# Validator Introduction - Simply Staking **URL:** \ **Category:** Validators\ **Created:** [July 5, 2023, 10:32am UTC](https://dydx.forum/t/validator-introduction-simply-staking/576 "2023-07-05T10:32:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Damien\_SimplyStaking](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/dydx.forum/damien_simplystaking/32/387_2.png) [@Damien\_SimplyStaking](https://dydx.forum/u/Damien_SimplyStaking)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2023, 10:32am UTC](https://dydx.forum/t/validator-introduction-simply-staking/576/1 "2023-07-05T10:32:49Z")
Hey, this is Damien from Simply Staking! We’re excited to join the dYdX community and to contribute to the chain where we can. - **Entity name and location** - **Infrastructure location** - **What kind of hardware do you run? Baremetal, cloud-based…? In what geographic regions?** - **Technical make-up of team (elaborate on no. of dev ops engineers, experience, etc.)** - **Years of experience** - **What other networks are you running validators for?** - **Based on your participation in any previous testnets, mainnets, are there any best practices to be aware of? What are some things that made previous testnets, mainnet launches successful and/or things to avoid that have gone poorly?** - **Do you have a validator voting framework and process?** - **Are you planning to play any additional roles in the dYdX ecosystem (e.g. market maker, trader, indexer, front-end, other)?** - **Are there other products or services you want to highlight that could be relevant for dYdX?** - **Any notable contributions in other ecosystems that you would like to highlight for the community?** @Immutablelawyer