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Liquid staking has gained popularity among Ethereum users, but concerns about centralization remain. Liquid staking (LST) has emerged as a popular solution for Ethereum users to participate in staking without locking up their Ether (ETH) for extended periods. However, concerns have been raised about the potential for liquid staking to centralize power within the Ethereum ecosystem. In this interview, Daniel Dizon, founder of Swell, a noncustodial ETH liquid staking protocol, discusses these concerns and shares his vision for the future of liquid staking on Ethereum. CT: Liquid staking has been criticized for centralizing power within the Ethereum ecosystem. What are your thoughts on these discussions? Daniel Dizon: From a network perspective, two fundamental properties make Ethereum valuable — decentralization and security. When multiple node operators are tied together — either operationally, politically, or through a liquid staking governance token — they are more likely to act ...

Ethereum validators are now one step away from being able to unstake their Ether from the Beacon Chain The Shapella hard fork has been executed on the Goerli testnet — the last test run before Ethereum validators will be able to withdraw their Ether (ETH) from the Beacon Chain. There were however issues with the hard fork. Ethereum core developer Tim Beiko noted that while deposits were being processed it didn't run as smoothly as it could have because several testnet validators didn't upgrade their client software before the Goerli fork. Deposits are being processed (https://t.co/CxYtPcGMCp), but it seems like several validators haven't upgrade d. Looking into it One challenge with testnet validators is that given the ETH is worthless, there's less incentive to run a validator/monitor it. — timbeiko.eth (@TimBeiko) March 14, 2023 He blamed it to testnet validators having "less incentive" to make the upgrade given that the "ETH is worthless" but ...