Chorus One

Our Partnership with the Regen Network

Learn about the Regen Network, what the network aims to achieve, and how Chorus One is planning to support their vision by partnering with the Regen team. Building the tools and incentive structures necessary for ecological regeneration.

Q&A

Celo Q&A with Marek Olszewski

Celo is building a mobile-first smart contract platform with a built-in stablecoin system to tackle financial inclusion in emerging economies. This post is a transcript of our Telegram chat with Marek Olszewski, CTO of C Labs covering various details of the Celo platform.

Staking Economy

Staking Economy #27: Transitions

Updates from Ethereum's Devcon, Aragon's PoS Chain, OpenLibra, Trustwallet's staking platform, and more staking-relevant news and content.

Q&A

AVA Q&A with Kevin Sekniqi

A discussion with AVA co-founder Kevin Sekniqi covering AVA's staking implementation and other core design features, its differentiation to other smart contract platforms, as well as timeline, launch plans, and details on the inner workings of Avalanche consensus.

Staking Economy

Staking Economy #26: Post-Mortem

Binance and KuCoin staking platforms, failed Cosmos Hub upgrade, updates from Coda and Regen testnets, Matic economics, and plug-and-play incognito validator.

Q&A

Edgeware Q&A with Dillon Chen

Transcript of the Telegram Q&A covering Edgeware (re)launch, how Commonwealth Labs got founded, protocol governance design and experimentation.

Q&A

The Future of Proof-of-Stake Q&A with Brian Crain

Transcript of the "The Future of Proof-of-Stake" discussion with Brian Crain, CEO of Chorus One. Topics include Brian's background, why he is focusing on PoS, the concept of decentralization, staking yields and lending protocols, governance, and more.

Staking Economy

Staking Economy #25: Diversification

This issue covers stake distribution and diversification on the Cosmos Hub, Eth2.0 client interoperability, Polkadot parathreads, views on staking from China, and other PoS network updates including Loom, CasperLabs, Cardano, Flow, NEAR and NuCypher.

Cosmos

Analyzing Stake Distribution and Diversification on the Cosmos Hub

The Cosmos Hub is one of the first live Proof-of-Stake networks. This analysis highlights how stake is distributed across validators and how token holders engage with the system, particularly looking at whether stakers diversify across validators.

Staking Economy

Staking Economy #24: Quo Vadis

A recap of Berlin Blockchain Week and the state of the staking ecosystem; staking AMA series; Tezos governance platform Agora and Oasis, Skale and Solana testnets

Q&A

tBTC Q&A with Matt Luongo

The transcript of our Q&A session with Matt Luongo, CEO at Thesis (Keep Network). Covering how tBTC is using the Keep Network to bring Bitcoin to Ethereum, how tBTC differs from other interoperability solutions, and more.

Terra

Risks and Rewards when Staking Luna on the Terra Network

An overview of risk and reward factors to consider when staking Luna on the Terra network. Including explanations of price stability, slashing, as well as fee mechanisms and parameters, details about unbonding and more!

Q&A

Agoric Q&A with Dean Tribble

The transcript of our Q&A session with Dean Tribble, CEO of Agoric. Including special guest Mark Miller! Going deep into Agoric's design approach to smart contracts.

Staking Economy

Staking Economy #23: History Repeats

A breakdown of the history of Proof-of-Stake, Terra staking, Harmony EPoS and testnet competition Pangea, Cosmos foundation delegations and more!

Terra

Terra Q&A with Do Kwon

Summary of our AMA with Do Kwon from Terra Money about the state of their stablecoin and payments network including questions on adoption, technology, regulatory, and more!

Research

A Brief History of Proof-of-Stake

How fundamental economic concepts made it into the world of digital assets and the history of Proof-of-Stake from Sunny King's Peercoin over Tendermint and Cosmos to Casper and Eth2.0 etc.

Cosmos

Announcement: Commission Rate Halvening!

Chorus One is decreasing its commission rate on the Cosmos Hub to 7.5%. Learn about the core benefits of delegating to the Chorus One validator.

Research

Decentralized Payment Processing for the Internet of Blockchains

An explanation of our winning Cosmos Seoul Hackathon entry Babelfish, an auction protocol for the multi-token Cosmos fee ecosystem.

Staking Economy

Staking Economy #22: Sustainability

Crypto and its impact on climate change, Maker competitor Kava's staking details, Cosmos 0% fee discussions and IBC spec, Solana's raise and the Tezos Babylon upgrade.

Research

Pioneering the First Green Proof-of-Stake Validator

Chorus One is going to offset its carbon emissions and turn into the first climate positive staking provider with help of the Regen Network. Help decide which pilot project to support as part of this effort by taking the poll linked in this post.

Staking Economy

Staking Economy #21: Testing Ground

Staking user and key player study, Polkadot's testing ground network Kusama, ETH2.0 AMA, NEAR fundraise, Solana's key technologies

Staking Economy

Staking Economy #20: Quality or Quantity

First Cosmos slashing, Poloniex staking, Vest staking reward futures, Eth2.0 spec freeze, Harmony and Wanchain staking, Chorus One Podcast

Technology

A Comprehensive Guide to the Chorus Validator Infrastructure

A 19-page overview of all the elements of the Chorus Validator infrastructure including high-level objectives and how our architecture achieves them.

Research

Announcing the Chorus One Podcast

The Chorus One Podcast will provide an outlet that covers relevant topics and projects tangential to Chorus One on a weekly basis. This intersection involves staking, blockchain governance, interoperability, and decentralized finance in general.

Staking Economy

Staking Economy #19: Big Tech goes BFT

Libra announcement and implications, takeaways from Cosmos week in Berlin, Algorand auctions, Tour de Sol, and a potential Tezos fork.

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