Lido on Polygon Onboarding Process
- First Steps:
- The Lido NOM team will create team-specific telegram groups to coordinate sensitive information and keep in touch at a team level. As onboarding progresses, you will also be added to channels with the broader Lido Operator set.
- Discord: Please ensure all team members have joined with the provided usernames and verified themselves in the #Rules channel. Shortly thereafter you will be added to the /validators Polygon channel.
- Email nodeoperatormanagement@lido.fi with your organization’s logo (preferably in AI or SVG format). This will be included in the blog post announcing the onboarding, as well as in the list of operators at the bottom of www.lido.fi and https://lido.fi/polygon. The blog post will also include a section introducing your organization: please provide a few sentences introducing your organization, and why you are excited about joining Lido on Polygon.
- Forums: Please create an account on the Lido forums (https://research.lido.fi/). DAO updates and open discussion will be posted here frequently. We ask that you please monitor the forums over the course of every week, and feel free to participate in the discussion if you would like. Because Lido is a DAO we value all opinions and appreciate diversity of thought, especially when coming from our Node Operator stakeholders.
- Onboarding Process:
- Liveliness: as a Lido node operator, your two most important responsibilities are to keep your clients running and to not get slashed.
- Ensure validator liveliness through monitoring and sufficient redundancy planning.
- While there is no requirement or legal obligation to repay stMATIC to Lido stakeholders in the event of a period of extended downtime, in the past node operators have offered and we have accepted, e.g. https://research.lido.fi/t/reimbursement-for-chorus-one-october-2021-downtime/1456.
- Monitor relevant Lido Communication Channels to keep up to date with DAO discussions and Ethereum related developments.
- Lido Node Operators are important stakeholders to the DAO and active participation in governance is expected.
- Work towards further diversification of infrastructure type and location.
- Any changes to infrastructure or organizational updates should be communicated to the NOM team as soon as possible.
Following a successful DAO vote to approve new Node Operators joining Lido on Polygon, the Lido on Polygon and Node Operator Management teams will work with the new operators to ensure they are prepared to onboard.
Following the V2 upgrade of Lido on Polygon, Node Operators no longer need to transfer control of their validator slot. When a Node Operator is prepared to officially join the set, they will be allow-listed by the protocol and their validator will receive their share (the amount of total LoP stake/LoP NOs) of delegated stake to run on their validator.
Ongoing Operations and Expectations
All Lido Node Operators are expected to adhere to the basic guidelines as discussed during the onboarding process including e.g. maintaining segregated and performant infrastructure, monitoring relevant communication channels, and updating the NOM team of any organizational changes or infrastructure updates.
