# Lido approves Attestant's continued operation under Bitwise ownership

> The governance decision accepted Bitwise as Attestant's new ultimate owner without requiring validator exit or operator removal.

- URL: https://riadefi.com/on-chain/2025-01-31-lido-curated-set-attestant-bitwise-continuation/
- Type: Governance
- Stage: Approved, not executed
- Evidence: confirmed
- Materiality: watch
- Event date: 2025-01-31
- Version: 1, published 2026-08-22 (first published 2026-08-22)
- Follow-up: 2025-02-14
- Advisor-relevant: no
- Affects: Lido (protocol)

## What happened

Lido voters approved allowing Attestant BVI Limited to continue operating in the Ethereum Curated Module after its acquisition by Bitwise.

## What changed

The governance decision accepted Bitwise as Attestant's new ultimate owner without requiring validator exit or operator removal.

## What did not change

Attestant and Bitwise stated that the team, bare-metal deployment, geography, jurisdiction, organizational structure, registry address, and validator operations would remain unchanged.

## Confirmed

- The official forum reports 56.8 million LDO for continuation and 86.04 LDO against.
- Attestant's ultimate ownership changed to Bitwise before the January ratification vote.
- The operator stated that its team and infrastructure would remain intact.
- Bitwise stated that it did not control another Lido node operator at the time of review.

## Still open

- Whether ownership later creates operator concentration or conflicts not present at the vote.
- Whether the registry name, reward address, team, infrastructure, jurisdiction, or operating model subsequently changes.
- Post-transition performance and compliance with Curated Module requirements.

## What it means for an advisor

- Update Lido's node-operator ownership map to show Bitwise control of Attestant.
- Continue monitoring operator concentration, registry state, infrastructure, and performance; the approval does not establish that acquisition risk is immaterial indefinitely.

## Sources

1. [Attestant Joins Bitwise](https://research.lido.fi/t/attestant-joins-bitwise/8828) · Lido Governance Forum · 2025-01-16


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