The Absence of, and Need for the Activist Validator

The lack of dissenting voices within validator communities create a self-reinforcing, good vibes only, echo chamber. What's missing is a system of checks and balances which is required to keep founder, core team and Foundation power in check.…

Sunsetting Our Oasis Protocol Validator Node

After careful consideration, we have decided to shut down our Oasis validator node. It will remain functional until Tuesday, April 9 and will be stopped after that date.   ⚠️ If you are have staked on Oasis with us, please make sure to re-delegate to another validator before the shutdown date. ⚠️   We…

Chainflow’s Take on Replicated Security

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…

Chainflow Cosmos Atom 2.0 Voting

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…

Opening the Door to Freedom

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…

Introducing Solana Mission Control

The Solana Validator Mission Control monitoring and alerting dashboard is a free and open-source tool that monitors Solana validator infrastructure.…