Agoric's Phase 2 Incentivized Testnet and Downtime Slashing
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.…
Decentralizing the Regen Validator Set
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.…
Agoric's Incentivized Testnet AMA Summary
Here's a summary of the answers from Agoric's Incentivized testnet AMA that took place at 1600 UTC, Thursday, March 25 in Chainflow's Telegram group.…
Staking’s Free Rider Problem
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…
Initial Thoughts on Agoric's Incentivized Testnet
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.…
Livepeer Staking Guide
If you prefer a video tutorial on staking your LPT tokens, please scroll to the end of the article ⬇️ Here is an easy way to stake your LPT: 1) Go to explorer.livepeer and click on "Orchestrators" 2) Now, if you filter the "Orchestrators" by performance,…
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.…
Rich Getting Richer in Proof-of-Stake Chains
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…
Iris Network Alerting Bot
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.…
A Decentralized Staking Doomsday Scenario
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…
Greetings Graph Delegators
Thanks for stopping by to learn about Chainflow, our Graph Indexer and why you might consider delegating to us 🙏…
Chainflow's PolkaDot Thousand Validators Case for Good Intentions
Chainflow's applying to the PolkaDot Thousand Validators program. Here's our case for good intentions.…
Chainflow's 2020 Recap
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…
The Rise of the Activist Validator
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 Short Note on Celo's Current Uptime Requirement
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.…
Introducing the Staking Defense Podcast
The Staking Defense podcast is live! Its intention is give give smaller, yet still very capable, proof of stake validator operators a bigger voice.…
Blockchain PM in uncertain times...
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 Validators Need a Bigger Voice
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…
Livepeer Streamflow Transcoding Financial Model
This Livepeer Transcoding financial model includes Orchestrator and Transcoder economics. It's open source and available for everyone to use.…
The Chainflow Livepeer Orchestrator Seed Program
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&…