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Research, incident reviews, and staking operations guides from the FortisX team
Ops Playbook
8 min read
Apr 18, 2023
Ethereum Withdrawals Operations: Exit Queues, Partial Withdrawals, Monitoring
Operate withdrawals as a queueing system with defined checkpoints Withdrawals add a flow dimension to validator operations. The flow has throughput limits, it moves in stages,...
Protocol Updates
6 min read
Apr 13, 2023
Shanghai/Capella (“Shapella”) Upgrade: What Changes for Stakers and Ops
Withdrawals turn validator operations into a full lifecycle Shapella connected two parts of the Ethereum stack: Shanghai on the execution layer and Capella on the consensus la...
Risk Clinic
8 min read
Mar 9, 2023
Exit Liquidity Under Stress: Modeling Worst-Case Demand and Recovery Paths
When exits accelerate, the real constraint becomes throughput with rules Exit liquidity sounds like a simple feature until demand arrives as a burst. At that point, the produc...
Data Methodology
7 min read
Feb 14, 2023
Handling Reorgs and Finality: A Practical Guide for Staking Analytics
Define chain confidence up front, then design for rewrites near head Staking analytics sits between fast chain observation and slower operational certainty. Dashboards want ti...
Year Kickoff
7 min read
Jan 17, 2023
2023 Staking Risk Outlook: What We Expect to Matter Operationally
The themes that will shape day-to-day execution A staking program becomes predictable when risk is handled as an operating input. Teams gain stability through repeatable revie...
Checklist
9 min read
Dec 24, 2022
Annual Controls Checklist: Monitoring, Policies, and Delegation Governance
Annual controls as a maintenance cycle for staking programs Annual controls are the point where a staking operation proves it can run the same way next year. The goal is durab...
Yearly Review
7 min read
Dec 13, 2022
2022 Review: Upgrade Discipline, Concentration Risk, and Operational Maturity
2022 pushed staking ops toward repeatable execution 2022 felt like a year where routine stopped being “background work” and became the main source of resilience. The teams tha...
Ops Playbook
7 min read
Nov 21, 2022
Incident Drills for Staking Operations: Scenarios, Roles, and Evidence Capture
Building incident muscle memory for validator fleets Staking incidents tend to arrive as a bundle. A slice of validators degrades, one data surface lags, alerts spike, and the...
Allocation Notes
9 min read
Oct 18, 2022
Rebalancing After Major Upgrades: Cooldowns, Thresholds, and Guardrails
When the upgrade ends and allocation pressure begins Major upgrades create a familiar pattern for allocation teams. The change window closes, dashboards fill with fresh data, ...
Protocol Updates
6 min read
Sep 9, 2022
Ethereum Merge Completed: Immediate Operator Checks and What to Monitor Next
First-hour checks that confirm your node pair is behaving as one system After a major protocol transition, the first priority is a clean picture of reality. For Ethereum post-...
Risk Clinic
5 min read
Aug 26, 2022
Client Diversity Risk: How Single-Client Dominance Translates into Exposure
Client share as a portfolio constraint Client diversity stops being a background preference once one client family carries a large share of your stake. At that scale, client b...
Protocol Updates
5 min read
Aug 18, 2022
The Merge Readiness: Operator Checklist and Client Configuration Pitfalls
Engine-layer coupling checks that decide the Merge window The Merge changes the operator’s failure surface. Validator duties depend on a paired system: an execution client and...