🦏 Rhino Review - Ethereum Staking Journal #2

Rhino Review is a bi-weekly Ethereum staking journal that compiles the most recent updates on the Ethereum Proof of Stake network, DVT, LSD, and at- home staker community.

Hello from the second edition of Rhino Review! I am thrilled and grateful for the incredible support I've received from all of you. I'm excited to share that Rhino Review has already reached 100 subscribers for our first issue - woohoo!

A big shoutout to the awesome Superphiz and EthStaker communities for their encouraging support. 🙏

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Meet 🦏 Rhino Review - Ethereum Staking Journal Rhino Review is a bi-weekly Ethereum staking journal that compiles the most recent updates on the Ethereum Proof of Stake network, DVT, LSD, and at- home staker community. https://t.co/xnqsNV6Q3B

Latest Updates for Stakers

• Sepolia Shapella has been successfully activated. The Shapella fork (withdrawals) goes live on Goerli on Tues March 14, 22:25 UTC

• ETH Liquid Staking with Liquid Collective is live.

• Ethereum Withdrawals and Liquid Staking Analyze - Nethermind

  • Join Shapella Upgrade Livestream

• Rocket Pool announced the protocol’s major upgrade: Atlas

• StakeWise announced the launch of Atlantic, a closed testnet for StakeWise V3

• Consensys shared The Ultimate Guide to ETH Staking Withdrawals

• Rocket Rescue Node is now available for Rocket Pool Node Operators on Mainnet.

• EIP4844 implementer call notes

• Stakehouse LSD network is live on Mainnet

• https://valitraitors.info, a dashboard about transaction censorship on Ethereum

• Pool: Best Staking Software for non-IT pros/enthusiasts

• Gnosis Chain withdrawals are happening soon.
  Note: Gnosis Chain is capable of implementing this important upgrade due to its Beacon Chain, making it fully compatible with Ethereum post-Merge.

DVT & LSD Updates

• DVT

  • Obol Network: The Future of Staking: A Look at Ethereum's Shanghai Upgrade

  • SSV: DAO Updates #3

• LSD

  • $wstETH is now available on the Aave V3 Arbitrum market.

  • The Lido on Ethereum V2 upgrade passed on Snapshot

  • Gitcoin announce gtcETH

  • rETH is collateral asset on @eulerfinance

  • Weekly liquid staking updates from macflapd.eth

Statistics & Analytics

Client Updates & Releases

• Consensus Layer

  • Teku v23.3.0

  • Prysm v3.2.2-rc.3 Pre Release

  • Lodestar v1.5.1

  • Nimbus v23.3.0

  • Lighthouse ‘‘Tumblorkians’’ v3.5.1

  • Grandine Beta

• Execution Layer

  • Geth Spekilas (v1.11.3)

  • Nethermind v1.17.1

  • Erigon v2.40.1

  • Besu 23.1.1

  • Reth - Pre-Alpha

🚨Check 👉 Client Diversity🚨

Client Diversity Is Not Optional - It’s critical

Many know client diversity is important for a more resilient network, but they don’t understand why or just how essential it is. It’s not only important — it’s critical

Podcast, Meetup & Call

Staking Rewards @StakingRewards

📢 Agenda just released for the upcoming #ETH Staking online forum! Join 400+ institutional investors & stakeholders already registered to learn from #Ethereum experts and builders on institutional staking post-Shanghai. 🔥 Register now at bit.ly/sr-eth-staking.

Tweet Corner & Drama & Meme

Maker @MakerDAO

• Annual fees as low as 0.5%. • Maker Protocol. • @Rocket_Pool staked ETH. • DAI stablecoin. The cheapest $rETH borrowing product through the largest DeFi lending protocol with the most liquid decentralized stablecoin.

Jimmy Ragosa | Jrag.eth @JimmyRagosa

Popular🐻 Shangai engagement bait: "What if 10% of 16.9M staked ETH gets instantly withdrawn & sold at the end of March?" 1.69M ETH is equivalent to what's been deposited in the last 3 months. With derisked deposit after Shanghai, it will prob be offset in less than 45 days.

eridian.eth 🦇🔊🏴 @EridianAlpha

Successfully attesting on Goerli using a 4/6 DVT cluster from @ObolNetwork 🥳

Dan Smith @smyyguy

I just updated our Ethereum Dashboard to show value accrual to ETH Holders and Stakers on a quarterly basis Relative to Q4 2022 there has been an uptick in on-chain activity in Q1 2023, leading to: - $78M of value for Holders - $332M of value for Stakers

r/EthStaker🦇🔊 @ethStaker

what the faaaaaaack!? it's a total infestation of solo stakers! We're centraliziiiiiiiiiiing!

Sharedstake intern @ChimeraDefi

Really long but quality article by @Jasper_ETH

mirror.xyzHow rETH will Flip stETH -- LSD Ecosystem AnalysisThe social and economic headwinds facing stETH, how these are reflected by market conditions creating tailwinds for rETH, and a breakdown of the LSD market.

hoeem @crypthoem

Ethereum liquid staking 101. I’ve been granted access to institutional grade research. Here is the ultimate guide to the future of ETH Liquid Staking: 🧵

Blockscape @BlockscapeLab

Wow that's a sneaky one, @ObolNetwork already running a #DVT cluster on @ethereum #mainnet 👀 Congrats, partners 🥂🤝🧡 Also, with a great performance! 🚀 #decentralized #validator #technology #RunDVT

Obol Labs @ObolNetwork

We're thrilled to share that we've been running the first DV cluster on Mainnet Ethereum since Dec 30 with a 🔥 98.6% eff. rating! As this is the first phase of our Road to Mainnet 🛣 it's time to discuss our design philosophy and approach. 👀🧵 #RunDVT https://t.co/T49ZBPeBAd

Awesome Resources

• Awesome Ethereum Staking Resources

• Staking on Ethereum A to Z

• EthStaker Knowledge Base

• Beaconcha.in knowledgebase

• Week in Ethereum Newsletter

• ETH Withdrawals FAQ

• Ethereum Staking 🥩 by Hildobby

THANK YOU!

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