Lunie On-Chain Notifications For Proof of Stake Validators

James Ryan Moreau
Lunie HQ
Published in
4 min readOct 13, 2020

Blockchain network infrastructure providers, otherwise known as validators, bakers, etc are absolutely critical to the proof of stake (PoS) networks we see growing in the cryptocurrency industry today. For anyone who has ever tried to set up and maintain a node of any kind on any network, you’d know it’s hard work!

Even on the most mature PoS networks we still see a lack of tooling that makes the job of running a professional infrastructure service business even more challenging than it should be. Lunie recognizes the type of work that goes into this important role in the space and we are excited to show how Lunie Notifications can help.

Monitoring, Support and Engagement Made Easy

Many validators are devops experts and are able to set up monitoring tools of their own creation or using existing products and tools, however most of those are for their own use. Getting a text message or call in the middle of the night if a server goes down for the lead engineer is obviously useful, but turning that information and other less severe occurrences into actionable insights for themselves and their delegators can often lie just beyond the reach of what validators are going to provide.

Lunie Notifications can alert users to rewards distributions, validator profile changes and updates, and commission changes to name a few. For validators own usage, alerts on slashing and downtime can also be created automatically through Lunie and delivered through customized channels.

Validators can also use Lunie Notifications as a way to provide a higher level of support to their delegators. Currently most validators maintain some sort of chat environment like Telegram or Discord where the team can be reached, however in the age of information overload, it’s easy to forget about these chats as our messages pile up unread. With Lunie Notifications validators can make sure that specific messages and alerts get sent exactly where users want them via email, slack notification or customizable message types through our API.

Retaining Your Community of Customers Through Strong Communication

The node operator businesses operate in a competitive market with tight profit margins where the name of the game is not only raising awareness of the technical prowess and trustworthiness of the team but also keeping delegators engaged once you have them.

Why not go beyond the standard fair of an occasional email newsletter, pinned post on Telegram and Twitter update with something more timely and specific to each of your individual customers’ needs? Of course this is too difficult to do for every single delegator on a manual and custom basis, but with Lunie Notifications giving delegators the option to opt-in for future alerts they choose through the channels they prefer offers amazing value and benefit to them.

Are you a validator? Or are you a delegator who wishes your validators used Lunie Notifications? Please get in touch or share this post with them!

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