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 Community I entered the broader crypto community through Ethereum. I was the project manager at ENS for three years, led…
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 Takers Every 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…
We feel fortunate Chainflow is one of the 150 that made the cut from 6000 applicants. Here are our intial thoughts about Agoric's incentivized testnet.…
Chainflow's feeling excited to host an AMA on the Agoric incentivized testnet. Here are the ground rules and some of the questions we'll cover.…
This post appeared originally on The Defiant under the title "'Rich Getting Richer in PoS Chains:' By Chainflow’s Chris Remus." You can read the original on The Defiant, here. Stake’s Not Decentralized (Yet?) There’s a lot of excitement in the staking economy these days. Existing staking…
The Iris Network alerting bot is a simple, yet effective, open source bot that sends Telegram or email alerts based on key validator performance metrics.…