Validator Approved: ChainSafe Systems
The following Validator Application has passed for ChainSafe Systems
Congratulations on having your validator approved! We're very excited to have you spin up your validator node and join mainnet. Please find the next steps below. Feel free to reach out with any questions.
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- Spin up your node on DevNet
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- Spin up your node on Mainnet
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From: <amartin@...>
Date: Thu, Apr 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Subject: Validator Approved: ChainSafe Systems
To: <amartin@...>Validator Operator Submission Details
Name of Applying Institution:
ChainSafe SystemsURL to website of Applying Institution:
www.chainsafe.ioApplying Institution email:
hatcher@...Short description of Applying Institution :
At ChainSafe, we build and operate core infrastructure that web3 needs to thrive - from alternative clients to libraries, plugins and developer tools. Our mission is to build decentralized crypto-economic systems that drive positive change. With deep protocol engineering expertise, ChainSafe naturally expanded from building to also operating infrastructure. ChainSafe’s Infrastructure team provides staking and public goods services across Ethereum, Polkadot and Filecoin. We have consistently acted as responsible stewards of open web3 technologies, with infrastructure that has proven to be both reliable and scalable.Please provide information about why you believe you qualify to operate Validators in the Canton Network and why you would prefer to do this yourself instead of using one of the existing operators. :
ChainSafe brings hands-on experience operating staking infrastructure across a range of networks, including: - Ethereum solo staking - Lido Curated Module node operators (top15 based on RATED) - Obol DVT (Ethereum) - WalletConnect - Rocketpool - Aztec - Ephemery Ethereum testnet - Kusama active validator set These services rely on managing multi-cloud infrastructure at scale, using diversified client implementations for resilience and performance. However, our knowledge and abilities extend beyond staking. We also have production expertise with: Operating historical snapshot services for multiple ecosystems RPC node deployments at scale Automated testnet deployment and operation Rollup infrastructure architecture End-to-end service deployment automation Network observability and alerting, including on-chain monitoringContact at an existing Node Operator who will sponsor your onboarding process:
Yiannis varelas - Five NorthHow did you hear about us?:
Country of Incorporation :
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Dr. Amanda L. Martin
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