Lido DAO: runs governance vote on staking module upgrades - 20 Jul 2026

In a Lido DAO Governance Update, Lido said the on-chain vote for the Curated Module v2 and Community Staking Module v3 upgrades, built on Staking Router v3, is now live, with the main voting phase set for July 15 to 17 at 2PM UTC.The governance process advances changes tied to Lido's staking architecture. In the event description, the related proposals cover a permissionless 0x02 validator module and the CMv2 Penalty Framework. If approved and later implemented, that would extend Lido's validator set beyond the existing 0x01 path and widen permissionless participation after Pectra, which is mainly an operational expansion of how validators can enter the system.The practical limit is that a governance vote does not by itself complete the rollout. The effect still depends on the follow-up implementation path, including later on-chain steps and deployment, so this is better read as a defined governance milestone than as immediate live adoption of the new validator route.Lido DAO Governance UpdateThe on-chain vote for the Curated Module v2 and Community Staking Module v3 upgrades, built on Staking Router v3, is now live.Voting window (main phase): July 15 → 17, 2PM UTCVote here: