Important Announcement: SafeStake to Cease Operations
To the SafeStake Community,
It is with a heavy heart that we announce we will be winding down operations for SafeStake.xyz. Effective in December 2025, we will shut down our operator nodes and cease all protocol support even though we just released the Fusaka upgrade.
Why we are making this decision
We began this journey over fours years ago with a vision to decentralize Ethereum staking. After developing the protocol and running our mainnet throughout 2025, we have faced the harsh reality of the market. Despite our best efforts to innovate and secure the network, we have not achieved the necessary validator growth or revenue sustainability to keep the project viable.
Action Required for All Users
To ensure the safety of your funds, you must take action immediately.
Validators: Please initiate voluntary exits for your validators immediately.
Operator Nodes: Our operator nodes will go offline on 1 December. If you do not exit your validator before this date, you risk going offline and incurring penalties on the Beacon Chain.
Withdrawals: Please withdraw any rewards or remaining balances from the SafeStake dashboard by the end of December 2025.
The Roadmap to Sunset
28 November, 2025 : Announcement of shutdown.
1 December, 2025: SafeStake Operator Nodes are permanently shut down.
1 January, 2026: Website and community channels (X/Discord/Telegram) will be archived.
DVT tokens disposal: All the unvested tokens will be frozen and burned. We will seek to sell the DVT infra to any potential interested parties, and use the revenue generated from the sale in the future if any to buy back the DVT tokens in circulation.
Building SafeStake was a labor of love for our team. We are incredibly grateful to the developers, early adopters, and community members who believed in us over the last four years. While the outcome is not what we hoped for, we are proud of the technology we built.
Thank you for your support along the journey.
Sincerely,
The SafeStake Team