In a world where everyone chases every basis point of marginal return, core values are often overlooked. The emergence of liquid staking protocols made stake delegation a norm rather than an exception. The hassles of running their own node and dealing with slashing risks were often too much of a burden for regular users. Dappnode offers both hardware and open-source software solutions for home stakers which are as facile to implement as a plug-n-play device. Their newly released Dappnode Smooth aims to offer the advantages of staking pools (via smart contracts), without centralisation risks.
Topics covered in this episode:
- Eduardo’s and Pol’s backgrounds
- Founding Dappnode
- Dappnode userbase
- Supported networks
- Dappnode’s tech stack
- Setting up Dappnode
- Dappstore
- Updating nodes
- Dappnode hardware usage percentage
- Dappnode Smooth
- Solo staking vs. liquid staking
- Distributed validator technology (DVT)
- Restaking
- ETH issuance
- Future roadmap for Dappnode
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Sponsors:
- Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io
- Chorus One: Chorus One is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one
This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst.
