TL;DR:
- Lido DAO revoked the canonical status of wstETH across nine networks, including zkSync Era, Scroll, Mantle, and Polygon PoS, among others.
- The revocation does not affect funds: tokens remain valid and users can transfer them or bridge them back to Ethereum.
- The vote authorized the Network Expansion Committee to manage future revocations without requiring a full DAO vote.
The governance of Lido made a decision that will reshape its presence across the multichain ecosystem. Through a Snapshot vote, the DAO revoked the canonical recognition of wstETH bridge endpoints on nine networks: zkSync Era, Mode, Scroll, Mantle, Swell, Zircuit, Soneium, Polygon PoS, and Lisk. The measure responds to a resource concentration strategy focused on networks where the token shows real adoption.
Canonical recognition implies that a bridge and its token contract are designated as the official deployment of wstETH on a given network. That designation is not merely a label: it entails active monitoring, security oversight, incident response, integration support, and ongoing communication from protocol contributors. Sustaining that level of attention across multiple networks requires significant resources that Lido DAO decided to reallocate.
Lido Multichain: Network Support Changes
The canonical status of wstETH bridge endpoints has been revoked for zkSync Era, Mode, Scroll, Mantle, Swell, Zircuit, Soneium, Polygon PoS & Lisk.
No action is required if you hold wstETH on any of these networks.
More info below: pic.twitter.com/cVpEyU2b0f
— Lido (@LidoFinance) June 23, 2026
Lido Clarifies that Funds Are Not at Risk
The revocation is a governance decision, not a technical one. Bridge contracts remain operational, tokens retain their validity, and users can continue transferring or bridging their wstETH back to Ethereum without restrictions or deadlines. Those holding positions in third-party DeFi protocols—such as lending markets or liquidity pools—on these networks should note that those positions are not managed by Lido and are not directly affected by the vote, though the protocol will no longer exercise monitoring over them.
The reasons behind the decision vary by network: some are being discontinued or their bridge infrastructure is in the process of deprecation; others have refocused their ecosystem strategy toward use cases outside of wstETH; in several cases, TVL and DeFi integration remained consistently low since launch.
The Committee Streamlines Governance
The same vote that executed these revocations also delegated to the Network Expansion Committee the authority to handle similar cases in the future without the need to call a broad Lido DAO vote. To ensure transparency, any future revocation will require unanimous support from the committee and a public announcement on the forum explaining the rationale. Affected networks will also be able to request reinstatement of canonical recognition through the committee, under the criteria in force at that time.
