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Module 7: Closing

What this module covers

What “ready” means in practice
How to review your performance as a CSM operator & best practices
ICS requirements and application
Next steps after testnet (including mainnet)

What “ready” means

You are ready when you have:

Successfully brought validators online
Operated them for a sustained period
Encountered and handled issues
Understood the responsibility of participating in CSM

Occasional issues are expected.

Reviewing your performance

As a CSM operator, you are expected to regularly review your performance.

You should be able to:

Check whether your validators are meeting performance thresholds
Understand when keys are eligible or ineligible for rewards
Detect early signs of underperformance

Performance can be reviewed via:

CSM widget & linked dashboards at csm.lido.fi/monitoring
Local monitoring, such as Grafana, if you run it

You can read a detailed walkthrough in

🚨 Alerts & Monitoring | Lido Docs

This section helps you stay on top of your validator’s health, performance, and responsiveness through alerts and monitoring tools.

docs.lido.fi

Best practices

Good CSM operators tend to:

Monitor validator health proactively
Read to improve their validator’s uptime, performance and security.

✅ Best Practices | Lido Docs

Beyond staying online, there are certain actions you can take to make sure your node runs without issues.

docs.lido.fi

Understanding ICS expectations

Identified Community Stakers (ICS) are evaluated across three dimensions:

Proof of Experience (5–8 points)
Proof of Humanity (4–8 points)
Proof of Engagement (2–7 points)

To obtain ICS status, operators must:

Reach at least 15 points in total
Meet the minimum required points in each category

You can read more about the system and apply here:

Community Staking Module | Lido

The Community Staking Module is a permissionless staking module aimed at attracting community stakers to participate in the Lido on Ethereum protocol as Node Operators.

csm.lido.fi

Next steps: from testnet to mainnet

After operating successfully on testnet, the natural next step is mainnet.

Before moving to mainnet, make sure you:

Are consistently meeting performance thresholds
Are comfortable monitoring and reacting to issues
Understand the higher stakes and stricter expectations

Mainnet key generation follows the same principles as testnet, but with stricter security requirements (e.g. air-gapped setups).

End of the module

You should now be able to explain:

How to review your performance as a CSM operator
Where and how to monitor validator health
What best practices matter over time
What the path from testnet to mainnet looks like

🎉 End of the cohort

Congrats! Now you’re one of the hundreds of home stakers helping keep Ethereum secure and decentralized.

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Module 7: Closing

What this module covers

What “ready” means