Staking Insider #15

🔮 The Future of Distributed Validation

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September 28, 2023

GM fellow staker,

Over the past 7 days the Global Staking ecosystem has grown by +$1.22b. With that in mind, let’s take a look at what’s fresh in the world of staking this week…

🧵 In this Week’s Edition:

  • 🔮 The Future of Distributed Validation

  • 📖 Ethereum's Post-Merge Renaissance

  • 📰 Weekly Briefing

  • 📈 Trending Reward Options per Staking Provider

  • 📱 Exploring Assets on Mobile Just Got Easier

  • ⛓️ Expanding to a Block Explorer Near You

Read time: 2 minutes

🔮 The Future of Distributed Validation

“I partake in liquid staking, but still worry about centralization & counter-party risk.” - 👤 (Anon staker)

**Diva test-net enters the chat**

Diva isn’t just another Ethereum Liquid Staking protocol. It is the first to fully integrate DVT, setting it apart in the staking stack.

Hold up. What exactly is Distributor Validator Technology (DVT)? Put simply, DVT enables a group of PoS validators to act as a single validator. Think of it as teamwork among validators 🤝

Learn more about the benefits of liquid staking with Diva, as well as how you can run a permissionless node with just 1 ETH.

📖 Ethereum's Post-Merge Renaissance

Would you attempt to change the engine of a car while it's running? 😅

Hopefully your answer was “hell no”. Yet, the the above is an apt metaphor to describe the sheer scale and complexity of what went down around this time last year.

The Merge was a watershed moment in Ethereum’s history. It marked the full transition from Proof of Work to Proof of Stake.

Reflect on the post Merge landscape and look ahead at what’s next on the Ethereum roadmap in this new piece written by Luganodes.

📰 Weekly Briefing

Here’s this week’s top news from the world of staking and crypto…

📈 Trending Reward Options per Staking Provider

Many Staking Providers run validators across a number of networks. We’ve just added a new feature to Provider profiles, to help you pick out what the most popular reward option is across all available validators.

The “Trending Reward Option” shows the reward option with highest Net Staking Inflow over the past 7 days.

Discover more about this short-term metric in our latest product update…

📱 Exploring Assets on Mobile Just Got Easier

Staying updated on your favorite PoS assets “on the go” just got easier.

Last week we shipped big UX improvements to the PoS Asset Explorer, when viewed on mobile devices.

The default view on mobile now shows cards with 4 key staking metrics for each asset, including Reward Rate, Staking Market Cap, Staking Ratio and Net Staking Flow 24h. Users can expand their view by liking the ‘+’ and explore a further 13 metrics.

📰 Expanding to a Block Explorer Near You

Where’s the best place to stake your bag? With so many options available, it can be often be difficult to assess which staking providers adhere to best practices and offer a high level of reliability.

We launched the Verified Staking Program (VSP) to help guide your decision. The VSP simplifies your due-diligence process for you, by providing the first industry standard for benchmarking staking providers.

We’re proud to announce that in recent weeks the VSP has been integrated with top block explorers across the Polkadot / Kusama, Sui, Near, Mina and Cosmos ecosystems. For each you can find the “VSP” checkmark next to validators that have passed our verification critera.

The current list includes:

👀 Last But Certainly Not Least

 🇹🇷 Get tickets to this year’s Staking Summit in Istanbul (use code staking_insider for 10% discount)

🎬 That’s a Wrap for this week!

Thank you for taking the time to read the Staking Insider newsletter. Let us know what you thought of this week’s edition…

Disclaimer: None of this is financial advice. The Staking Insider newsletter is strictly for educational purposes and is not investment advice. Please be careful and always do your own research.

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