Obol Collective is a decentralized infrastructure project advancing Distributed Validator Technology (DVT) to improve security, decentralization, and resilience in Ethereum staking. Its core concept is the Distributed Validator (DV), where a single Ethereum validator is split across multiple independent nodes, each holding a portion of the BLS private key. This setup prevents slashing and downtime from individual node failure, since a quorum of nodes must cooperate to sign blocks. Obol’s open-source stack includes Charon (a CLI for cluster setup and management), reward distribution contracts (Obol Splits), a developer SDK, and launchpad integrations with major staking platforms like EigenLayer and Lido. Its native token, OBOL (ERC-20 on Ethereum), has a total supply of 500 million and is used for staking, governance, and participation in retroactive funding. Users can stake OBOL into a non-custodial vault to mint stOBOL, a rebasing token that accumulates protocol rewards. Governance is managed by the Token House DAO, which votes on funding, protocol upgrades, and utility expansions. Obol supports institutional staking, home-staking, Layer 2 bridges, and ZK infrastructure, making it a foundational project for Ethereum’s decentralized validator future.