Partnerships
Mar 13, 2025

Byzantine x EigenLayer: Permissionless Restaking Without Pooled Risk

Byzantine and EigenLayer partner to create permissionless, customizable restaking vaults without pooled risk.

Byzantine is partnering up with EigenLayer, the foundational restaking protocol, to deliver customizable and risk-isolated restaking vaults. This collaboration transforms the restaking landscape by introducing permissionless strategy creation and modular risk management.

Byzantine's dual-layer architecture and EigenLayer's robust infrastructure combine to solve the fundamental challenges of opaque strategies and pooled risk in current restaking solutions.

EigenLayer and Byzantine are Pioneering Permissionless, Risk-Isolated Restaking

EigenLayer's trust marketplace enables restakers to secure decentralized infrastructure, but Byzantine expands this by:

  • Decoupling risk across vaults, ensuring AVSs receive dedicated capital without entanglement.
  • Providing strategy architects with full control, allowing custom allocations without governance friction.
  • Enhancing liquidity via vaultshares, ensuring stakers retain flexibility across DeFi..

The result? Restakers maximize yield without pooled risk, and AVSs access dedicated capital streams tailored to their security needs.

Key Benefits for the Ecosystem

For AVSs and Network Builders

  • Isolated Security: Access dedicated security without sharing risk across unrelated services
  • Capital Efficiency: Attract targeted liquidity aligned with specific security requirements
  • Reduced Systemic Risk: Avoid vulnerabilities common in traditional pooled restaking models

For Restakers

  • Yield Optimization: Stack ETH staking rewards with direct AVS incentives
  • Risk Customization: Select specific AVS exposure and risk parameters
  • Enhanced Liquidity: If needed, utilize vaultshares as receipt tokens across DeFi applications
  • Strategy Testing: Experiment with different approaches to maximize returns

This integration reimagines restaking as a flexible framework rather than a fixed commodity, giving all participants unprecedented control over their restaking activities.

From the Founders

"Byzantine's integration with EigenLayer represents a fundamental shift in how restaking operates. By removing governance bottlenecks and enabling permissionless strategy creation, we're unlocking the true potential of restaking as a modular system. Users can now deploy exactly the strategy they want, with precisely the risk profile they're comfortable with."

Gaia, Founder & CEO of Byzantine

About EigenLayer

EigenLayer enables restakers to extend Ethereum’s trust layer by securing decentralized infrastructure. Through Actively Validated Services (AVSs), EigenLayer allows capital to be directed toward securing new networks, protocols, and applications while generating additional yield for participants.

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About Byzantine

Byzantine delivers a comprehensive restaking aggregation infrastructure that standardizes access to both native and non-native restaking opportunities. The protocol consolidates fragmented restaking options into unified, customizable vaults, enabling efficient asset allocation across multiple protocols while maintaining complete strategy sovereignty.

Byzantine's architecture emphasizes security, operational efficiency, and yield optimization through partnerships with established node operators and technical infrastructure providers.

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