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Research, incident reviews, and staking operations guides from the FortisX team
Ops Playbook
8 min read
Feb 25, 2021
IBC Readiness Checklist: Relayers, Monitoring, and Upgrade Coordination
IBC readiness is operational readiness IBC adds a second operating surface to day-to-day work. Validators and nodes still matter, and chain health still sets the baseline. On ...
Protocol Updates
5 min read
Feb 18, 2021
Cosmos “Stargate“ Upgrade: What Changes for Validators and Delegators
Stargate is a coordination event first, a feature release second Stargate marked a major step in the Cosmos Hub’s evolution, and the practical impact landed across the whole s...
Year Kickoff
6 min read
Jan 7, 2021
2021 Staking Operations Outlook: Key Risks, Metrics, and Network Events to Watch
A new year rarely brings new problems, it brings new pressure Staking operations has a steady pattern. Systems work well in calm weeks, then a few busy periods compress everyt...
Ops Playbook
7 min read
Dec 17, 2020
Running an Ethereum Validator: Client Diversity, Monitoring, and Incident Drills
Ethereum validator ops starts simple, then becomes a routine Running an Ethereum validator looks straightforward at first: a client, a key, a machine, and a green status indic...
Protocol Updates
6 min read
Dec 2, 2020
Ethereum Beacon Chain Launch: What It Enables (and What It Doesn’t Yet)
A new layer goes live, and Ethereum’s roadmap becomes operational The Beacon Chain launch marks a shift from “PoS is coming” to “PoS is running.” A separate consensus layer is...
Data Methodology
7 min read
Jul 16, 2020
Staking Accounting: Reward Attribution, Epoch Boundaries, and Reconciliation
Staking rewards feel simple until you try to reconcile them Staking accounting looks straightforward in a wallet: a balance, a reward line, a few timestamps. The complexity ar...
Risk Clinic
6 min read
May 28, 2020
NPoS Concentration Risk: Correlated Failures and Nomination Crowding
Concentration in NPoS often hides behind variety Nominated Proof-of-Stake looks diverse by design. Many validators exist, nominators can back multiple candidates, and election...
Protocol Updates
5 min read
May 26, 2020
Polkadot Relay Chain Launch: NPoS Roles, Nominators, and Validator Selection
A launch that unfolded in stages Polkadot’s Relay Chain entered the world through a staged rollout. The earliest phase established the chain with a proof-of-authority setup co...
Allocation Notes
9 min read
Apr 14, 2020
Rebalancing Inside a Network: Triggers, Cooldowns, and Anti-Churn Rules
Rebalancing works best as a policy Rebalancing inside a single Proof-of-Stake network looks simple on a dashboard. Stake is split across validators, and you move weight when s...
Research Note
9 min read
Feb 13, 2020
Liquid Staking Early Lessons: Benefits, Failure Modes, Risk Controls
Why liquid staking appeared so early in PoS As soon as Proof-of-Stake became usable at scale, the same tension showed up everywhere: staking is operationally attractive, while...
Ops Playbook
8 min read
Jan 23, 2020
Network Upgrade Playbook (v1): Pre-checks, Cutover, Post-checks
Upgrades are the most repeatable way to lose reliability Networks evolve, clients evolve, and operators evolve with them. The part that tends to surprise people is how often a...
Evergreen
7 min read
Jan 16, 2020
Liquidity vs Security: Understanding the Unbonding Trade-off
The quiet clause inside every staking position Delegation feels like a clean switch: choose a validator, confirm, and you’re “in.” The part that shapes real-life outcomes sits...