A big benefit of the crypto world is its decentralization. At the same time it comes at the risk of giving a lot of power to bigger players. Therfore, we have decided to broaden our portfolio by launching our own validator on Osmosis in Germany – Validatus. This is done to help secure the network against idiosyncratic influences and to insure the reliability of the networks.

Why It’s Important to Stake with Small Validators
One of the main issues facing PoS blockchains is the centralization of voting power. It’s a huge problem. Staking with centralized exchanges, like Coinbase or Binance is super convenient. So, people stake directly from those platforms without knowing what they compromise.
Dec 2 · 6 min read