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Vitalik Buterin Raises Concerns About Lido, Rocket Pool's Mechanisms for Staking Ethereum

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has expressed concerns about the mechanisms used by major ETH staking pool providers Lido and Rocket Pool. Buterin highlighted issues with Lido's decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) whitelist node operators and Rocket Pool's permissionless node model, stating that both approaches have vulnerabilities. He suggested diversifying to different staking pool operators and implementing protocol-level features to address centralization risks.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has expressed concerns about the mechanisms used by major ETH staking pool providers Lido and Rocket Pool. Buterin highlighted issues with Lido's decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) whitelist node operators and Rocket Pool's permissionless node model, stating that both approaches have vulnerabilities. He suggested diversifying to different staking pool operators and implementing protocol-level features to address centralization risks.

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