Proposal: Commission research through the Messari Hub

A proposal has been shared for Lido to join the Messari Hub to commission a series of research reports on Lido and the greater liquid staking space for a total of $150k.

The full proposal is available here.

The commitment involves the following:

• Initiation of Coverage report that provides an overview of liquid staking and the existing landscape while narrowing in on the approach that Lido is taking looking at the token economic design.

• Solana staking report to assess the size of the Solana liquid staking market breaking it down by the major players.

• 4 quarterly reports that present and analyze key KPIs and fundamental metrics (supply of staked assets, number of stakers, unique users, etc.), governance developments, upgrades, and key roadmap initiatives on a recurring basis.

• A data dashboard to view the metrics discussed in the quarterly report in real-time.

All reports are to be distributed through the Messari newsletter (~200k subscribers) and social channels.

Timelines

The Initiation of Coverage report is estimated for March while the first quarterly would be shortly after the end of Q1 (3/31) and then the Solana report estimated for April/May.