Does Ethereum need solo stakers?

Indexed Podcast

Today we’re joined by Nixo, Chief Nerd Wrangler at EthStaker.

In this episode we discuss:
* EthStaker
* Why stake?
* Beacon chain
* ETH staking volume
* Issuance sustainability/solo stakers
* Professional node operators
* Staked ETH landscape
* Data labelling: rated network issues/solo stakers
* Where to go from here
* Coinbase validators/correlation penalties
* Penalty rebalancing
* Do we even need solo stakers?
* Network vs hardware: onboarding solo staker issues
* Solo stakes maintenance
* Host diversity

And much more—enjoy!
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Chapters:
(00:00) Introduction
(01:31) Nixo’s background
(03:42) EthStaker
(05:00) Why stake?
(07:37) Timeline: Beacon chain
(10:10) Macro: ETH staking
(16:55) Issuance sustainability/solo stakers
(20:41) Professional node operators
(22:05) ETH staked breakdown
(27:36) Data labelling: rated network issues/solo stakers
(31:30) Where to go from here
(38:56) Coinbase validators/correlation penalties
(44:02) Penalty rebalancing effectiveness
(46:58) other solo staker problems
(50:38) Do we even need solo stakers?
(59:25) Network vs hardware: onboarding solo staker issues
(1:02:44) Solo stakes maintenance
(1:06:31) Host diversity
(1:12:44) Outro

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