At Govmos, we believe it’s crucial for the community to take steps towards further decentralizing voting power among the validator set. This is vital for addressing past issues, such as missed blocks, as noted in this discussion:
[FIX] Stabilizing the Validators' Block Miss - #7 by Govmos.
We think a dedicated program should be discussed by the community to complement both the foundation program and the partnership made with Liquid Staking Providers (LSTs). Regarding the reasons that we examined to support the adoption of LSTs as a part of the solution have been listed in this post:
We’ve thoroughly examined the reasons leading to our partnership with Stride to address this matter, particularly the lack of community discussion (the entire post is available here: We’re encouraged by the renewed interest in this topic. We could draw significant inspiration from the foundation’s guidelines to establish our own community delegation program.
"Here’s our perspective: this program should be seen as a supplement to the existing agreement that the network has with Stride, rather than a substitute. The most fair approach, in our view, involves considering the views of all relevant parties, including the foundation, the community, and a aligned partner such as Stride.
To facilitate this plurality of contribution to stake distribution, only one component is currently missing: a truly autonomous community staking initiative. As the governance branch of the PRO Delegators’ validator, we believe the community might perceive a potential conflict of interest if we were to propose recommendations. However, if the community expresses a different view, we’re more than willing to engage in the discussion.
Please let us know if you think we should abstain or contribute.
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