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…
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, while steering…
The Layers of Decentralization: Understanding the Accumulation of Power in the Staking Economy
Many in the staking economy talk the talk of decentralization yet far fewer walk the walk, so staking networks centralize into top heavy oligarchies.…
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.…
Introducing Solana Mission Control
The Solana Validator Mission Control monitoring and alerting dashboard is a free and open-source tool that monitors Solana validator infrastructure.…
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.…