As outlined in our previous forum post, Ecosystem team will be sharing a 6-month forward-looking roadmap encompassing protocol upgrades, new features, integrations, partnerships, and tokenomics improvements along with monthly updates regarding progress/ achievements.
Here are the key areas across which the ecosystem team will be sharing updates and milestones.
- Goals and Milestones achieved
- Protocol Upgrades and New Features
- New Integrations and Partnerships.
- Tokenomics Updates
Completed since ETHx launch in July 2023
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Goals and Milestones Achieved
TVL at ~65k Eth ($150 Mn+)
$35 Mn+ Liquidity for ETHx across DEXes
5% of circulating SD supply (1.7 Mn SD) bonded by permissionless validators
Reached 200-node-operator-count milestone
Reached 2000-validator-count milestone -
Protocol Upgrades and New Features
Released ETHx Metrics Dashboard
Released Node Operator Metrics dashboard
Release DVT Litepaper
Launched Stader DVT cluster -
New Integrations and Partnerships
Enabled two Top 5 institutional / custodial wallets (BitGo, Anchorage)
Native integration for ETHx on Ledger completed. Several other top wallet integrations underway
Snapshots passed with top MM/ CDP platforms including Aave, Lybra
Partnership with two Tier-1 Node Operator hardware and cloud solutions (Allnodes, Avado) -
Tokenomics Updates
Activated SD on-chain governance (first use-case)
Enabled additional utility for SD as bond to enter the permissionless set of ETHx (second use-case)
Reduce SD emissions across non-Ethereum chains
Quarter 1 2024 Roadmap
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Protocol Upgrades and New Features
☐ Release SD Utility Pool allowing spinning up validators with only-ETH exposure
☐ ETHx & SD expansion to Layer2 blockchains.
☐ SD rewards auto-collateral deposit
☐ Node diversity metrics dashboard
☐ Scaling the validator count on Stader DVT cluster -
New Integrations and Partnerships
☐ Whitelist ETHx on at least 3 more tier-1 Money market/ CDP protocols
☐ Native Integration on at least two of the Top 10 most-used wallets
☐ Partnership with Tier-1 Node Operator hardware -
Tokenomics Updates
☐ Enable third use-case for SD : Delegate SD to the SD Utility Pool
☐ Kickstart $SD rewards flywheel for node operators
☐ Redirect DAO commissions to ETHx permissionless validator set to encourage further decentralization
Quarter 2 2024 Roadmap
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Protocol and Product Research areas
☐ KYC-based staking pool for institutions seeking compliant staking solutions
☐ Reduce ETH bond for node operators using DVT and other upgrades
☐ Launch native ETH staking on L2s -
New Integrations and Partnerships
☐ Additional integrations in top borrowing and lending protocols
☐ Additional integrations in top decentralized stablecoin issuers
☐ Additional integrations in L2 DeFi protocols -
Tokenomics Research areas
☐ Explore further utility for SD token on ETHx and other chains
Goals and Milestones for H1 2024
- Reach 200,000-ETH-staked milestone
- Reach 400-Node-Operator-count milestone