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 The Ethereum network has surpassed a significant milestone, with over one million network validators now active and more than 32 million ETH, valued at $114 billion, currently staked in the market. 
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While this surge in validators may initially seem like a positive sign for network security, members of the Ethereum community have raised concerns about potential challenges associated with this development.
<a href="https://dune.com/hildobby/eth2-staking" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Data from the Dune Analytics dashboard</a>, which tracks ETH staking progress, revealed on Thursday, March 28, that Ethereum had reached the one million validators mark. In addition to this milestone, it revealed that over 12.06 million ETH had flowed through the network.&nbsp;
Notably, Lido emerged as the dominant staking method, capturing 30.17% of the overall staking market share. Lido’s popularity stems from its ability to allow users with smaller ETH holdings to participate in staking through pooled assets.
Following Lido, both Coinbase and Binance emerged as preferred staking options, with 4.5 million and 1.2 million ETH staked, respectively, representing 14% and 3.8% of the total network validators.
Venture Capitalist Evan Van Ness <a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://x.com/evan_van_ness/status/1772999980791316836?s=46" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">shared</a> this achievement in a post on X on March 27, and it sparked responses from crypto stakeholders and enthusiasts on the platform.&nbsp;
In <a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://twitter.com/AlphapingG/status/1773042119210377512" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">response </a>to Ness’s post, Nova Dash CEO Gabriel Weide expressed concerns, suggesting that an excessive number of validators could lead to transaction failures.
Also, Pete Kim, Coinbase’s chief engineer, <a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://twitter.com/petejkim/status/1773015143175127492" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">noted</a> that the figure is impressive but pointed out that it’s artificially inflated due to the 32 ETH market cap, which he anticipates will eventually be adjusted.
As the number of stakers on Ethereum network continues to grow, Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum Blockchain, has proposed measures to enhance decentralization. In a <a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://ethresear.ch/t/supporting-decentralized-staking-through-more-anti-correlation-incentives/19116" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">recent blog post</a>, Buterin suggested penalizing network validators based on their average failure rate would help to promote a more resilient and robust network infrastructure.
Meanwhile, this achievement is the latest to the list of milestone the blockchain achieved during the period of its<a style="color: #0000ff;" href="https://defi-planet.com/2024/02/ethereum-developers-successfully-deploy-dencun-upgrade-on-holesky-testnet/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"> latest upgrade</a>. In February 2024, the Ethereum staking platform Lido disclosed that over 30 million ETH, approximately $40 million, had been staked on the blockchain, representing 25% of the total circulating supply of the token.
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