“Nearly all of at present’s ETH staking protocols – which, even after Shanghai, would require node operators to voluntarily return stakers’ belongings upon request – might pose a severe risk to the ETH ecosystem in the event that they had been to fail,” Hayes stated in an announcement to CoinDesk, referring to Ethereum’s Shanghai improve that is due subsequent month. “[Ether.fi] will allow stakers to take care of true custody of their very own belongings as a part of its mission to remove staker, node operator, counterparty, and ecosystem dangers throughout proof-of-stake networks.”