Lido DAO dao
Overview
Lido is the largest liquid staking protocol on Ethereum, governed by the Lido DAO. Users stake ETH and receive stETH, a liquid token representing the staked position plus accrued rewards, which can be traded, lent or used as collateral instead of sitting locked in a validator — that liquidity is the protocol's entire reason for existing. As shown on lido.fi in July 2026, the protocol had $17.9 billion TVL with 9.29 million ETH staked, a 2.2% staking APR, and $2.3 billion of rewards distributed since 2020; stETH is integrated across 100+ protocols and platforms including MetaMask and Ledger Live. Staking is executed by a distributed set of node operators through several participation models — the Curated Module for professional operators, Simple DVT for distributed validator setups, and the Community Staking Module for independent stakers — which is how Lido attempts to avoid being a single centralised validator. Governance runs through the DAO, with LDO tokenholders voting via research forums, Snapshot and onchain proposals, and a dual governance system giving stETH holders a dynamic timelock — an explicit check on LDO voters, since the people whose ETH is at risk are not necessarily the people holding governance tokens. Lido also offers EarnETH and EarnUSD vaults that allocate across DeFi strategies. Lido has distributed $2.3 billion in staking rewards since 2020 and grown to 9.29 million ETH staked. Its node operator set expanded beyond the original curated group into Simple DVT and a permissionless Community Staking Module, and governance added dual governance with a stETH-holder dynamic timelock alongside LDO voting.
Within the DeFi Intel graph, Lido DAO connects to 9 tracked entities, most strongly to Lido, Lido Staked ETH, Wrapped stETH.
Relations
Top connections in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph (confidence-weighted, 9 of 9 total).
| Relation | Connected entity | Confidence |
|---|---|---|
issued_by | Lido | 95% |
issued_by | Lido Staked ETH | 95% |
issued_by | Wrapped stETH | 95% |
launched | Lido v2 | 95% |
selected_for_deployment | Wormhole Native Token Transfers (NTT) | 90% |
first_major_user | Wormhole Native Token Transfers (NTT) | 90% |
integrates | EigenLayer | 85% |
manages | Lido Staked ETH | 85% |
backed_by | Paradigm | 70% |
Frequently asked questions
What is Lido DAO?
Lido DAO is a dao tracked in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph. It is connected to 9 other tracked entities, most strongly to Lido, Lido Staked ETH, Wrapped stETH.
What type of entity is Lido DAO?
Lido DAO is classified as a dao (dao) in the DeFi Intel knowledge graph.
What is Lido DAO connected to?
In the DeFi Intel knowledge graph, Lido DAO is linked to 9 other tracked entities, most strongly to Lido, Lido Staked ETH, Wrapped stETH.
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