
Introducing Cosmos Validator Mission Control
Cosmos Validator Mission Control is a free and open-source validator monitoring and alerting dashboard that anyone can use.…
Cosmos Validator Mission Control is a free and open-source validator monitoring and alerting dashboard that anyone can use.…
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…
This Livepeer Transcoding financial model includes Orchestrator and Transcoder economics. It's open source and available for everyone to use.…
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&…
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.…
Staking networks invest significant time and resources into building their validator program. Yet this most important tool often gets overlooked.…
Here are Chainflow's answers to the Staking Rewards Staking Ecosystem Case Study interview.…
Thanks to everyone who attended my first validator AMA. Most of the questions this time focused on how to become a validator. Here are the notes as transcribed by James Moreau. My hope is this becomes one of a series of AMA's. Contact me here and I'…
These are the three critical functions that validators need to perform. Figuring out how to perform them is key to building a sustainable validator operation.…
Selecting a network to validate on is a form of investment analysis. As validators, we're investing time, attention and capital into supporting the networks we choose to validate on. Smaller validators have less margin for error in this analysis, because our resources are more limited than larger, well…
The Harmony team asked me to provide feedback on their staking and incentive design. Here are my initial thoughts. They're based on reviewing this post and other background information. Lot's of Validators Harmony is a sharded proof of stake blockchain. At mainnet launch, they're…
Staking felt like a popular topic during NYC Blockchain Week 2019. I attended three staking events during the week. I spoke to many people representing proof of stake networks and staking companies along the way. The first event was a staking panel discussion hosted by Solana. I also contributed questions…
Proof of stake is starting to hit critical mass. The Cosmos mainnet launch seems to have opened to door for a flood of staking networks to come online in 2019. It's also at risk from the outset. Proof of Stake is Already at Risk Stake on these networks…
This analysis shows how many validators can shut the network down and control governance.…
Updated 17 April 2019 I first circulated this survey before the Cosmos Network launch. I circulated it again a week or so after launch. Here's a summary of the 55 responses it received. (Learn more about the Chainflow Cosmos validator and how to delegate to it here.) A…