Thanks to everyone who attended my first validator AMA. Most of the questions this time focused on how to become a validator. Here are the notes as transcribed by James Moreau. My hope is this becomes one of a series of AMA's. Contact me here and I'll let know when…
My colleague at ENS, Nick Johnson, Tweeted this PM-related post to me. @cjremus would love to hear your thoughts on this! https://t.co/6YkK4Qqq7N — Nick Johnson (📛 arachnid.eth) (@nicksdjohnson) June 1, 2019 I started reviewing the full post, only to realize it would take more time than I allocated…
These are the three critical functions that validators need to perform. Figuring out how to perform them is key to building a sustainable validator operation.…
These are my notes on "An epic treatise on scheduling, bug tracking, and triage" written by @apenwarr.…
PM’ing ain’t easy. Much of the work we do happens behind the scenes. How well we do it is often reflected in what doesn’t happen, as much as what does happen. This past week's Cosmos network upgrade reminded me of this. Jack Zampolin skillfully led the Cosmos…
Selecting a network to validate on is a form of investment analysis. As validators, we're investing time, attention and capital into supporting the networks we choose to validate on. Smaller validators have less margin for error in this analysis, because our resources are more limited than larger, well capitalized staking…
The Harmony team asked me to provide feedback on their staking and incentive design. Here are my initial thoughts. They're based on reviewing this post and other background information. Lot's of Validators Harmony is a sharded proof of stake blockchain. At mainnet launch, they're hoping to launch with up to…
Staking felt like a popular topic during NYC Blockchain Week 2019. I attended three staking events during the week. I spoke to many people representing proof of stake networks and staking companies along the way. The first event was a staking panel discussion hosted by Solana. I also contributed questions…