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 operators are necessary to…
This Livepeer Transcoding financial model includes Orchestrator and Transcoder economics. It's open source and available for everyone to use.…
Chainflow's looking for a technical co-founder. This post describes the human I believe would be the right fit to continue building Chainflow with me.…
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's been an…
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.…
This post describes Chainflow's Interchain Foundation (ICF) grant to develop validator alerting and monitoring tools.…
The Cosmos Game of Stakes broke new ground. Staking networks often ask me how it could be improved. These are my suggestions to build a better one.…
