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Dappnode: Plug-n-Play Decentralization - Eduardo Antuña, Pol Lanski

Episode Summary

We were joined by Eduardo Antuña and Pol Lanski to discuss the challenges of staking decentralization and how Dappnode empowers solo stakers to run their own nodes, at home.

Episode Notes

In a world where everyone chases every basis point of marginal return, core values are often overlooked. The emergence of liquid staking protocols made stake delegation a norm rather than an exception. The hassles of running their own node and dealing with slashing risks were often too much of a burden for regular users. Dappnode offers both hardware and open-source software solutions for home stakers which are as facile to implement as a plug-n-play device. Their newly released Dappnode Smooth aims to offer the advantages of staking pools (via smart contracts), without centralisation risks.

Topics covered in this episode:

• Eduardo’s and Pol’s backgrounds
• Founding Dappnode
• Dappnode userbase
• Supported networks
• Dappnode’s tech stack
• Setting up Dappnode
• Dappstore
• Updating nodes
• Dappnode hardware usage percentage
• Dappnode Smooth
• Solo staking vs. liquid staking
• Distributed validator technology (DVT)
• Restaking
• ETH issuance
• Future roadmap for Dappnode

Episode links:

• Eduardo Antuna on Twitter
• Pol Lanski on Twitter
• Dappnode on Twitter

Sponsors:

• Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.io
• Chorus1: Chorus1 is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.one

This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst.