Recently, Vitalik has published a series of blogs discussing the future of Ethereum, in which he talks about how solo staking is crucial for enhancing the decentralization of the entire network, and issues related to staking are also being discussed within the Ethereum community:
- Possible futures of the Ethereum protocol, part 1: The Merge
- Practical endgame on issuance policy - Economics - Ethereum Research
For the Ethereum network, the barrier to solo staking is still relatively high. The first issue is that most people cannot come up with 32 ETH, and ordinary users tend to put their ETH into suppliers like Lido, where they can participate in staking and also receive LSTs. The second issue is that operating a node still has a relatively high technical barrier.
To address the first issue, current solutions include:
- Reducing the staking threshold to allow users to participate in staking with 1 ETH
- Providing risk-free returns for ordinary users
- Offering airdrops to users engaging in solo staking
We can do something about the second point:
- Provide tutorials for node deployment and education related to nodes
- Act on behalf of users to manage nodes
- Participate in the development of Ethereum light clients to accelerate the reduction of staking barriers
- ollow up on the progress of solo staking and create a showcase platform for solo staking.
This approach can also be extended to other blockchain network ecosystems. Let’s see if anyone has other ideas, and we can discuss them together.
近期 Vitalik 发布了一系列的博客来讨论以太坊的未来，其中谈到 solo staking 对于提升整个网络的去中心化程度很关键，以太坊社区中也在讨论关于质押的问题：
- Possible futures of the Ethereum protocol, part 1: The Merge
- Practical endgame on issuance policy - Economics - Ethereum Research
对于以太坊网络来说，目前 solo staking 的门槛还是比较高，第一个问题大多数人无法拿出 32 个 ETH，普通用户倾向将 ETH 放入类似 Lido 这样的供应商，除了能参与质押，还能获得 LST，第二个问题运维节点还是有比较高的技术门槛。
解决第一个问题当前存在的解决方案有：
- 降低质押门槛，将用户可以使用 1ETH 参与质押
- 为普通用户提供无风险收益
- 为 solo staking 的用户提供空投
而我们可以在第二点做一些事情：
- 提供节点部署教程，提供节点相关的教育
- 代理用户管理节点
- 参与以太坊轻节点的开发，加速质押门槛的降低
- 跟进 solo staking 的进展，做一个 solo staking 的展示平台
这种方式同理可以推广到其他的区块链网络生态，这块看看大家有没有其他的想法，我们可以一起来讨论。