Programmable staking is here.
The Obol Validator Manager is the first staking solution to enable programmable validator actions. Your validator. Your rules.
What is the OVM?
The Obol Validator Manager (OVM) is a smart contract deployed as your validator’s withdrawal address. It uses a modular, role-based system that allows you to split custody, delegate validator actions, or transfer ownership. More control, more flexibility.
Ethereum is entering a new era. OVM brings the staking ecosystem into the future.
Public Good
As OVM is fully open-source and audited, anyone can deploy a contract to unlock validator programmability.
Composable
OVM is a composable smart contract on L1, which means developers can build on top of it to suit their needs.
Programmable
Any validator can integrate their backend infrastructure to enable automated actions.
Use Cases
Native DeFi Collateral
OVM enables validator-backed loans in DeFi, locking ETH stake as hard collateral. No LSTs or counterparty risk required—stakers can simply lock their funds and get access to liquidity while retaining their staking rewards. This paves the way for streamlined borrowing, lending, and liquidity provision for stakers.
Validator Fungibility and Transfers
OVM’s programmable capabilities lets stakers transfer validator ownership without unstaking their funds. Everyone from institutional players to solo operators can securely and programmatically transfer ownership via a marketplace or their backend infrastructure.
As Ethereum Validators become more programmable with each network upgrade, the Obol Validator Manager will enable transferability, collateralization, and structured products on ETH stake with atomicity and minimal risk surface versus existing upgradeable and oracle-dependent products.
Oisin Kyne, Obol co-founder
Get Involved
How would you integrate the OVM in DeFi? Submit your ideas for a chance at receiving a grant from the Obol Association.
