Public Goods Staking Protocol 1st Cohort - Builder Space #23
We're kicking off the 1st PGSP Cohort at Builder Space #23 — and getting everyone caught up on a big few months in Ethereum staking, Lido CSM, and Obol along the way.
The Public Goods Staking Protocol (PGSP) is how the Greenpill Dev Guild turns Ethereum validator yield into perpetual funding for environmental, science, and social initiatives. Squads of community stakers run DVT-secured validators on Lido CSM, and the rewards flow into Octant Vaults that fund public goods. Ethereum itself is a public good — a decentralized validator set is how it stays one — so squad staking sits upstream of everything else we build.
On the agenda:
🛰️ State of the union — Lido, CSM, Obol, and Ethereum staking
CSM is now the largest permissionless staking module on Ethereum
CSM v3 + IDVTC (Identified DVT Cluster — a 4-member squad pathway, 1.5 ETH first-key bond) shipping Q2/Q3 2026
Hoodi is the new testnet; Holesky has been sunset
Obol shipped Pluto, a second DV client built by Nethermind — DVT client diversity is finally here
~70% of ICS applicants now reach Lido through Obol Techne — the pipeline is clearer than ever
🌱 Cohort kickoff — onboarding new squads We're spinning up squads on Hoodi using Obol's launchpad so members can run a real DV cluster, accumulate Experience category points, and submit Individual Community Staker (ICS) applications to Lido. The goal: get more public goods aligned builders ICS credentialed and ready for the IDVTC pathway before CSM v3 ships.
Who this is for: Greenpill chapters, would-be home stakers, regen builders, and anyone curious about turning a slice of Ethereum's validator set into a perpetual funding engine for public goods. No prior staking experience required — squads form here.
Register above. Bring a question, bring a friend, bring a node.
Learn More:
https://lido.fi/csm
https://obol.org/home-stakers
https://paragraph.com/@greenpilldevguild/the-public-goods-staking-protocol-v0