**Vitalik Buterin Backs Lowering ETH Staking Minimums: A Boost for Decentralization**

- Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin is on a mission to make solo staking more accessible. 🚀

- On Oct. 3, he joined a community chat on X, advocating for reducing the 32 ETH deposit requirement.

- Solo stakers, who run full nodes independently, are vital for Ethereum’s security and decentralization.

- Buterin suggests lowering the minimum to 16 or 24 ETH, with a future goal of just 1 ETH.

- This move could democratize staking, inviting more participants and enhancing network resilience.

Source: Vitalik Buterin, Cointelegraph