Validators

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CoinDesk Validator ‘Zelda’ Successfully Exits Ethereum as Withdrawal Queue Shrinks to 9 Days
It took about 12 days for Zelda to fully exit the Ethereum blockchain. For any new staking withdrawal requests, the wait to get out has shrunk to nine days from 17 days.
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Legend of Zelda. (Nintendo)
CoinDesk Winds Down Ethereum Validator ‘Zelda,’ and We Now Wait to Get Money Back
Following last week's milestone Shanghai upgrade, we moved to wind down CoinDesk's Ethereum validator project, but it could be a week before the 32 ETH we staked (about $67,00...
Legend of Zelda. (Nintendo)

Fabian Vogelsteller and Marjorie Hernandez, co-founders of Lukso. (Lukso)
Lukso Genesis Validator Smart Contract to Go Live on 4/20 at '4:20'
The Lukso initial validators will vote on token supply of LYX and how much the Foundation can hold.
Fabian Vogelsteller and Marjorie Hernandez, co-founders of Lukso. (Lukso)

There's a long wait to unstake ether. (Creative Commons)
Ethereum Unstaking Requests Pile Up After Shanghai Upgrade, Now at 2-Week Wait
Validators looking to fully exit the chain could be looking at a wait of up to 14 days to get their crypto back, according to Rated Network's explorer.
There's a long wait to unstake ether. (Creative Commons)

Partial snapshot of chart of CoinDesk Ethereum validator's daily financial results. (Beaconcha.in, modified by CoinDesk)
CoinDesk’s Ethereum Validator Enters Final Weeks, Sitting on More Than $30K of Gains
To better chronicle the Ethereum blockchain's transition to a proof-of-stake network, CoinDesk started its own validator. We plunked down the 32 ETH (roughly $15K at the time)...
Partial snapshot of chart of CoinDesk Ethereum validator's daily financial results. (Beaconcha.in, modified by CoinDesk)

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Latest Ethereum Blocks Suggest Validators Are Reversing Censorship
Noncensoring relays such as Agnostic and ultra sound are delivering more data blocks on Ethereum than Flashbots, the one-time king of MEV-delivering relays.
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Solana's offices in New York City (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Solana Validators to Make Second Restart Attempt as Transaction Freeze Drags On
It’s still unclear what caused the service outage.
Solana's offices in New York City (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

Scenes from a Solana hacker house (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)
Solana Network Stumbles, On-Chain Trading Slows After ‘Forking’ Incident
Some validators are downgrading their software in an attempt to restore activity.
Scenes from a Solana hacker house (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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Fewer Than Half of New Ethereum Blocks Over the Past 24 Hours Are OFAC Compliant
For the first time since October, fewer than 50% of new blocks over a 24-hour period are OFAC compliant, partially thanks to more noncensoring options that make up a larger sh...
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Everybody's waiting for Ethereum's Shanghai hard fork, expected in March. (Midjourney/CoinDesk)
What Is the Ethereum Blockchain’s Shanghai Hard Fork, and Why Does It Matter?
The network upgrade, set for March, will address staked ether withdrawals and reductions in gas fees for developers. The milestone will start a new era for the Ethereum ecosys...
Everybody's waiting for Ethereum's Shanghai hard fork, expected in March. (Midjourney/CoinDesk)