Running a Successful Testnet: Tips & Tricks from the Trenches
How can you run a successful testnet program? As veteran testnet validators, we are here to offer practical tips and tricks.…
The Sui Mysticeti Upgrade Demystified
Sui Network's Mysticeti protocol is aimed at enhancing the efficiency and performance of the chain. In this article, we'll look into its components and benefits.…
Highlights from Solana Foundation's Validator Call - September 5, 2024
This is a recap of the most recent validator call hosted by the Solana Foundation.…
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 Juno, Quicksilver, and Regen
As part of our ongoing effort to offer delegated staking services of the highest quality, we have decided to shut down our Juno, Quicksilver and Regen networks validator nodes. If you are delegating stake to us on one of these networks, please make sure to unbond your stake at your…
Initia Governance Explained
Today we explore the governance structure on Initia - a Layer 1 chain for interwoven rollups.…
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…
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…
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…
Chainflow's Interchain Security (ICS) Take
Chainflow joined the Cosmos community in 2017. Since then, we've been fortunate to witness, first-hand as a Hub validator, the network's and community's evolution. Interchain Security (ICS) represents one of the biggest steps in the process to-date. We recognize the benefits ICS brings to…
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…
Halting Quicksilver and Rewilding Solana
Let's be real: With all the momentum behind large, centralized companies co-opting the "Web3" narrative for growth, last year felt, in many ways, like a step back in the movement to decentralize the Web. Yet, as we look to 2023, we remain optimistic. We are, after…
Interchain Security and the Game of Chains
There's rarely a dull moment in crypto, but the industry is in an especially weird place right now. FTX's rapid blow-up, and its far-reaching consequences, have sent projects across the space spiraling. And this is, of course, just the latest in a series of developments this…
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,…
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…
Flashbots Eth2 Working Group Sponsorship
Chainflow plans to sponsor 1 or 2 validators to represent smaller, independent and self-funded Eth2 validator operators.Here's why and how to apply.…
The Importance of Values in the Staking Economy
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…