Designed for Institutions,
Built for Liquidity.
Institutional-Grade Liquid Staking via Lido V3
LUGANODES — LIDO V3 STVAULT OPERATOR
Lido Operator Category
Professional
Reserve Ratio (Tier 1)
3.5%
Validator Uptime
99.9%
Slashing Event Since Genesis
0
Incident Response Time
<15 minutes
Custody Model
Non-custodial
Mev Relay Policy
Compliance-aligned, configurable
SRE Coverage
24/7/365
LUGANODES — LIDO V3 STVAULT OPERATOR
Lido Operator Category
Professional
Reserve Ratio (Tier 1)
3.5%
Validator Uptime
99.9%
Slashing Event Since Genesis
0
Incident Response Time
<15 minutes
Custody Model
Non-custodial
Mev Relay Policy
Compliance-aligned, configurable
SRE Coverage
24/7/365
What is Lido V3?
Lido V3 is the institutional redesign of the largest liquid staking protocol on Ethereum. It replaces pooled deposits with stVaults: private, non-custodial vaults staked by one institution to one operator.
What are Lido V3 stVaults?
An stVault is a smart contract holding one institution's ETH, routed to one designated operator. Assets, rewards, and slashing exposure are never commingled. You choose how much to mint as stETH, your MEV policy, and whether to opt out of governance via the Safety Hatch.
Which operators run Lido V3 stVaults?
Lido V3 categorises operators into Professional, Trusted, Basic, and Unverified tiers, each with different reserve ratios. Luganodes is a Lido-verified Professional Category operator with zero slashing since inception, bare-metal infrastructure across three continents, and SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and GDPR certifications.
How does Luganodes operate Lido V3 stVaults?
Luganodes deploys dedicated stVaults configured to each institution's mandate: MEV relay, client setup, liquidity sizing, reporting, and governance posture. For L2 foundations, we operate foundation-owned stVaults that issue native LSTs against segregated stake. One operator, one due diligence package.
Why institutions choose V3.
V2 was built for retail liquidity. V3 stVaults are built for institutional mandates.
Lido V2
Core Pool
Asset segregation
Pooled across validator set
Operator selection
DAO-determined
Slashing exposure
Socialized across all stETH holders
Fee structure
Flat 10% on rewards
stETH minting
Full position auto-minted
Governance
Mandatory DAO participation
Best for
Retail and DeFi users
Asset Control
Lido protocol
Lido V3
stVault · Institutional
RECOMMENDED
Asset segregation
Isolated per institution
Operator selection
You designate
Slashing exposure
Attributable to your operator
Fee structure
1% Infra + 6.5% on minted stETH + node operator fees (all taken from rewards)
stETH minting
Sized to liquidity need
Governance
Safety Hatch opt-out available
Best for
Institutions, Treasuries, VCs
Asset Control
Vault owner only (exit validators, disconnect, close vault)
FAQs
V2 pooled all depositor ETH into a shared validator set, so assets, rewards, and slashing exposure were commingled across thousands of stakers. V3 introduces stVaults: private staking containers where one institution deposits with one designated operator. Segregated assets, attributable risk, and configurable fee exposure that pooled staking cannot offer.
V3 replaces Lido V2's flat 10% fee with a modular structure. Lido assumes a standard yield (the Core APR) and charges its protocol fees against that benchmark, not against what your validators actually earn. The 1% infrastructure fee applies to a year's assumed rewards on your full balance, not to the balance itself, and the 6.5% liquidity fee applies only to the stETH you mint. The more you mint, the higher your blended protocol fee. Node operator fees are separate, charged on the rewards your validators actually earn, so they only apply when validators are producing.
Not necessarily. Protocol fees vary depending on how much stETH you mint, and node operator fees are agreed separately. The total cost depends on both. The more important question is what you get for that cost: a dedicated vault, a single chosen operator, isolated slashing exposure, and governance flexibility that pooled staking cannot provide.
By default stVaults participate in Lido governance, so DAO votes could adjust parameters. V3 introduces a Safety Hatch: vault owners can opt out of future upgrades, and the vault ossifies as standalone native staking with operator continuity preserved.
Yes. With an stVault, you explicitly designate your operator at deployment. Luganodes operates as a Lido-verified Professional Category stVault operator with zero slashing since inception, $3B+ in staked AUM, and SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and GDPR certifications.