Validator Approved: Apus Digital

1. #1DrAmandaLMartin01-05-2025source ↗
   
   

   The following Validator Application has passed for Apus Digital

   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.

   Deploy your validator on MainNet:

   • Set up your own node using the public docs.
   • Alternatively, ask one of our partners to spin up your validator node today. Reach out via Slack for more information.

   Slack

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   → Please let me know if others in your org should also receive an invite.

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   High-Level Steps:

   1. Spin up your node on DevNet
   2. On Slack, share the fixed IP you'd like whitelisted on DevNet for your Validator node
   3. Spin up your node for DevNet
   4. Request a DevNet onboarding secret - via API call (curl)
   5. Spin up your node on Mainnet
   6. On Slack, share your fixed IP you'd like whitelisted on MainNet for your Validator node
   7. Spin up your node on MainNet
   8. Reach out directly on Slack DM to request a MainNet onboarding secret

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   ---------- Forwarded message ---------
   From: <amartin@...>
   Date: Thu, Apr 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM
   Subject: Validator Approved: Apus Digital
   To: <amartin@...>

   Validator Operator Submission Details

   Name of Applying Institution:
   Apus Digital

   
   

   URL to website of Applying Institution:
   https://apus.vc/

   
   

   Applying Institution email:
   philip@...

   
   

   Short description of Applying Institution :
   An Incubator that helps different companies leverage the Canton network for their indicidual buisnesses. Our portfolio companies include banks, art dealers and NFT market places.

   
   

   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. :
   We would like to help existing businesses use the Canton network to improve their offerings. Due to some of our clients privacy concerns we prefer to operate our own node than use a third party.

   
   

   Contact at an existing Node Operator who will sponsor your onboarding process:
   sophia.roman@...

   
   

   How did you hear about us?:
   

   
   

   Country of Incorporation :
   

   
   

   
   
   

   Best,
   Dr. Amanda L. Martin
   814-359-6544
   The Linux Foundation
   Director of Program Management
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