
Agoric Incentivized Testnet AMA Hosted by Chainflow
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.…
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.…
If you prefer a video tutorial on staking your FLOW tokens, please scroll to the end of the article ⬇️ Here is an easy way to stake your FLOW tokens through the Ledger Nano: 1. Use “Manager” in Ledger Live to install the FLOW App. 2. Once it is installed, click…
Here is an easy way to set up your Solana wallet to stake your tokens with Solflare_wallet and the Ledger Nano: 1. Use “Manager” in Ledger Live to install the Solana App. 2. Click on your device (Ledger Nano) in the Solana App and make sure it says “Application…
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.…
This piece appeared originally on Mirror under the title "A Decentralized Staking Doomsday Scenario." You can read the original on Mirror, here. The Scenario Coinbase announced it was acquiring staking as a service provider Bison Trails earlier this week. The usual congratulations and back patting went around on…
Thanks for stopping by to learn about Chainflow, our Graph Indexer and why you might consider delegating to us 🙏…
Chainflow's applying to the PolkaDot Thousand Validators program. Here's our case for good intentions.…
Introduction Chainflow feels fortunate 2020's been a year of growth for us. We realize this good fortunate has manifested in year marked by suffering and loss at levels never experienced so deeply, by so many. This post summarizes many of the ways we've been able to…
In Part 1 of this two part series, I describe the current situation in staking networks and why I see a need for activist validators.…
A Celo validator's uptime score takes a hit if the validator is down for a minute or longer. This feels overly restrictive to me.…
The Staking Defense podcast is live! Its intention is give give smaller, yet still very capable, proof of stake validator operators a bigger voice.…
Cosmos Validator Mission Control is a free and open-source validator monitoring and alerting dashboard that anyone can use.…
Hi, I hope each of you is staying well, safe and socially responsible 🙏 I haven’t sent an issue in a while. I do plan to continue sending them. The job listings feel more important than ever in these uncertain times. This issue will include some Blockchain PM thoughts I…
Smaller validator operators are at risk. We're at risk of extinction in these early staking days. Larger validator companies dominate many of today's staking networks. They command disproportionate stake holdings and with it, control of these networks. Their business models depend on it. Yet smaller validator…
This Livepeer Transcoding financial model includes Orchestrator and Transcoder economics. It's open source and available for everyone to use.…
We're feeling excited to launch the Chainflow Livepeer Seed Program today. Through this program, Chainflow will delegate 2000 LPT to 2-4 new Livepeer Orchestrators. The Livepeer Streamflow upgrade completed on January 13, 2020. As a result, the active Orchestrator (formerly Transcoder) set expanded from 25 to 100. Chainflow&…
Chainflow advises proof of stake networks on topics like validator program development, testnet design and mainnet launch planning.…
Chainflow and the Decentralized Staking Defenders organized this first ever validator business model discussion. Here's the recording.…
Most staking networks today view running an incentivized testnet as a key step toward a mainnet launch. Here's a list of incentivized testnet examples.…
A proof of stake network is a network, not an application running on a network. Yet staking networks are building networks like they'd build an app, not like networks.…