Ethereum’s faster-exit plan would leave new validators waiting to earn

Ethereum staking could get faster exits under EIP-8061, but new validators would still have to wait for capped entry before earning rewards. Validator Queue displayed 1,282,776 ETH waiting to enter staking and an estimated wait of 22 days, 6 hours when checked on Oct. 15. Its Oct. 14 snapshot, recorded at 21:17 UTC, showed 1,260,628 ETH and an estimated 21 days, 21 hours. For a direct depositor, the delay postpones native staking income. A liquid staking pool such as Lido can give a new holder exposure to rewards from validators already working. The incoming ETH can still be waiting to activate, leaving more capital sharing those existing earnings. EIP-8061 would retain the activation ceiling of 256 ETH per epoch.

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