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Chainflow's Interchain Security (ICS) Take

Published on 12 Apr 2023

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

Published on 24 Feb 2023

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

Published on 13 Jan 2023

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

Published on 23 Dec 2022

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

Published on 12 Nov 2022

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

Published on 28 Jan 2022

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

Published on 04 Dec 2021

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

Published on 07 Jun 2021

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…

Agoric's Phase 2 Incentivized Testnet and Downtime Slashing

Published on 21 Apr 2021

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

Published on 13 Apr 2021

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

Published on 31 Mar 2021

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

Published on 31 Mar 2021

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

Published on 30 Mar 2021

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

Published on 26 Mar 2021

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

Published on 24 Mar 2021

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

Published on 22 Feb 2021

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

Published on 27 Jan 2021

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

Published on 21 Jan 2021

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

Published on 13 Jan 2021

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

Published on 12 Jan 2021

Chainflow's applying to the PolkaDot Thousand Validators program. Here's our case for good intentions.…