Validators


Tech

Crypto Staking Goes Live on Starknet in First for Top Ethereum L2 Blockchains

Now, anyone with 20,000 STRK ($12K) can make money as a validator, and users with smaller holdings can delegate tokens to validators to stake on their behalf.

StarkWare CEO Eli Ben-Sasson (Margaux Nijkerk)

Tech

Jump's 'Frankendancer' Validator Client Is Live on Solana Mainnet

The ramshackle validator client is a prelude to Jump's highly anticipated Firedancer software.

Jump Chief Science Officer Kevin Bowers (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Finance

Deutsche Telekom Joins RWA-Focused XDC as Infrastructure Provider in Digital Asset Push

The company already runs nodes on multiple blockchain networks and is considering bitcoin mining, its web3 head revealed last month at a conference.

Mika Baumeister, Unsplash

Tech

Obol Labs Forms Industry Group to Push for Decentralized Validator Technology

As blockchain projects push to further decentralize, the developer Obol Labs has formed a group of companies working in the Ethereum ecosystem to concentrate on the growing field of "distributed validator technology," or DVT.

Distributed validator technology involves splitting up the job of running a validator on blockchains like Ethereum. (Onasill/Creative Commons, modified by CoinDesk using PhotoMosh)

Finance

Energy Giant EDF Subsidiary Joins Cronos as a Blockchain Validator

EDF subsidiary Exaion helps industries with digital transformation by focusing on addressing the energy efficiency of data centers.

EDF subsidiary Exaion has become a validator on the Chiliz Chain. (Léo Crouzille/Unsplash)

Tech

Ethereum's Rising Validator Count Is Causing Concerns, Fidelity Digital Assets Says

Future roadmap upgrades for the network will become more difficult with a large validator set, the report said.

Ethereum's rising validator count is causing technical capacity and centralization concerns, Fidelity Digital Assets says (Koushik Pal/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

Finance

French Energy Giant EDF Subsidiary Becomes Chiliz Blockchain Validator

Exaion helps industries with digital transformation related to cloud and blockchain with a focus on addressing energy efficiency of data centers.

EDF subsidiary Exaion has become a validator on the Chiliz Chain. (Léo Crouzille/Unsplash)

Markets

Ethereum Validator Entry Queue Signals Renewed Interest in Staking

The validator entry queue has jumped to 7,045, the highest since Oct. 6, according to data source ValidatorQueue.

Staking (Shutterstock)

Tech

Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin Proposes Gas Limit Increase

Ethereum's gas limit refers to the maximum amount of gas that can be expended in an individual block. A limit increase could improve network capacity and potentially reduce costs for users.

(TechCrunch/Wikimeda Commons, modified by CoinDesk)

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