Notional Joins The Starname (IOV) Validator Set & Operates IOV Relayers
Relayers facilitate the cross-chain transfer of tokens via Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) and provide access to Osmosis and the Gravity DEX.
The Starname (IOV) blockchain is strengthened by the addition of validator Notional to the validator set. Not only is Notional validating for the chain, but they’re also relaying IOV tokens between the Cosmos Hub, crypto.com, and Osmosis chains! There is absolutely no monetary incentive to run a relayer. In fact, relayers pay fees for your IBC transfers, so don’t just send Notional some love, delegate to them!
Speaking of delegations…
Validators
The Starname (IOV) chain is fortunate to be secured by some of the best validators on the planet. Each validator or validator operator has their own merits that should be considered when delegating — don’t just look at a validator’s commission!
To give a little guidance on the merits of each validator, they’ll be listed below with badges indicating their merits. The more badges the better.
1️⃣ Validator since block 1
💯 Never slashed
⚛️ Validator on Cosmos Hub
🧪 Validator on Osmosis
️ ⛓️ Validator on other chains
🏃♂️Relayer for sending IOV to and from the Cosmos Hub
🏃♀️ Relayer for sending IOV to and from Osmosis
🏃 Relayer for sending IOV to and from crypto.com
👛 Wallet provider
🧭 Block explorer provider
👮 Community admin/all-star
👀 Not anonymous
💂 Operates public peer nodes
The top three validators, in terms of voting power, all have at least these badges
1️⃣💯⚛️🧪⛓️👀
and have earned their delegations by being very good at what they do; however, too much voting power is concentrated among them.
Help to strengthen the security of the chain by re-delegating from the top 3 validators to the following ones. Remember, you can delegate to multiple validators and that’s a good way to hedge slashing risk!
Notional 💯🧪⛓️🏃♂️🏃♀️🏃👀💂
Jacob Gadikian spearheads Notional’s operation. He’s a legend.
Cosmostation 1️⃣💯⚛️🧪⛓️👛🧭👀💂
Cosmostation is the Starname (IOV) chain’s best contributor, in multiple aspects, since block 1️⃣.
AC Validator 💯️🧪⛓️👮👀💂
AC Validator 🚀 has been providing secure blockchain infrastructure across leading Proof-of-Stake protocols in the Cosmos ecosystem. The company has secured more than $50M USD worth of assets under its secure validation infrastructure.
They are focusing on securing our infrastructure with the highest standards and building a strong community to accelerate the adoption and help projects grow.
Based in Italy, the team includes engineers, marketing experts, and social network specialists with more than 20 years of experience in their roles, who are passionate about blockchain technologies.
They currently participate very actively in various projects (Starname, Band Protocol, Akash, Persistence, Fetch ai, Sentinel, Osmosis, Desmos, Rizon,…)
Also, they are the owner of Telegram channels with communities of 10K investors (Band Protocol Italia, IOV Italia, AfterSide Crypto) and also a Youtube channel (AfterSide Crypto). They think communities are very important, so they spend time to educate them through these channels, helping the adoption of crypto, this also helps them to let the investors know about new projects they validate and create interest around the projects.
And last but not least, the Starname IOV Price Bot 🤖 is made by them. 😉
OpenTech Staking 💯️👮👀🧭
OpenTech Staking validator is a 100% uptime validator that reimburses funds in case of any tech issues on their side. This validator is run by a private person from DVS group (former Starname employee) and it is online since almost the very beginning of the Starname network. Delegators can seek for help and high-quality support on the OpenTech group. OpenTech also owns and runs the Starname Russian group, tests Starname’s apps, and is often seen helping with tech requests on the main group.
Anchor Staking ⛓️👀
Based in New York and has an astounding 79.23% self-delegation, meaning they’re putting their money where their mouth is as far as backing starnames goes.
staking.blue
0% commission
StakeLab 🧪⛓️👀
The StakeLab is the first French-speaking validator ready to support you in your decentralized investments. Validating on more than 10 mainnets and multiple testnets, they aim to create a multi-language platform where people can learn about blockchain, investments, security tips and follow their portfolio.
syncnode 1️⃣💯⚛️🧪⛓️👛👀💂
“syncnode is the most underrated validator in the whole Cosmos ecosystem.” Dave Puchyr, CTO@IOV
POSTHUMAN ∞ DVS ⛓️👛👮👀
If you know him, you’ll love him. POSTHUMAN is a champion of Starnames, YouTuber, visionary, designer, musician, zen, living the decentralization on a daily basis and part of the team that created SputnikBot, the peer-to-peer exchange for Cosmos ecosystem tokens. He’s deep into blockchain and running his validator with passion. He reimburses his delegators in case of tech issues on his side.
01node-epyc 1️⃣💯⚛️🧪⛓️👀
Right beside syncnode on being totally underrated, according to Dave Puchyr, CTO@IOV.
Forbole 1️⃣💯⚛️🧪⛓️🧭👮👀💂
Creator of the Big Dipper block explorer & long time supporter 1️⃣.
ATEAM 1️⃣💯⚛️🧪⛓👮👀💂
Rock-solid technical expertise 💯 with a massive self-delegation.
IRISnet-Bianje 1️⃣💯⚛️🧪⛓️👛👀
Trusted by China’s BSN — ‘nuff said.
You are still responsible for your own due research.
Relayers & IBC Transfers
Make sure that the relayers have tokens before you do an IBC transfer. If they don’t have tokens, don’t worry, you won’t lose your funds, but they won’t make it to the destination chain. You can use the Starname App or the Cosmostation wallet to send them tokens. Suggested donations:
20 IOV
0.1 ATOM
10 CRO
Relayers operated by IOV SAS: relayer-atom*iov and relayer-osmo*iov
Relayer operated by Notional: relayer*notional
Relayers operated by in3s.com: relayer-in3s-atom*iov and relayer-in3s-osmo*iov
