Prepare to Stake
With Trust-Less 2020 around the corner, a highly anticipated virtual Proof of Stake Validator Summit, there’s plenty you can do to prepare yourself. Check out this overview to learn more about the participating projects and individuals. Find links to documentation and hints on how to be ready to dive into setting things up in the cloud or on a local machine. Check back as more detailed information is added.
Now is the time to learn about Proof of Stake. There are various incentivized testnets and grant programs available, and many more to come, through which you can get rewarded for your participation. Come and help bootstrap PoS networks, and learn the basics to start your own staking / validator business along the way.
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Participating Networks
Tezos
- Developer Documentation, build from source: https://tezos.gitlab.io/introduction/howtoget.html#build-from-sources
- Tezos Southeast Asia | Getting Started Guide, How To Set Up Your Baker: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jh3gljRoOUTm4ZfjjcsXFEbQ4Yh9-3W0Ig3fIatVTS0/
Ethereum 2.0
- How to become a validator: https://github.com/ethereum/eth2.0-specs/blob/dev/specs/phase0/validator.md#becoming-a-validator
Coda
- Getting Started on Coda Testnet: https://codaprotocol.com/docs/getting-started
- More details on the Coda Forums https://forums.codaprotocol.com/t/testnet-beta-release-3-1-staking
- Sign up for Genesis: https://codaprotocol.com/genesis
Celo
- Run a Validator on Baklava Testnet: https://docs.celo.org/getting-started/baklava-testnet/running-a-validator
- Run an Incentivized Full Node: https://docs.celo.org/getting-started/baklava-testnet/running-a-full-node
Polkadot
- Run a Validator (Kusama): https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/en/maintain-guides-how-to-validate-kusama
Skale
- How to get started running a SKALE Validator: https://skale.network/docs/validators/getting-started
NuCypher
- NuCypher Staking Guide: https://docs.nucypher.com/en/latest/guides/staking_guide.html
Matic
- Matic Staking Documentation: https://docs.matic.network/staking/economics/
Participating Individuals
Build A Viable PoS Mining Startup | Case Studies & Actionable Strategies From Staking-As-A-Service Operators
With:
- Luke Youngblood (Built Out Staking Infrastructure For Tezos; Exec at Coinbase Custody; CEO of Blockscale)
- Awa Sun Yin (Co-Founder of Cryptium Labs; ex-Tendermint / Cosmos; ex-Chainalysis)
- Junsoo (“JK”) Kim (Operations at stake.fish)
- Hendrik Hofstadt (Co-Founder of Certus.One)
- Adrian Brink (Co-Founder of Cryptium Labs; ex-Web 3 Foundation; ex-Tendermint / Cosmos)
- Felix Lutsch (Research Analyst at Chorus One & Editor at Staking Economy)
- Michael Reinhart (Product Owner at Obsidian Systems)
- Konstantin Richter (Node-As-A-Service for Stellar, Ethereum & more; CEO of Blockdaemon)
- Julien Bouteloup (CEO of Stake Capital)
- Chris Remus (Founder of ChainFlow; Contributor To Staking Economy)
- Richard Li (Co-Founder at Certus.One)
- David Rugendyke (Co-Founder of RocketPool; An ETH 2.0 Validator Marketplace)
- Lorien Gabel (Co-Founder & CEO of Figment Networks; Creators of Hubble)
Stay Up To Date On Innovations In The PoS Space | Industry Trends That Developers Should Care About
With:
- Mally Anderson (Quantifying Decentralization; ConsenSys)
- Collin Myers (ETH 2.0 Calculator; Global DeFi Product Strategy at Codefi Networks)
- Dan Elitzer (Venture at IDEO; Founder of MIT Bitcoin Club)
- Deborah Simpier (Mesh Network For Decentralized ISPs; Co-Founder of Althea)
- Yaniv Tal (Project Lead at Graph Protocol; A Query Protocol For Blockchains)
- Alex Felix (Managing Partner & Chief Investment Officer at CoinFund)
- Sunny Aggarwal (Research Scientist at Tendermint / Cosmos; Co-Founder Blockchain at Berkeley; Co-Host Epicenter)
- John Fiorelli (Founder, Myelin & Regional Partner, Kenetic)
- Antoine Scalia (Co-Founder & CEO of Cryptio; Working On Crypto-Tax Strategy with ConsenSys & Celo)
- Marouane Hajji (CEO & Founder of Unslashed; An Insurance Protocol)
- Zaki Manian (Director of Tendermint Labs)
- Gavin McDermott (Engineering & Research at IDEO; Founding Engineer of BitGo)
- Peter Yang (Investment Director at Fenbushi Capital)
- Everett Muzzy (Quantifying Decentralization; ConsenSys)
- Abraham Sutherland (University of Virginia Law School, Adjunct Professor)
Trust-Less 2020 Co-Organizers:
- Hsin-Ju Chuang, CEO of Dystopia Labs
- Cameron Dennis, Co-Founder of Blockchain Acceleration Foundation
