Chorus One is excited to announce that our validator is live in the active set on Hyperliquid, enabling HYPE staking in partnership with FalconX, a leading institutional digital asset prime broker. This collaboration combines FalconX’s deep liquidity and institutional reach with Chorus One’s proven Proof-of-Stake expertise—making it easier than ever for institutional investors to participate in the growth of the Hyperliquid ecosystem.
Hyperliquid is an EVM-compatible Layer-1 blockchain powered by the HyperBFT consensus mechanism. The network is designed for performance, supporting on-chain trading and applications with the security and reliability expected from institutional-grade infrastructure.
The native token, $HYPE, underpins the staking economy. Holders can delegate without minimum or maximum limits and currently earn an annualized staking reward of approximately 2.10%–2.30%, distributed daily with automatic compounding. For transparency, all network activity can be tracked through the Hypurrscan block explorer. The chain introduces two major architectural innovations:
By joining the validator set, Chorus One brings years of staking expertise to support Hyperliquid’s vision of building the future of on-chain finance. Together with FalconX, we’re extending secure and institutional-grade access to HYPE staking from day one.
Partnering with FalconX ensures institutional clients gain direct access to staking through a platform trusted by some of the world’s largest financial players. With FalconX’s custody integrations and liquidity services, institutions can easily engage with Hyperliquid staking in a secure, compliant, and capital-efficient way.
Chorus One supports institutions through HYPE staking to our public validator, support for White Label validators, HYPE rewards reporting suite and access to our research team's deep expertise on the Hyperliquid ecosystem, including the HIP-3 Standard which allows for the creation of custom perpetual contract markets.
Contact staking@chorus.one or custody@falconx.io for more information on how to stake.
We’re also collaborating with projects building on Hyperliquid, such as leading liquid staking protocols Kinetiq and Hyperbeat, further embedding ourselves in the ecosystem’s long-term growth.
Hyperliquid is redefining on-chain finance by merging the efficiency of centralized platforms with the openness and transparency of blockchain. With Chorus One and FalconX, HYPE staking is now accessible to both retail and institutional users who want to secure the network while earning consistent rewards.
Get started today with Chorus One and FalconX to join the next era of decentralized finance.
We’re thrilled to congratulate Autonity on its mainnet launch, a major step forward in the evolution of decentralized finance infrastructure. As one of the earliest institutional supporters of Autonity, Chorus One is proud to back this groundbreaking Layer 1 blockchain through both strategic investment and hands-on validator participation.
Autonity is not just another EVM-compatible chain. It’s the first Layer 1 purpose-built for decentralized derivatives clearing, introducing an entirely new design space for programmable risk transfer. Developed by Clearmatics, a pioneer in the application of blockchain to financial instruments, Autonity represents a bold vision: building infrastructure that expands the universe of tradable risk far beyond the narrow boundaries of crypto speculation.
At its core, Autonity addresses a fundamental gap in today’s DeFi landscape: the lack of robust infrastructure for derivatives that can track real-world risks — from macroeconomic indicators like inflation to environmental metrics like global temperatures. Traditional finance fails to offer instruments for many of these exposures, while current DeFi platforms are mostly confined to crypto-native assets, plagued by liquidity fragmentation and inefficiencies.
Autonity’s solution is elegant and deeply considered. By decoupling trading venues from the clearing layer via its Autonomous Futures Protocol (AFP), Autonity creates a unified, permissionless clearinghouse for diverse risk markets. Its architecture allows forecast contracts — a new class of fully on-chain derivatives that follow public time series data — to be created, traded, and settled efficiently, opening doors for innovation in quant finance, machine learning, and institutional risk hedging.
Autonity features:
These primitives work together to provide a flexible, secure, and scalable foundation for derivative instruments that can hedge or speculate on almost anything — not just tokens, but real-world metrics.
We’ve been closely involved with Autonity’s development from its earliest stages. As a strategic validator partner, Chorus One participated in over six testnets, helping to validate network performance, test slashing mechanisms, and refine the protocol’s consensus and oracle systems.
Autonity is also a Chorus One Ventures portfolio company. We believe that enabling programmable, decentralized markets for any measurable risk factor is not only the next step in the evolution of DeFi, but also a fundamental leap forward in how we structure global financial systems.
From concept to code to mainnet, the Autonity team has executed with precision, vision, and purpose. As investors and infrastructure partners, we at Chorus One are honored to have supported this journey, and we’re incredibly excited to see what comes next.
Enabling staking on Cosmos has never been easier for institutions. At Chorus One, we’re committed to making staking accessible, secure, and developer-friendly, whether you’re building a dApp, integrating staking into a wallet, or simply looking to support your favourite Cosmos protocol. Our lightweight yet secure SDK empowers you to enable staking across all supported Cosmos SDK-based protocols with less than 10 lines of code. It also underpins Chorus One’s staking dApps for ATOM, TIA, DYDX and more.
Why Cosmos and the Cosmos SDK?
The Cosmos network is celebrated for its interoperability and modular architecture, powered by the Tendermint BFT consensus engine. This foundation allows independent blockchains to communicate and share data seamlessly, all while maintaining their autonomy. Staking is at the heart of Cosmos, securing the network and rewarding those who participate. Our SDK was built to empower Custodians, Exchanges and Wallet Providers to enable their users to access these benefits.
Chorus One SDK: Staking Made Simple
Don’t let the term “SDK” intimidate you. The Chorus One SDK is designed to be intuitive and lightweight. With just a few lines of code, you can:
We’ve successfully implemented Cosmos staking solutions for industry leaders like Ledger and Cactus, proving robust compatibility and reliability.
Seamless Integration: Under 10 Lines of Code
Here’s how easy it is to get started with staking on Cosmos using our SDK:
import { CosmosStaker } from '@chorus-one/cosmos'
const staker = new CosmosStaker({
rpcUrl: 'http://public-celestia-mocha4-consensus.numia.xyz',
lcdUrl: 'https://api.celestia-mocha.com',
bechPrefix: 'celestia',
denom: 'utia',
denomMultiplier: '1000000',
gas: 250000,
gasPrice: '0.4'
})
Tip: The SDK is fully compatible with popular Cosmos libraries like `@cosmjs/cosmwasm`, making integration with existing projects seamless.
Validator Addresses Made Easy
The SDK provides a pre-populated list of Chorus One validator addresses for all supported Cosmos networks:
import { CHORUS_ONE_COSMOS_VALIDATORS } from '@chorus-one/cosmos'
const validatorAddress = CHORUS_ONE_COSMOS_VALIDATORS.COSMOS
Simplified Staking Operations
The SDK simplifies staking on the Cosmos and other networks by offering easy-to-use methods to perform operations such as staking, unstaking, redelegating, and withdrawing rewards. Here’s a simple example of how to build a staking transaction using the SDK:
const { tx } = await staker.buildStakeTx({
delegatorAddress: 'celestia1x88j7vp2xnw3zec8ur3g4waxycyz7m0mahdv3p',
validatorAddress: 'celestiavaloper15urq2dtp9qce4fyc85m6upwm9xul3049e02707',
amount: '1' // 1 TIA
})
Our SDK delivers a comprehensive end-to-end experience, facilitating signing via leading wallets and supporting transaction broadcasting. It’s common for our clients to have these services in-house, reducing the need for duplication. For more information on our adaptable and straightforward signing enablement and broadcasting, please refer to our in-depth documentation.
Why Choose Chorus One SDK?
Ready to enable staking?
With Chorus One, staking on Cosmos is as simple as it gets. Whether you’re building a new dApp, integrating staking into your product, or exploring Cosmos for the first time, our SDK has you covered.
Explore our technical documentation for a deeper dive and start staking today!
With the launch of Mezo, Bitcoin takes a decisive step into everyday finance—where BTC holders can borrow, spend, and earn without ever selling their Bitcoin.
At Chorus One, we’re proud to support this pivotal moment by securing the network that powers Mezo’s onchain Bitcoin banking.
Bitcoin is the most secure and decentralized asset in crypto, yet it’s often treated as passive. Mezo changes that by making BTC productive capital without compromising sovereignty.
At the heart of Mezo is MUSD, a 100% Bitcoin-backed stablecoin. Users post BTC as collateral and borrow MUSD at fixed, transparent rates (from 1%) with up to 90% LTV, opening stable liquidity for bills, purchases, treasury, and opportunities, all while keeping their upside in Bitcoin.
From fixed-rate borrowing to Bitcoin-backed stablecoin spending, Mezo is building the core primitives for a circular, user-owned Bitcoin economy.
Learn more about Mezo’s Bitcoin-backed stablecoin loans
Borrowing on Mezo: live now—with Chorus One
Mezo’s mainnet brings BTC-collateralized borrowing to everyone. Open a position, borrow MUSD, deploy liquidity onchain or off-chain, and repay anytime to unlock your BTC. Activity on Mezo rewards early participation (e.g., Mezo Points) and will evolve as the network matures.
Everything is onchain and transparent, aligned with Bitcoin’s ethos of security and self-custody.
🔐 Want to learn more? Contact us here.
As a validator and infrastructure provider for Mezo, Chorus One is proud to help secure the network at mainnet launch, playing a foundational role in bringing Bitcoin staking to life. Our involvement is part of a broader commitment to supporting the next generation of Bitcoin-native finance—an emerging landscape of L2s driving innovation in the Bitcoin ecosystem.
As one of the world’s most trusted staking providers, Chorus One brings the reliability and resilience this new financial infrastructure demands. We operate with ISO27001-certified security, 99.9% uptime across 40+ protocols, and a globally distributed infrastructure spanning 16 countries and 300+ points of presence. Every validator we run is backed by years of protocol expertise, automated operations, and proactive failover systems designed to ensure your assets stay safe and your rewards are delivered.
Choosing Chorus One means staking with a provider trusted by some of the largest names in crypto—and one fully aligned with Bitcoin’s ethos of security, transparency, and self-sovereignty.
👉To learn more, click here.
To get started staking your BTC, click here.
🟠 Remember, Mezo Points are just the beginning. These rewards will evolve into native BTC-based incentives as the network progresses.
To learn more, visit Mezo’s docs here.
Bitcoin is no longer just digital gold. With the launch of Mezo, and the continued development of BitcoinFi, its becoming increasingly programmable, productive, and participatory.
BTC holders can now engage in decentralized finance without bridging to Ethereum, giving up custody, or sacrificing Bitcoin’s principles. Mezo offers the infrastructure to do this natively—and Chorus One provides the trusted path to participate securely.
We’re excited to help shape this next chapter and invite you to join us at the forefront of Bitcoin’s evolution.
👉Are you an institution looking to stake your BTC? Get in touch today!
As a world-leading staking provider and node operator, we’re excited to support this next phase of Ethereum and the opportunities it unlocks. In this article, we’ll explore what Pectra is, its impact on the staking economy, and how Chorus One is delivering best-in-class experiences for stakers in this new era.
Ready? Let's dive into the Pectra upgrade!
Pectra is a major milestone in Ethereum’s proof-of-stake evolution. By raising validator stake limits, enabling auto-compounding, introducing partial withdrawals, and accelerating activations, this upgrade makes staking more scalable, capital-efficient, and accessible for both solo stakers and institutional participants.
At the heart of Pectra is the massive increase in validator stake capacity. The upgrade’s marquee proposal, EIP-7251, raises a validator’s Maximum Effective Balance (MEB) from the rigid 32 ETH limit to 2,048 ETH, through the introduction of a new validator type using the 0x02 withdrawal prefix. This permits large node operators to consolidate into fewer validators, while allowing for compounding rewards, and more flexible increments for stakers operating under the new 2048 ETH limit.
It’s all about reductions. Reduced nodes leads to reduced network congestion, which further results in:
When a new node is added to the Ethereum network, all nodes must exchange attestations with it (P2P messages), and the beacon chain must store information about that validator (balance, status, etc.). All of this exponentially increases congestion as each new validator is added to the network.
Currently, there are approximately 1 million nodes on Ethereum, with around 32 million ETH staked. With Pectra, a single validator can secure up to 64× more ETH, allowing for the consolidation of dozens of separate validator instances into one. If all ETH were consolidated into 0x02 validators, the size of the validator set would go down to 15,625. This may seem like an extreme or unrealistic conversion rate, but we actually expect the conversion rate to be pretty high over time. Of the 32M ETH staked, nearly 13.3M is in Liquid Staking Protocols, pools that aggregate ETH from users, and as such are extremely likely to consolidate in order to reduce operational overhead and slashing risk. A large portion of the remaining ETH is held by institutional holders, CEXs, etc., with holdings in excess of 2048 ETH; which will also likely be consolidated.
So, there is actually a pretty good chance that over the next 12 months, the number of ETH nodes will go down by 100x, massively improving network efficiency.
The original Ethereum staking framework was rigid, with each validator capped at 32 ETH, and any rewards earned beyond this amount had no impact on returns. In order to optimize rewards, operators were required to manually withdraw funds and secure an additional 32 ETH before spinning up a new validator. With EIP-7251, these rewards can be automatically reinvested up to the new 2,048 ETH cap, allowing for auto-compounding of the staking rewards.
At the same time, this makes staking more flexible than ever. Instead of the fixed 32 ETH increments, stakers will be able to allocate any amount between 32 ETH and 2,048 ETH within a single validator. This means that a user with 40 ETH could stake their entire balance, as opposed to under the old framework, where they would have to secure an additional 22 ETH (for a total of 64) and spin up an entirely new validator. This benefits both individual stakers and large-scale operators, enhancing capital efficiency and allowing for more tailored staking strategies.
Historically, only validators could initiate exits, meaning stakers had to rely on node operators to process withdrawals. This created a trust dependency, particularly in staking-as-a-service models and pooled staking setups, where participants had limited control over their staked assets.
Pectra addresses this with EIP-7002, which allows the execution-layer withdrawal address to directly trigger validator exits. This means that instead of depending on validator operators, stakers can now independently initiate withdrawals, giving them greater control over their funds.
Beyond full exits, Pectra also refines partial withdrawals, allowing validators to seamlessly withdraw excess ETH beyond the 32 ETH staking requirement. Previously, while partial withdrawals were enabled in the Shanghai upgrade, they were processed in batches, sometimes leading to delays and inefficiencies. With Pectra, this process becomes more efficient, ensuring that staking rewards are automatically withdrawn without requiring validator intervention or disrupting staking activity.
By shifting exit control to the execution layer and optimizing partial withdrawals, Pectra enhances staker autonomy, reduces trust dependencies, and improves liquidity in Ethereum’s staking ecosystem.
Before Pectra, when users staked ETH, it remained in the deposit contract until it was processed and assigned to a validator, a process that could take hours or even days, leading to delays in activation.
Pectra improves this with EIP-6110, which embeds validator deposit data directly in execution layer blocks. This eliminates the need for validators to pull deposit data from the beacon chain separately, significantly reducing activation wait times. The benefits of this are:
This upgrade streamlines validator activations, making Ethereum’s staking process more efficient and responsive.
Currently, on Ethereum, the minimum slashing penalty (for double signing) is 1 ETH. This is calculated by dividing the effective balance by 32. Since the effective balance pre-Pectra is always 32, the slashing amount is almost always exactly 1 ETH.
However, with the stake limit changed to 2048 ETH, if a fully consolidated node is slashed, you could incur a 64 ETH penalty for each double sign. This penalty is very high and might disincentivize staking, harming overall network security.
To mitigate this, Pectra will change the slashing penalty to 1/4,096 of the total stake. So, if a node has the maximum effective balance (MEB) of 2048 and gets slashed, the new penalty would be 2048/4096, which amounts to 0.5 ETH. This lower penalty is to encourage the consolidation of validators by reducing risk. Effectively, with the Pectra upgrade, you have a higher ARR, initially at a lower slashing risk. However, this might change as the number of nodes comes down. This is a massive argument in favor of users switching to 0x02 validators.
With Pectra, Ethereum staking is entering a new era of efficiency, flexibility, and accessibility. In the next section, we’ll explore how Chorus One is implementing Pectra’s advancements to deliver higher rewards, seamless staking experiences, and cutting-edge innovations for our clients.
As mentioned previously, Pectra introduces a new validator type (0x02 prefix) that allows for larger stake limits, automated compounding, and operational efficiency. At Chorus One, we are committed to providing our clients with the most optimized staking experience, ensuring they fully benefit from these improvements while maintaining network integrity and performance.
We understand that different stakers have different needs. That’s why Chorus One will continue to support both validator prefix types (0x01 and 0x02). However, we strongly encourage our clients to transition to the 0x02 validator type, as it offers higher rewards through compounded rewards, while also enhancing network efficiency.
For existing Chorus One clients, we offer a smooth transition to Pectra’s 0x02 validator format. For new clients, if you’re considering moving your stake to Chorus One, enjoy a seamless onboarding process, where you can deploy a new 0x02 validator, maximizing staking efficiency from day one.
To ensure our clients experience the full benefit of Pectra’s compounding feature, Chorus One will implement a custom effective balance limit for 0x02 validators, set at 1910 ETH. This accounts for around 2 years of compounding rewards at a rate of 3.5% annualized, before reaching the 2048 ETH cap, allowing for sustained reward optimization.
At Chorus One, we optimize staking operations in order to maximize performance and rewards. Through leading early-stage research, collaboration with other industry leaders, and advanced testing of new implementations, we aim to provide our clients with the highest possible returns, while actively contributing to Ethereum’s long-term security and efficiency.
Ethereum validators play a crucial role in Maximal Extractable Value (MEV). Our team is at the forefront of reward optimization for our stakers. In 2024, we worked on our proprietary mev-boost fork called Adagio. Our research showed that Adagio delivered a total improvement of 16.67% in MEV rewards from June 2024 until the end of the year. To learn more, click here.
In 2025, we stopped using the Adagio model as relays began to exploit timing games. Our focus has now shifted to optimizing connectivity to relays rather than fine-tuning timing parameters. Since then, we’ve focused on:
This way, we’re able to optimize for rewards and performance for our stakers.
We stay ahead of the curve by actively testing and implementing groundbreaking technologies that enhance staking rewards. Working alongside key players, including Chainbound/Bold, Primev, and ETHGas, we stay vigilant in testing and implementing cutting-edge solutions. In fact, Chorus One led the first-ever preconfirmations using Bolt during the ZuBerlin and Helder testnets.
We have since continued to conduct and share our research, with the most recent additions being our research paper on Pricing Transactions for Preconfirmations. You can also try out our preconfs dashboard, which allows you to test pricing strategies across more than 400k transactions. Plus, access our very own Random Forest Model, which outperformed even the Geth’s heuristics-based transaction fee-pricing.
We provide unique opportunities to enhance staking rewards through Distributed Validator Technology (DVT), in collaboration with industry leaders such as Obol and SSV. Our deep involvement in Ethereum research and development positions us as the most capable and reliable staking operator.
Want to start maximizing your ETH staking rewards with a leading staking provider?
This wouldn't be an analysis of Pectra without addressing the elephant in the room, Holesky. On Monday, February 24, 2025, the Pectra upgrade was activated on the Holesky testnet. Unfortunately, a bug in specific Execution Layer (EL) clients (specifically Geth, Nethermind, and Besu) caused them to use the wrong deposit contract address. As a result, these clients processed a block incorrectly, leading to a network split where:
This divergence created two chains:
Because most validators followed the incorrect chain, the overall network health degraded, making it difficult for nodes to sync to the correct chain and potentially undermining the reliability of testnet transactions.
To resolve the issue, Ethereum developers proposed a coordinated slashing approach. The plan aimed to:
Holesky validators were instructed to update their clients to patched versions, sync to the valid chain and disable slashing protection by slot 3737760 to enable attestations to the correct chain.
A coordination call was scheduled to guide node operators, with Chorus One among the participants. Unfortunately, this slashing experiment failed, leaving Holesky in a prolonged period of instability.
In response, Ethereum developers launched a new testnet called Hoodi in late March 2025. Chorus One became one of the 29 Hoodi genesis validators to help with the network’s launch and to be among the first entities active on the new testnet for Pectra. Hoodi mirrors mainnet conditions more closely, with a similar validator count and infrastructure. Pectra was deployed there and finalized just 30 minutes after activation, a sharp contrast to the Holesky failure. Hoodi is now expected to replace Holesky as Ethereum’s primary public testnet later this year.
The Hoodi deployment serves as the final dress rehearsal for Pectra.
The Pectra Hardfork represents a watershed moment for Ethereum, redefining what’s possible for both individual stakers and large-scale institutions. As a leading validator service provider, Chorus One stands at the forefront of these changes, offering modern solutions that transform the way you stake and manage your crypto assets.
If you’re ready to experience optimal performance, higher rewards, and a truly next-gen staking platform, contact us or visit our website to learn more about how Chorus One can help you thrive in the Pectra era. Let’s enter this exciting new chapter of Ethereum staking together.
Nillion has officially launched its mainnet, ushering in a new era of private, decentralized computation. Chorus One has supported the network since early days, including the Genesis Sprint and Catalyst Convergence phases. With the mainnet launch, we are now proud to join the network as a Genesis Validator, and support $NIL staking from day one!
If you're looking for a trusted validator, backed by a team of 35+ engineers committed to delivering a best-in-class staking experience, select the Chorus One validator and start staking with us today!
The rapid expansion of AI-driven applications and platforms in has revolutionized everything from email composition to the rise of virtual influencers. AI has permeated countless aspects of our daily lives, offering unprecedented convenience and capabilities. However, with this explosive growth comes an increasingly urgent question: How can we enjoy the benefits of AI without compromising our privacy? This concern extends beyond AI to other domains where sensitive data exchange is critical, such as healthcare, identity verification, and trading. While privacy is often viewed as an impediment to these use cases, Nillion posits that it can actually be an enabler. In this article, we'll delve into the current challenges surrounding private data exchange, how Nillion addresses these issues, and explore the potential it unlocks.
Privacy in blockchain technology is not a novel concept. Over the years, several protocols have emerged, offering solutions like private transactions and obfuscation of user identities. However, privacy extends far beyond financial transactions. It could be argued that privacy has the potential to unlock a multitude of non-financial use cases—if only we could compute on private data without compromising its confidentiality. Feeding private data into generative AI platforms or allowing them to train on user-generated content raises significant privacy concerns.
Every day, we unknowingly share fragments of our data through various channels. This data can be categorized into three broad types:
The publicly shared data has fueled the growth of social media and the internet, generating billions of dollars in economic value and creating jobs. Companies have capitalized on this data to improve algorithms and enhance targeted advertising, leading to a concentration of data within a few powerful entities, as evidenced by scandals like Cambridge Analytica. Users, often unaware of the implications, continue to feed these data monopolies, further entrenching their dominance. With the rise of AI wearables, the potential for privacy invasion only increases.
As awareness of the importance of privacy grows, it becomes clear that while people are generally comfortable with their data being used, they want its contents to remain confidential. This desire for privacy presents a significant challenge: how can we allow services to use data without revealing the underlying information? Traditional encryption methods require decryption before computation, which introduces security vulnerabilities and increases the risk of data misuse.
Another critical issue is the concentration of sensitive data. Ideally, high-value data should be decentralized to avoid central points of failure, but sharing data across multiple parties or nodes raises concerns about efficiency and consistent security standards.
This is where Nillion comes in. While blockchains have decentralized transactions, Nillion seeks to decentralize high-value data itself.
Nillion is a secure computation network designed to decentralize trust for high-value data. It addresses privacy challenges by leveraging Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs), particularly Multi-Party Computation (MPC). These PETs enable users to securely store high-value data on Nillion's peer-to-peer network of nodes and allow computations to be executed on the masked data itself. This approach eliminates the need to decrypt data prior to computation, thereby enhancing the security of sensitive information.
The Nillion network enables computations on hidden data, unlocking new possibilities across various sectors. Early adopters in the Nillion community are already building tools for private predictive AI, secure storage and compute solutions for healthcare, password management, and trading data. Developers can create applications and services that utilize PETs like MPC to perform blind computations on private user data without revealing it to the network or other users.
The Nillion Network operates through two interdependent layers:
When decentralized applications (dApps) or other blockchain networks require privacy-enhanced data (e.g., blind computations), they must pay in $NIL, the network's native token. The Coordination Layer's nodes manage the payments between the dApp and the Petnet, while infrastructure providers on the Petnet are rewarded in $NIL for securely storing data and performing computations.
The Coordination Layer functions as a Cosmos chain, with infrastructure providers staking $NIL to secure the network, just like in other Cosmos-based chains. This dual-layer architecture ensures that Nillion can scale effectively while maintaining robust security and privacy standards.
At the heart of Nillion's architecture is the concept of clustering. Each cluster consists of a variable number of nodes tailored to meet specific security, cost, and performance requirements. Unlike traditional blockchains, Nillion's compute network does not rely on a global shared state, allowing it to scale both vertically and horizontally. As demand for storage or compute power increases, clusters can scale up their infrastructure or new clusters of nodes can be added.
Clusters can be specialized to handle different types of requests, such as provisioning large amounts of storage for secrets or utilizing specific hardware to accelerate particular computations. This flexibility enables the Nillion network to adapt to various use cases and workloads.
$NIL is the governance and staking token of the Nillion network, playing a crucial role in securing and managing the network. Its primary functions include:
Nillion's advanced data privacy capabilities open up a wide range of potential use cases, both within and beyond the crypto space:
Chorus One is a genesis validator on the Nillion mainnet, and is officially supporting $NIL staking. To stake your $NIL with us, select the Chorus One validator at the link below, and begin staking with us today!
At Chorus One, we aim to provide users with a best-in-class experience across a wide variety of networks. To maintain this standard, we periodically assess our supported networks for current and future viability. In light of market conditions and lower network activity, we have made the decision to stop supporting the networks below at the end of this month. These include:
These changes are part of an ongoing effort to streamline our focus and dedicate resources to networks with stronger long-term growth potential.
We are proud to have supported these networks and their users. However, there are a few trends we have observed that have led to our decision:
If you’re currently staking tokens on any of these networks, we kindly ask that you migrate them to a different validator by March 31, 2025. After this date, staking rewards from our public nodes will no longer be guaranteed. Please ensure your tokens are unstaked or re-delegated before then.
To view all current supported networks, node addresses, and APY, click here.
This decision allows us to allocate more resources and attention to the networks that show the most promise in terms of activity, user growth, and long-term sustainability. As we continue to grow and evolve, we remain committed to offering the best staking services and supporting the most innovative and active networks in the industry.
If you have any questions or need assistance with unstaking your tokens, our support team is here to help. Feel free to reach out to us via support@chorus.one.
Chorus One is one of the largest institutional staking providers globally, operating infrastructure for over 60 Proof-of-Stake (PoS) networks, including Ethereum, Cosmos, Solana, Avalanche, Near, and others. Since 2018, we have been at the forefront of the PoS industry, offering easy-to-use, enterprise-grade staking solutions, conducting industry-leading research, and investing in innovative protocols through Chorus One Ventures. As an ISO 27001 certified provider, Chorus One also offers slashing and double-signing insurance to its institutional clients. For more information, visit chorus.one or follow us on LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter), and Telegram.
Berachain is officially live on mainnet. This marks the beginning of a transformative period for DeFi, where security and liquidity scale together under Berachain’s novel Proof-of-Liquidity (PoL) consensus.
The goal of Berachain’s proof-of-liquidity (PoL) consensus mechanism is to allow security and liquidity to scale together. In traditional proof-of-stake (PoS) blockchains, a substantial amount of capital is locked to ensure network security. This staked capital, while ensuring network security, remains idle, and does not contribute to the liquidity of the ecosystem. The fundamental idea behind proof-of-liquidity is to remove this trade-off between security and liquidity, by directly incentivizing DeFi activity with sustainable staking revenues.
Berachain’s economic design revolves around three distinct tokens:
Validators propose blocks based on their $BERA stake and distribute emissions of $BGT, which can be allocated to Reward Vaults. The amount of emissions they can distribute depends on their $BGT stake, if we want to mention this: (1) How often they propose depends on their $BERA stake. (2) How much $BGT they distribute upon proposal depends on their $BGT stake.Users providing DeFi liquidity can stake their receipt tokens in these reward vaults to be eligible for $BGT rewards.
BEX: The Berachain Exchange
BEX is a native decentralized exchange featuring House Pools and Metapools to enhance liquidity efficiency. Liquidity providers not only earn trading fees but also accumulate $BGT, which can be staked with validators to influence governance and optimize emissions.
Bends: Native Lending Markets
Bends allows users to borrow $HONEY against collateral such as ETH, BTC, and USDC. By interacting with Bends, users deepen liquidity while simultaneously earning $BGT emissions, creating a dual-incentive model for sustainable lending.
Berps: Perpetual Futures TradingBerps is Berachain’s native perpetual futures exchange, offering high-performance derivatives trading with deep liquidity and efficient capital deployment.
With Berachain’s unique emission mechanics, delegators need a sophisticated strategy to maximize returns. This is where BeraBoost comes in—an automated allocation algorithm developed by Chorus One Research that dynamically optimizes $BGT distribution to maximize rewards.
Validators on Berachain play a crucial role in emission allocation. Delegators who stake with a validator benefit from the validator’s strategy for directing emissions to Reward Vaults. BeraBoost takes this a step further by:
This mirrors how traditional DeFi yield farming strategies work but integrates them directly at the consensus level. As Camila Ramos highlighted in this thread, Berachain’s PoL effectively allows users to outsource their farming strategies to validators, providing an avenue for both sophisticated and unsophisticated users to optimize their returns without active management.
Learn more about BeraBoost here.
Berachain’s Proof-of-Liquidity introduces a fundamental shift in blockchain economics. By aligning security with capital efficiency, Berachain not only enhances validator incentives but also fosters deeper liquidity for the entire ecosystem. The introduction of BeraBoost further refines this model, allowing delegators to passively maximize returns while reinforcing the network’s decentralized security.With mainnet now live, Berachain is poised to redefine on-chain liquidity dynamics, governance participation, and validator incentives—all while maintaining seamless Ethereum compatibility. Builders, liquidity providers, and institutional players now have a powerful new platform to engage with.
To get started with staking or liquidity provisioning, reach out to us at staking@chorus.one and check out our staking guide here. The era of Proof-of-Liquidity is here.
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