Vitalik Buterin explores one-click institutional stacking.
Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin revealed that the Ethereum Foundation used DVT-lite, a simplified distributed validation technology, to distribute 72,000 Ether in February.
“My hope for this project is that we can make distributed staking for institutions as simple and one-click as possible in the process,” Buterin said on Monday X.
Buterin explained that with DVT-lite users can “choose which computers run their nodes, create a configuration file where they all have the same key, and then everything is set up automatically.”
DVT-lite is a simple form of distributed validation technology for easy deployment, especially in institutional or semi-professional Ethereum staking setups.
In a regular stand-alone setup, everything runs on one computer, which results in “outage” or penalties if it crashes, gets hacked, or loses internet. Full DVT distributes encryption keys across multiple computers connected in series, which is very secure but complex to configure.
Because DVT-Lite uses the same authentication key on multiple computers, if one computer dies, another takes over quickly, meaning there is less chance of downtime and penalties.
The Ethereum Foundation launched using the technology at the end of February, and its assets are currently in the validator entry queue waiting to receive shares on March 19.
“One click” for institutions
Buterin said the idea that running infrastructure is “horribly complicated” and that everyone involved should be a professional is “terrible and decentralized, and we have to attack it head on.”
He added that there should be a “docker container” or “nix image” or similar “one click” or command line that automates the stop process at a single node.
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Buterin says he plans to use DVT-lite soon and hopes more institutions holding ETH can participate that way.
“We want the authority over the staging nodes to be massively distributed, and the first step to doing that is to make it simple.”
In January, it suggested the integration of a “native DVT” network that would allow stakeholders to “participate in a single node without complete trust.”
Despite the low prices, great demand
Despite bear market price action, there is strong demand for Ether (ETH) stock.
There are currently 3.2 million ETH in the validator input queue, with a 55-day wait, and only 29,000 in the output queue with a 12-hour wait, according to ValidatorQueue.
Currently, 37.5 million ETH are held in shares, worth about $76.5 billion at current prices (similar to the market value of DoorDash or Motorola) and represent 31% of the total supply.
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