# Lido approves Solstice's continued Curated Module operation

> The governance decision accepted Solstice as the operator's new corporate owner and contemplated renaming Curated Module operator number 17.

- URL: https://riadefi.com/on-chain/2025-01-31-lido-curated-set-solstice-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 Solstice to continue the acquired Bridgetower node operation in the Ethereum Curated Module.

## What changed

The governance decision accepted Solstice as the operator's new corporate owner and contemplated renaming Curated Module operator number 17.

## What did not change

The operator stated that the registry address, validator team, on-premise Swiss infrastructure, and delegated staking operations would remain unchanged; the January vote did not itself verify an on-chain rename.

## Confirmed

- The official forum reports 51.8 million LDO for continuation and 86.74 LDO against.
- Solstice acquired Bridgetower's staking division, team, and resources before the January ratification vote.
- The operator stated that existing validators would remain managed by the same team on the same infrastructure.
- The registry address was expected to remain unchanged, while a name change to Solstice was separately requested.

## Still open

- Execution and verification of the operator-name change.
- Whether ownership later changes the team, infrastructure, registry or reward address, jurisdiction, or concentration profile.
- Post-transition performance and compliance with Curated Module requirements.

## What it means for an advisor

- Update Lido's node-operator ownership map and separately verify any on-chain rename.
- Continue monitoring ownership concentration, registry state, infrastructure, and validator performance; the approval does not remove ongoing operator-transition risk.

## Sources

1. [Bridgetower is now part of Solstice Staking](https://research.lido.fi/t/bridgetower-is-now-part-of-solstice-staking/9135) · Lido Governance Forum · 2025-01-16


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