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.