Ethereum's Pectra upgrade raised the max effective balance per validator from 32 ETH to 2,048 ETH, enabling large-scale consolidation.
Lido expects Ethereum's total validator count to fall from about 880,000 to roughly 628,000 once the migration completes.
Cryptonews reports the shift should cut attestation messages by close to 29% per epoch, easing consensus-layer overhead.
Validator exit and re-entry limits mean the full migration could take up to six months, per reporting from CoinDesk.
Lido's progress updates and a planned permissionless module for 0x02 validators, targeted for the fourth quarter of 2026.
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