Luganodes X Symbiotic: Redefining Restaking

Introduction

We are excited to announce that Luganodes has joined forces with Symbiotic, a shared security protocol. Together, we aim to unlock the next era of decentralized security by empowering networks with modular, flexible, and scalable restaking solutions. This collaboration marks a significant step in reshaping how networks derive economic security across the blockchain ecosystem.

Why Symbiotic?

Symbiotic stands at the forefront of shared security solutions, introducing a permissionless, modular approach that redefines how networks secure and scale. The protocol is purpose-built to address key challenges faced by decentralized ecosystems:

• Flexibility Through Modularity: Symbiotic empowers networks to customize their restaking implementations, including operator selection, slashing mechanisms, and reward distribution.

• Risk Minimization Through Immutability: With non-upgradeable core contracts on Ethereum, Symbiotic eliminates external governance risks, ensuring long-term security.

• Capital Efficiency Through Restaked Collateral: A multi-asset, network-agnostic design optimizes economic security, supported by a cross-network reputation system for operators.

Symbiotic’s innovative framework has garnered attention as a transformative solution for networks seeking decentralized, scalable, and secure coordination mechanisms.

What is Symbiotic?

Symbiotic is a shared security protocol that serves as a coordination layer for decentralized networks. It enables modular restaking and secure infrastructure across ecosystems through its five core components:

1. Collateral Layer: Represents economic security through assets like ERC-20 tokens, Ethereum validator credentials, and other DeFi positions, which can be held outside the protocol.

2. Vaults: Delegation and restaking pools that manage deposits, slashing, and rewards while offering customizable strategies for operators.

3. Operators: Infrastructure providers, like Luganodes, who validate and secure decentralized networks. Operators receive stakes from diverse vaults, maximizing resource allocation without redundant infrastructure.

4. Resolvers: Neutral entities or systems that handle slashing penalties, maintaining trust between networks and restakers.

5. Networks: Decentralized protocols that leverage Symbiotic for secure transaction sequencing, oracle services, and automated protocol functions.

By combining these elements, Symbiotic empowers networks to launch or scale trust-minimized, decentralized ecosystems while reducing risks and optimizing capital efficiency.

Luganodes X Symbiotic

As an operator for Symbiotic, Luganodes plays a key role in ensuring the security and reliability of networks leveraging the protocol.

Our Contributions Include:

• Infrastructure Support: Operating high-performance nodes to validate and secure multiple networks across the Symbiotic ecosystem.

• Scalable Staking: Receiving collateral through Symbiotic’s vaults and allocating it efficiently to enhance shared security.

• Operational Excellence: Drawing on experience securing staked assets across 50+ networks to guarantee reliability, uptime, and trust.

With Luganodes’ proven expertise and Symbiotic’s innovative protocol, we’re setting a new standard for modular staking and shared security.

Conclusion

The partnership between Luganodes and Symbiotic represents a shared vision for the future of blockchain security—one that prioritizes flexibility, scalability, and trust. By combining Symbiotic’s cutting-edge restaking technology with Luganodes’ infrastructure expertise, we are empowering networks to achieve economic security in a permissionless and modular manner.

About Luganodes

Luganodes is a world-class, Swiss-operated, non-custodial blockchain infrastructure provider that has rapidly gained recognition in the industry for offering institutional-grade services. It was born out of the Lugano Plan B Program, an initiative driven by Tether and the City of Lugano. Luganodes maintains an exceptional 99.9% uptime with round-the-clock monitoring by SRE experts. With support for 45+ PoS networks, it ranks among the top validators on Polygon, Polkadot, Sui, and Tron. Luganodes prioritizes security and compliance, holding the distinction of being one of the first staking providers to adhere to all SOC 2 Type II, GDPR, and ISO 27001 standards as well as offering Chainproof insurance to institutional clients.