Independent Validators Are Reliant On Foundation Delegations
In the light of recent criticisms of the Solana Foundation Delegation Program, we reflect on indie validators' reliance on foundation delegation.…
Futarchy Governance Explained
Chainflow and MetaDAO in conversation on futarchy governance, its mechanisms, benefits and challenges.…
Decoding Solana’s Stake-Weighted Quality of Service (QoS) and Its Impact on Validators
Stake-weighted Quality of Service (QoS) is a mechanism on Solana that allows block producers to identify and prioritize transactions based on the amount of SOL staked by the sender. In simple words, QoS enables prioritizing traffic on the network. It serves as an additional sybil resistance mechanism, enabling validators to…
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…
Namada’s Positive Sum Economics and Our Core Values
With the Namada mainnet launch coming soon, we decided to take a deeper look into the network and explore its economics in the context of Chainflow. What is Namada Namada is a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) Layer 1 that focuses on shielded asset transfers and interchain asset-agnostic data protection. In simple terms,…
Finding the Right Incentives - How Protocols Can Make Decentralization Lucrative
I was invited to participate in this panel by my friends at Staking Rewards. For a number of years now, Staking Rewards has provided me with an opportunity to discuss topics related to decentralization. These topics are often difficult to talk about and at times unpopular. I thank Staking Rewards…
A Beginner's Guide to Sui Staking
This post provides a high-level, non-technical introduction to staking SUI tokens.…
How Large Stake Accounts Shape the Solana Validator Set
Intro Chainflow has supported Solana from the early days. We helped design Tour De Sol—the original testnet program that set the foundation for the healthy ecosystem of validators securing the network today—and have run a high-performing Solana validator ourselves ever since. As a result, we were able to…