Update (March 6th, 2023): After confirming that more than 2/3 of active Cosmos Hub validators must choose to validate new consumers chains for these chains to go live, we updated our vote on Prop 187 to "Abstain" in order to reflect that, while we still have open concerns about…
We joined the Cosmos in October 2017 as an outsider. Since that time, we've supported the community in our own, mostly quiet way, as Chainflow grew from a one person operation to the small team we are today. We never became an insider and have maintained our independence, while steering…
Many in the staking economy talk the talk of decentralization yet far fewer walk the walk, so staking networks centralize into top heavy oligarchies.…
The following comes from The Psychology of Money, by Morgan Housel:“Aligning money towards a life that lets you do what you want, when you want, with who you want, where you want, for as long as you want, has incredible return.”“The highest form of wealth is the ability…
Chainflow plans to sponsor 1 or 2 validators to represent smaller, independent and self-funded Eth2 validator operators.Here's why and how to apply.…
The Solana Validator Mission Control monitoring and alerting dashboard is a free and open-source tool that monitors Solana validator infrastructure.…
This post appeared originally on The Defiant under the title "The Importance of Values in the Staking Economy." You can read the original on The Defiant, here.Joining the Proof-of-Stake CommunityI entered the broader crypto community through Ethereum. I was the project manager at ENS for three years, led the…
The start of the Agoric Incentivized Testnet Phase 2 felt a bit rushed. Yet the validator set's response made a good argument against downtime slashing.…
Regen will launch its mainnet with 50 validators. This post explains why, how the initial 50 are selected and how that number will grow after launch.…
This piece appeared originally on Mirror under the title "Staking's Free Rider Problem." You can read the original on Mirror, here.Givers and TakersEvery community has givers and takers. Some give. Some take.Some give and take.The takers usually outnumber the givers. Those that balance giving and taking are…