The bond backstops slashing penalties, execution-layer reward violations and other operational failures by the operator.
All 34 of Lido's existing curated operators are expected to transition to CMv2, with none reported leaving over the bond.
Lido has estimated roughly 738.5 ETH in missed network rewards during the migration window as validators exit and re-enter.
Shifting bonded risk onto operators is a small but real step toward accountability in Ethereum's largest liquid-staking protocol.
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