Nearly two decades ago I visited NYC for the first time. It was a unique visit, with Silverchair’s frontman and general music legend Daniel Johns, for interviews with MTV and Rolling Stone. Sitting at a bar one night he gave me some incredible advice and forever lit the fire.
Lido V3 is coming.
Join Lido contributors and V3 builders on Tuesday, February 3rd, at 2pm UTC to celebrate the launch of Lido V3 and stVaults.
Featuring guests from @P2PValidator, @LineaBuild, @Northstake_DK, @PierTwo_com & more.
Welcome to the future of Ethereum staking.
The Exit Queue to withdraw ETH is still sitting at >41-days.
For those seeking to access their ETH, switch staking service providers or optimize treasury, this is problematic.
Until now.
Introducing Submarine – Pier Two's solution to accelerate staked ETH withdrawals via the Consolidation Queue.
By bypassing the traditional Exit Queue, Submarine offers faster liquidity and smarter consolidation for staking. Resulting in more efficient exits and better control over your assets.
To understand how Submarine works, check out our latest article: https://t.co/86YvYColpO
Solana is raising the bar with Alpenglow.
Alpenglow is a major upgrade to @solana that delivers near-instant transaction finality and unlocks new opportunities for trading, gaming, and cross-chain applications. This innovative leap means faster confirmations, improved capital efficiency, and a more resilient ecosystem, paving the way for practical, real-world use cases.
To learn more about how this upgrade will help the ecosystem and bring Solana closer to unlocking the potential of Internet Capital Markets, check out our latest blog.
https://t.co/58dcNGmmMT
Quantum Computing Will Break Crypto...
We've all read that headline before, somewhere. Probably multiple times.
It has distinct Y2K energy. It wasn't that Y2K wasn't a concern and everything just worked out fine. No, a lot of committed and smart engineers ensured that the majority of humans using computers could go on doing so, without ever knowing why.
Recently, some of the brightest researchers in the @ethereum community came together at the University of Cambridge, England, to address how Ethereum's public roadmap can proactively secure the chain with quantum resistance.
@PierTwo_com was honored to be invited to Cambridge. Where the hallowed halls boast alumni such as Sir Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Stephen Hawking and fittingly, Alan Turing. Pier Two is one of the client teams committed to building Lean Ethereum. Developing Lantern, a C implementation of the Lean consensus.
If you are curious how Ethereum is thinking about post-quantum with regard to roadmap, signatures and staking, you might want to check out our latest post.
https://t.co/fmDYSZwPQg
We are proud to be the first entity to achieve Node Operator Risk Standard (NORS) Certification.
Security, performance, reliability and verifiability are core pillars of staking.
Announcement here: https://t.co/UxjdehTSHX
Grateful to @EF_ESP@ethereumfndn and the @ethereum community for supporting the launch of https://t.co/wd3MYzSmOH
"Open-source platform that empowers Ethereum validator users to easily manage their validators post-Pectra, providing a user-friendly tool for consolidating, withdrawing, and topping up their validators."
Built by @PierTwo_com and @Labrys_io. Audited by @Hashlock_.
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Exciting announcement with our friends at @FireblocksHQ.
SOL staking with @PierTwo_com available from the Fireblocks Console. Effective immediately.
All part of our commitment to help Institutional clients stake securely and confidently.
https://t.co/q4c7HE9vR6
Liquid. Decentralised. Simple. That is how @LidoFinance has supported @ethereum, since 2020. With the purpose to “Keep Ethereum decentralized, accessible to all, and resistant to censorship”.
Stakers mint stETH by depositing ETH to the protocol.
Behind Lido is a decentralised set of operators, spanning the globe, providing the staking services necessary to strengthen Ethereum consensus.
@PierTwo_com is excited to announce that we have joined the Curated Operator Set, expanding on the work we were doing with Lido on Distributed Validator Technology (DVT), since April 2024.
Being an Australian operator and running the infrastructure on bare metal bolsters the decentralised properties of the Ethereum Network - making it even more secure and anti-fragile.
Read more here: https://t.co/fHx6su3qw0
After another successful hard fork, Ethereum enters it’s next era. And that is good news for stakers.
@PierTwo_com, a leading professional staking service provider, is excited to announce Pectra Staking Manager, now live at https://t.co/wd3MYzSmOH. Codeveloped with @Labrys_io and with grant support from @EF_ESP, to deliver a world-class public good to the @ethereum community acting to secure the network through participation in staking.
You retain full control over your validators and staked ETH at all times. The Pectra Staking Manager does not control, custody, manage, or interact with your ETH or validator keys – you do.
The goal is to enable the maximum number of participants to take advantage of the Pectra hard fork features for staking.
Including:
- 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀: Put idle ETH to work on your validator by not having to wait for another 32 ETH as well as harness the auto-compounding benefits of Pectra.
- 𝗚𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹: Submit partial withdrawals and full exits by triggering them via a Web3 wallet or your preferred custodian with your validator withdrawal address.
- 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘂𝗺: Instead of managing multiple 32 ETH validators, consolidate your validators into a single validator, up to 2048 ETH, to reduce Ethereum network strain.
To learn more check out our blog: https://t.co/Ftli5SlOyI
Tucked away in Restaurant Hubert's Theatre Royale, @PierTwo_com hosted Staking Day, as part of @blockchain_apac's Policy Week.
For those in attendance, it was a rapid fire session with some of the most knowledgeable people across a range of topics. And deep on the subject matter they went.
Here is a sample of key insights delivered on the day:
- 32% of all blocks on the Ethereum blockchain are "Made in Australia" courtesy of @sigp_io's Lighthouse Ethereum Consensus Client software
- 30% of all Proof-of-Stake assets held in custody with @BitGo are staked, demonstrating adoption is growing steadily
- Ethereum's Pectra upgrade is coming, and will deliver some exciting upgrades that help scale the network, and improve liquidity for institutional stakers
- Institutions are looking at this space in a mature way, and the tooling to custody, track, audit and grow staking will continue to increase
Special thanks to @Julian_Sawyer from @ZodiaCustody, @ethzed from @sigp_io, @sassal0x from @thedailygwei, @JedWatson from @infinex_app, @speicherx from @Mantle_Official, @AbishekFi from @swellnetworkio, Albin Wan from @BitGo, @kate_cooper from @okx, Scott Waller from @EYnews, Nick Strain from @LMAX, Ed Carroll from @MHCDigitalGroup and Varun Paul from @FireblocksHQ.
Next stop for Pier Two, New York City for @blockworks' @blockworksDAS.
Following ISO27001 Certification in 2024, Pier Two Pty Ltd is excited to announce SOC 2 Type I Compliance, as of 20 February, 2025.
System security and availability, process integrity, confidentiality, and privacy will always remain a critical focus at @PierTwo_com. The time, resources and effort to meet this world class standard as an institutional staking service provider is another proud achievement to evidence that focus.
The work doesn’t stop there though, our SOC 2 Type II programme commences on 10 March 2025.
Special thanks to @PrescientAssur for their work on the audit and @kobaltio for their ongoing support.
Check it out and create your profile for free.
The platform is fully functional without having to pay any transaction fees.
You only need to submit a transaction on chain if you are adding incentives to a question or accepting payment for providing an answer.
The success of FriendTech has made everyone take on-chain social tech a little more serious in the last couple weeks, including me.
I was excited when @chrdevmar told me about https://t.co/b79iDFzgmT, a permissionless Q&A platform to curate content using ETH.