# Lido builder-payment rules

> Operators would accept protocol-guaranteed payments from eligible builders without Lido-specific approval. Builders offering additional payments would require approval through Lido’s Allowed List.

- URL: https://riadefi.com/on-chain/2026-11-04-lido-epbs-mev-policy/
- Type: Governance
- Stage: Proposed
- Evidence: confirmed
- Materiality: watch
- Event date: 2026-11-04
- Version: 1, published 2026-11-05 (first published 2026-11-05)
- Follow-up: 2026-11-12
- Advisor-relevant: no
- Affects: Lido (protocol)

## What happened

Lido contributor Gabriella_S proposed new builder-payment rules on November 4, 2026, ahead of Ethereum’s proposed block-building changes.

## What changed

Operators would accept protocol-guaranteed payments from eligible builders without Lido-specific approval. Builders offering additional payments would require approval through Lido’s Allowed List.

## What did not change

Operators would continue directing all attributable block rewards to Lido’s execution-layer rewards vault. The proposal leaves holder withdrawal terms unchanged.

## Confirmed

- The contributor proposed mandatory access to the permissionless builder market.
- The Curated Module Committee would vet new applicants for the Allowed List.
- The contributor planned a November vote, with implementation following Ethereum’s Glamsterdam upgrade.

## Still open

- The proposal establishes no completed vote or implementation date.
- The contributor left some safeguards against builder failures open because client configurations remain under development.

## What it means for an advisor

- Ketju should track the vote and review the Lido memo’s explanation of reward collection and builder payment risk before activation.
- The proposal supplies no basis to change Ketju’s existing position limit or withdrawal assumptions.

## Sources

1. [Lido builder-payment policy proposal](https://research.lido.fi/t/proposal-updated-mev-policy-for-lido/12183) · Lido Node Operator Mechanisms contributor · 2026-11-04


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