Hey I am late to this thread, I agree with this take however disagree with this proposal.
The proposal I am working will help contribute to the decentralisation of the Ethereum validator set, will be more effective in achieving this, as a public good to benefit both Optimism and Ethereum,
By distributing to all active ‘solo validators’ and not one or a few entities to run some validators in the future.
Strongly encourage you to read this thread, Airdrop Ethereum Validators (Beacon Chain Contract Depositors) - #51 by GLCstaked
Some have mentioned about trying to aim for multiple projects to run validators, I think this is the wrong way. We don’t need projects close too or partnered with optimism to run nodes we need more individual Stakers.
Lets not create more incentives to further centralise Ethereum Staking we have a chance to encourage more solo validators and a healthy network