Validators

Ethereum's rising validator count is causing technical capacity and centralization concerns, Fidelity Digital Assets says (Koushik Pal/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
Ethereum's Rising Validator Count Is Causing Concerns, Fidelity Digital Assets Says
Future roadmap upgrades for the network will become more difficult with a large validator set, the report said.
Ethereum's rising validator count is causing technical capacity and centralization concerns, Fidelity Digital Assets says (Koushik Pal/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

EDF subsidiary Exaion has become a validator on the Chiliz Chain. (Léo Crouzille/Unsplash)
French Energy Giant EDF Subsidiary Becomes Chiliz Blockchain Validator
Exaion helps industries with digital transformation related to cloud and blockchain with a focus on addressing energy efficiency of data centers.
EDF subsidiary Exaion has become a validator on the Chiliz Chain. (Léo Crouzille/Unsplash)

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Ethereum Validator Entry Queue Signals Renewed Interest in Staking
The validator entry queue has jumped to 7,045, the highest since Oct. 6, according to data source ValidatorQueue.
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Ethereum's Vitalik Buterin Proposes Gas Limit Increase
Ethereum's gas limit refers to the maximum amount of gas that can be expended in an individual block. A limit increase could improve network capacity and potentially reduce co...
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Ethereum has a backlog of validators waiting to exit the chain. (Koushik Pal/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)
Ethereum Validators Forced to Wait Days to Unstake Amid Celsius Withdraws
This means there is now a 5.6 day wait for validators to exit the Ethereum blockchain.
Ethereum has a backlog of validators waiting to exit the chain. (Koushik Pal/Unsplash, modified by CoinDesk)

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Polygon Gave DraftKings Multimillion-Dollar Edge in Special Staking Relationship
Blockchain data shows the crypto project quietly gave DraftKings preferential treatment while telling the public it was an "equal" member of the validator community.
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Staking yields on Ethereum have deflated. (Pixabay)
Investor Demand for Ether Staking Yields Has Slowed: Coinbase
Staking yields have dropped to 3.5% from above 5% in the last few months, the report said.
Staking yields on Ethereum have deflated. (Pixabay)

Ethereum validator queue wait time (validatorqueue.com)
Ethereum Has Nearly Cleared Out Validator Queue, a Sign of Weak Staking Demand
The waiting time to deploy new validators to the Ethereum network has diminished to just five hours from a peak of 45 days in early June.
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Ethereum Staking Surges to 7.4M ETH and Counting
BitGo COO Chen Fang writes reward-bearing staked ether is a cushion during market drops, but developers need to solve problems caused by the growing number of validators.
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How Ethereum Staking Stacks Up in the Proof-of-Stake Landscape
A victim of its own success? The rising number of validators on Ethereum is driving staking rewards down, according to CoinDesk Indices data. But other chains are weak competi...
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