\/nMFhGlLDL3 \u2014 Lido (@LidoFinance) February 11, 2025 The core feature of v3 is the modular smart contracts stVaults, allowing users to customize the staking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21072,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"","news_style_id":"","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1289,46,1387,1134],"class_list":["post-21073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-cryptocurrency-staking","tag-ethereum","tag-lido","tag-technical-updates"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"60","promo_type":"","layout_type":"","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}