Currently for Asimov testnet validators, we follow the public documentation and the Google doc provided by GenLayer Foundation to setup the node. This post introduces two improvements for the setup:configure the validator as a systemd servicecreate a cronjob that collects the validator service’s logs every week as we are required to submit them to the foundationValidator Systemd ServiceThe last step mentioned in the documentation is Running the node, where we use the following command to star...

Tenderduty is no stranger to seasoned validators in the Cosmos ecosystem. For everyone else, Tenderduty is an OSS monitoring tool for Tendermint validators with out-of-the-box support for Telegram, Discord, Slack and Pagerduty alerts on a series of key metrics such as missed blocks or chain halts. The tool exposes a live dashboard with key metrics across all configured chains in real-time. Due to its setup simplicity, it is a popular choice for validator monitoring. We are big fans of Tenderd...

Staking has quietly become one of the most important revenue engines and governance levers in crypto. This report unpacks how the market evolved, who’s winning, and what comes next. Key insights covered in this report: $15B+ in annual rewards (2025); Staking is already a massive yield source, $200B+ in assets staked (2025), with ETH and SOL leading the charge; ETH and SOL now generate ~50% of total staking rewards, up from ~30% just a few years ago.

Support our work by staking with our Solana validator.IntroductionSolana’s economic model relies on proof-of-stake (PoS), where the SOL token is issued at a rate determined by a time-based schedule that decreases over time, distributing rewards to validators and delegators. Two new Solana Improvement Documents (SIMDs), SIMD-0228 (Market-Based Emission Mechanism) and SIMD-0123 (Block Revenue Sharing), propose significant changes to how SOL is issued, how fees are distributed, and how validator...

Lido's Community Staking Module (CSM) is a groundbreaking step toward decentralized staking. However, the manual process of creating validator keys, deploying them, handling exits, and ensuring everything runs smoothly can become a bit tedious, complex and stressful — especially when you're managing a large number of validators. We are excited to introduce the Lido CSM Validator Manager, an open-source tool we've developed to streamline the deployment, monitoring, and management of Lido CSM v...

IntroductionThe CSM Testnet performance evaluation concluded on September 30, 2024, shortly followed by the publication of the CSM Mainnet Early Adoption (EA) list. One pathway to EA list inclusion was through participation as a node operator in the testnet, maintaining both good performance and sufficient participation time.Performance was measured as the percentage of successfully completed duties out of total assigned duties. Good performance was defined as exceeding 86.60%.Sufficient part...

Author: Javier Ron Research @firstset We began this series of posts by highlighting the potential dangers associated with node operators becoming excessively large and exacerbating centralization issues within Liquid Staking Protocols (LSPs). As we continue this series, we provide insights and strategies for smaller Node Operators (NOs) to grow and establish themselves in the network. At first glance, this might seem contradictory. However, it's important to understand that by empowering new ...

Author: Javier Ron Research @firstset TLDRThe combination of capital and technical barrier of entry has pushed the solo staker category to represent between 1% and 6.5% of the total ETH staked, based on Dune Analytics and Rated estimatesRated reports that almost 50% of all staked ETH is handled through the top 4 staking entities, which either run their own centralized validators, or delegate to a limited set of established Node Operators (NOs).This concentration of both stake and infrastructu...