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Lido weighs ETH staking versus trusted builder payments

  • Vranek cited three costs: ETH reserves in the protocol, covering expensive blocks and payments on failed delivery
  • Titan Builder does not plan to open a direct endpoint for proposers and expects connections via relays
  • Glamsterdam is being tested on devnet, with mainnet expected in Q4 2026 without a confirmed date
  • EIP-7732 (ePBS) remains in Review and allows both staked and trusted payments
Why it matters: The choice between staking and trust will determine builder costs and Ethereum validator yields after ePBS.
Source: Cryptonews.net