We are Fresh*STAKING, one of the earliest validation node operators in the space. We started validating in June 2018 and today we are active in over 16 chains, including:
Secret Network (since genesis)
Near Network (since genesis)
Skale (since genesis)
Polygon (since genesis)
Cosmos (ATOM)
Osmosis
Juno
Akash (since genesis)
Mina (since genesis)
Avalanche
Tezos
We run:
only bare-metal machines
across 4 different datacenters, 2 in the US and 2 in Europe, all Tier III or Tier IV (the highest tiers)
on supported chains, we secure the private keys using an HSM (Hardware Security Module), such as the YubiHSM.
enterprise grade NVME disks (on the validators in RAID 1/mirroring for redundancy)
a combination of custom and off-the-shelf monitoring systems, escalating across two separate timezones for 24/7/365 coverage and cascading alerts
We are members the NEAR Validator Advisory Board and founding members of the Polygon Validator Advisory Board. Our rule for participating in governance is the interests of the delegators first, the ecosystem second and the validators third.
While we don’t (yet) have a marketing budget to hosts AMAs, have an incredible online presence, setup booths at trade shows or even write many blog posts and code to share with the community, our goal is clear: to run the tightest, most secure, stable and performant infrastructure outside of the major cloud providers. This enables peace of mind for our delegators and promotes network decentralization. We let our numbers speak for themselves instead of relying on a large marketing budget.
We provide additional support to the Cosmos Ecosytem by running multiple public RPC infrastructure and relayers.
