Operators Mainnet Campaign

[swissstar]

Operator Name: swissstar

Website: https://swissstarnode.tech/

Operator Profile: Solo-Staker

Experience: 20+ years experience in IT, 3 years in blockchain.

Team:
I’m solo validator from Switzerland, who is running 15+ validators in mainnet and testnets. My passion is to contribute into mass adoption for blockchain technology, ensure trust and security while using project based on blockchain. As node operator I could bring more than 20 years of software development experience, cloud experience as Azure Certified Architect and reliable server infrastructure…

Mainnet restake amount: 0.1 ETH.

Where do you run your infra: Region Europe/ Poland

What rate do you plan to set your operator commission rate: 2%

Performance Metrics: Maintaining pool of 6-7 servers which allows me to keep uptime > 99.5%.

EigenDA Testnet Performance:

I joined EigenDA testnet when activate set had size of 30 and several thousands of gETH was needed. After several weeks I was kicked out by gETH whales but rejoined when active set was increased (since some time again kicked out). Overall I was 2 months in active set (in summary), experienced several updates (went well) and had > 99% uptime.
https://goerli.eigenlayer.xyz/operator/0x5b15a0c177039890b58c2708ec019e05c415ac0c

Plans to opt-into additional AVSs: I’m running Mantaga AVS.

[KoiLabs]

• Operator Name: Koi Lab

• Operator Profile: Solo-Staker.

• Experience: Running validator nodes since 2021 and participated in many networks including Starknet, Meason, Diva, Nulink, Avail, Zora,Celestia and much more

• Team: A young and energetic team / background in Marketing and Cryptography.

• Mainnet restake amount: 50+ ETH

• Where do you run your infra: Singapore, HongKong and Japan.

• What rate do you plan to set your operator commission rate: 2%

• Performance Metrics: nearly 100%

• EigenDA Testnet Performance: For 3+ months, operating the EigenDA test node with nearly 100% stability, albeit incurring some expenses to acquire GETH.

• Plans to opt-into additional AVSs: In 2024, our focus will be solely on Eigenlayer and its ecosystem, with additional AVS potentially considered next year.

• X https://twitter.com/infinSai

• We have strong connections with many Asian Web3 communities and are eager to positively promote Eigenlayer.

[anilcse]

• Operator Name: Witval

• Website: https://vitwit.com/

• Operator Profile: Solo-Staker (Vitwit team).

• Experience:
  We Vitwit, are one of the early contributors to cosmos stack and operating PoS validators since 2019. We worked closley with Cosmos-sdk teams, Akash, Polygon, Regen Network, Passage to build their products. We specialize in operating Validators and Relayers. Validating across 22+ mainnets including Polygon, Ethereum, Oasis, CosmosHub, Akash, Osmosis, Stargaze. We have built custom monitoring tools for our validators. We operate polygon-stats dashboards for monitoring Polygon nodes. We built Resolute (https://resolute.vitwit.com/), an interface for the interchain. We would love to extend this support for EigenLayer in the future.

• Team: We have a team of 20+ cosmos developers, a few researchers and 5+ infrastructure engineers. Our team has experts in each domain when it comes to operating, debugging and building tools for validators.

• Mainnet restake amount: 25 ETH

• Where do you run your infra: infrastructure is located in India and Singapore.

• What rate do you plan to set your operator commission rate: Our average commission rate across 22 networks is ~6.5. We are planning to set 5% commission on EigenLayer.

• Performance Metrics: We have built custom tooling for monitoring our infrastructure. Across all the networks we operate, we are maintaining ~99% uptime and never missed any upgrades. We are keen about our governance participation and help teams to test and debug upgrades.

• EigenDA Testnet Performance:

  • We joined the Eigen operator set early and ran an operator with high uptime. We were one of the top-15 validators on the testnet for quite some time. And ~100% uptime while in activeset https://goerli.eigenlayer.xyz/operator/0xabbb17b5d09b4f1d944204c8c19b8caa1e474d47
  • We have been active for 2+ months
  • We have operated high-perofrmance servers and esnured the uptime

• Plans to opt-into additional AVSs:

  • We are interested in securing multiple AVSs.
  • We will be evaluating all AVSs to maximize rewards for our delegators.

We look forward to the community support and become part of the EigenLayer family.

[tobiju]

• Operator Name: Deutsche Telekom
• Website - Twitter
• Operator Profile: Institutional Staker (Enterprise Grade)
• Experience: With strong dedication to ETH2.0, we have been deeply entrenched in the network’s evolution. Preceding the mainnet merge, our involvement extended across all significant testnets, affording us a comprehensive understanding of diverse EL and CL clients. Post-merge, our commitment persists through active engagement in Ethereum mainnet staking, underscoring our dedication to the network’s advancement. Our adeptness with validator software and adept management of validator infrastructure at scale position us as a dependable node operator within the liquid staking protocol StakeWise.

Moreover, our participation in Obol, SSV, and Eigenlayer testnets underscores our ongoing commitment to exploring and contributing to emerging developments within the ecosystem.
Furthermore, our support extends beyond Ethereum, as evidenced by our robust involvement in securing over $200 million in Stake across more than 10 blockchain networks through Telekom Infrastructure.

• Team: At Telekom, we boast a highly skilled team of approximately 10 DevOps engineers singularly dedicated to the upkeep of our established blockchain infrastructure. With a wealth of over 5 years of experience, we excel in operating enterprise-grade Staking and Oracle infrastructure, ensuring reliability and security at every turn.

• Mainnet restake amount: Zero

• Where do you run your infra: Located strategically across Europe, specifically in Germany and the Netherlands, our datacenters serve as the bedrock of our operations. Leveraging our proprietary Open Telekom Cloud infrastructure, we ensure optimal performance, security, and reliability for our blockchain operations.

• What rate do you plan to set your operator commission rate: 5%-10%

• Performance Metrics: Rated Performance
• EigenDA Testnet Performance:
• Describe your experience running the EigenDA testnet.
• Our Operator details can be accessed here.
• Instead of employing the provided Docker-Compose file, we opted for our custom Helm Chart to facilitate the testnet deployment.
• Smooth transition: We encountered no hindrances while executing the software migration from v0.2.0 to v0.4.0.
• Challenge encountered: Sustaining presence in the active set posed difficulties owing to the escalating delegation threshold on goerli, which exhibited periodic increments.

• How long were you in the active set?
• From 14.02.2024 until 11.03.2024. We have suspended EigenDA operations due to escalating challenges encountered with the Goerli network. Upon its availability on Holesky, we will resume our examination and assessment of EigenDA.

• What were your performance metrics?
• While performance metrics were not specifically measured, our standard practice involves diligent monitoring of all productive and long-running testnet services. To achieve this, we utilize the Prometheus & Grafana stack, ensuring comprehensive oversight and timely intervention when necessary.

• Plans to opt-into additional AVSs:
• Are you running any AVS testnets other than EigenDA?
• No, only EigenDA

• Are there any AVSs you plan to opt-in to?
• TBD

• How do you plan to evaluate AVSs?
• Technological Potential: Assessing the technological viability and innovation quotient of AVSs, including scalability, interoperability, security features, and adaptability to evolving industry standards.
• Business Sustainability: Gauging the economic viability, market demand, revenue generation potential, cost-effectiveness, regulatory compliance, and long-term sustainability of AVSs within the broader business landscape.

• Are there any types of AVSs you would not opt into?
• We conduct thorough investigations into potential AVSs, employing a meticulous case-by-case evaluation approach. This process is conducted in close collaboration with our legal and compliance departments to ensure adherence to regulatory standards and mitigate associated risks.

[Ertemann]

• Operator Name:
  Lavender.Five Nodes

• Website:
  https://lavenderfive.com

• Operator Profile:
  Enterprise grade non-custodial staking for both retail and institution

• Experience:

Lavender.Five Nodes started as a company a little over 3 years ago and are currently active as validators on over 50 blockchains securing a total of ~300m USD. We are receiving delegations from the core team or notable institutions on chains like Aptos, Celestia, dYdX, Osmosis, Injective and Sei but are also active on other mainnets and persistent testnets like Ethereum, Near, Dymension, Aleo, Berachain and ofcourse Eigenlayer/EigenDA.

We are noted as one of the most collaborative and secure operators in the Cosmos ecosystem and actively share both information and tooling helping many new operators get their start.

• We are the creators of a suite of open-source remote signing and bare metal server tooling used by over 15 different operators
• We maintain the most used CosmosSDK validator monitoring suite called Tenderduty
• We are the creator of the majority of the Aptos, Skip Protocol and Secret validator documentation
• We brought hardware wallet security for operators to over 10 networks

The expansion of Lavender.Five Nodes into the Ethereum ecosystem, although quite recent, is one of our largest ongoing efforts. Besides participating in multiple DVT and vault testnets (Obol, Stakewise, SSV, Lido) we will be launching multiple validators soon as part of the Lido Obol DVT mainnet and our personal StakeWise + SSV public pool. However, running an Eigenlayer operator is more comparable to single binary chains and specifically shared security blockchains like the CosmosHub - which is why we hope to have a very positive impact on the overall operator security level and AVS success. Our effort into making Cosmos replicated security a success is noted by our consistent testnet presence, the many economic and governance discussions and one of the highest awarded point totals by the Interchain Foundation delegation campaign. We are very familiar with combined slashing criteria’s effecting a single staker/chain and carry the experience of the economic impact of shared security with us to the Eigenlayer AVS mainnet.

• Team:

Lavender.Five nodes is a team of 3 engineers coming from Software engineering, DevOps and DevRel respecrively. We jokingly refer to our automated systems as the 4th member but in reality that is definitely true. With over 3 years of mainnet experience and another collective 30+ years of web2 system management and backend engineering from companies like Intel and Esri to back it up, we are sure our stakers and partners have nothing to worry about.

• Mainnet restake amount:

We currently have no mainnet Ethereum nodes which we can restake but are in direct conversation with LRTs and other parties to direct sufficient restaked ETH to our mainnet operator when the time comes.

• Where do you run your infra:

Lavender.Five nodes runs on a global distributed set of bare metal machines, the majority of our servers are located in Europe but faillover systems are in-place in both the North America and APAC regions

• What rate do you plan to set your operator commission rate:

We charge 5% commission on every network we validate and never change this number. We expect our Eigenlayer operator to have the same commission.

• Performance Metrics:
  Lavender.Five nodes is a slash-insured operator that puts emphasis on security over direct uptime where needed. Our stakers have not once lost a single token with us and will always get rewards in the upper 95% percentile due to strict uptime monitoring, powerful hardware and many efficiency improvements.

One can track the operator health for most of our chains through the individual pages on our website - https://lavenderfive.com/networks

• EigenDA Testnet Performance:

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• Describe your experience running the EigenDA testnet.

• How long were you in the active set?

• What were your performance metrics?

• Plans to opt-into additional AVSs:

  • Are you running any AVS testnets other than EigenDA?
    We are in talks with a few but as of yet we have not run any other AVS besides EigenDA. Most AVS are still a few months out from onboarding operators to their testnets.
  • Are there any AVSs you plan to opt-in to?
    Yes, we plan to opt-in to the majority of upcoming AVS, we believe we can minimise slashing risk and the operational overhead coming in from the many AVS so that we can provide the best rewards to our Ethereum RE-stakers.
  • How do you plan to evaluate AVSs?
    Our research and DD is mainly determined by the quality of the team and potential PMF. Besides assesing the long term viability of the AVS and the dedication and capability of the team to complete this we think its important the AVS is a stable service so we can minimise slashing risk overall. We have a lot of experience in guiding teams to make their services economically viable for operators, interesting for stakers and most of all Stable - we hope many teams are willing to work with us to make their AVS the best it can be.
  • Are there any types of AVSs you would not opt into?
    As of now this is hard to answer from an ethical standpoint as its unknown what AVS will all come to market. From a regulatory standpoint we are free to participate in any AVS and dont see problems with doing so for our ETH restakers.

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Best,
Ertemann
Lavender.Five Nodes
https://twitter.com/lavender_five

[Seasonedape]

• **Operator Name:TopeNode88
  Operator address: 0x20ADACB20B7F268de5730c60D76224Ee44Fd233C
• **Website:https://twitter.com/cryptobromo
• Operator Profile: Solo-Staker.
• Experience: Old school node runner for ZenCash/Horizen
• Team: Got the team on my back
• Mainnet restake amount: Only 10 eth at the moment
• Where do you run your infra: Western North America
• What rate do you plan to set your operator commission rate: provide 5% baby
• Performance Metrics: 100% uptime
• EigenDA Testnet Performance: Need moar Geth
• Describe your experience running the EigenDA testnet.
• I was able to set this up but unable to opt in since Geth is getting expensive.
• What were your performance metrics?
• Plans to opt-into additional AVSs:
• Are you running any AVS testnets other than EigenDA?
  Yes. Linea, Taiko, and Zora nodes.
• Are there any AVSs you plan to opt-in to? Yes. Once funds being less scarce.
• How do you plan to evaluate AVSs? YEs
• Are there any types of AVSs you would not opt into? Any

[ITRocket]

• Operator Name: ITRocket

• Website: itrocket.net

• Profile: Solo-Staker

• Experience: ITRocket is a professional validator and a team of software and DevOps engineers. For more than 2 years, we support 35+ networks and provide various monitoring and analysis tools for validators and developers, helping them to navigate the complexities of blockchain and be more effective.

• Team: Our team includes a front-end developer and two DevOps engineers.

• Mainnet Restake: 7.5ETH

• Infrastructure Location: Beauharnois, Canada

• Commission Rate: 5%

• Uptime Performance: Above 99.8%. Active set validators and metrics can be found on our website.

• EigenDA Testnet Performance:

• Active set presence throughout the testnet, except for the final days due to Goerli network closure.
• Performance details available at EigenDA Testnet Metrics.
• Participated in AVS testnets for Celestia and Magnate.
• Plans to join Fuel chain and other AVS/blockchain innovations.

Why you should choose ITRocket?
– Multi-Network Expertise: Validating across numerous networks to boost reliability.
– Innovative Tools: Including RPC scanner, Governance bot, and more. Upcoming tools like Uptime dashboard, Explorer, and a Decentralization map are in development.
– Stability and Efficiency: 24/7 node monitoring and swift issue resolution.
– Security: High standards in key management, system updates, and access control.

Our Socials

• ITRocket on X
• GitHub: itrocket-am
• Telegram: ITRocket_EN

[Qvkare]

• Operator Name: Qvkare

• Website: Qvkare / Github

• Operator Profile: Solo-Staker

Team: Only me

Experience: I have a master’s degree in computer systems, I have been working on the crypto ecosystem since 2020, I can develop and build projects in Go, Rust and languages. I have set up nodes in many projects, Mangata, Waku and Kenshi (I am currently ranked 1st https://kenshi.io/unchained) in the future, I made my planning so that AVS will be my priority.

Mainnet restake amount: 2 rsETH

Where do you run your infra: Europe, America

What rate do you plan to set your operator commission rate: 5%

Performance Metrics: 98-99% uptime and I can connect to my server 24/7 from my phone and solve all problems

EigenDA Testnet Performance: I’ve reinstalled a few times and I’m continuing without any problems at the last stage, I follow the updates on github and take action, I’ve been actively using it for the last 2 months, I’ve always been excited to be active on the network by reporting the problems I see.

Plans to opt-into additional AVSs: I am interested in a lot of AVS with Eigenlayer support, I already have Mangata active node and I see the developments there, in the future I will follow the developments on the Drosera side and I would like to find a common ground that the community agrees with.

[OranG3cluB]

• Operator Name: OranG3cluB
• Website: https://orang3.club/
• Operator Profile: Solo-Staker.
• Experience: I am an active participant in the SSV network & Obol network testnet. At the moment, I am included in the first cohort of validators to participate in the Obol Netowrk mainnet, which starts in the next couple of weeks.
  Also, I’ve been deeply involved in the Cosmos ecosystem from 2019. Here’s a quick rundown of some of the projects I’m currently involved in as a mainnet validator: STARGAZE, JUNO, OMNIFLIX, SHENTU, COMPOSABLE, AURA, GRAVITY BRIDGE, REBUS, DESMOS, BITSONG, GITOPIA.
  In addition to these, I also validate such networks like SOLANA, MINA, and XX NETWORK
• Team: What sets me apart is that I’m a solo validator. No big team behind me, just a strong commitment to each project I work with. Once I join a project, I’m in it for the long run.
• Mainnet restake amount: 128 ETH
• Where do you run your infra: Europe/USA
• What rate do you plan to set your operator commission rate: 3-5%
• Performance Metrics: At the moment, you can see, for example, the % of uptime in the ssv network testnet, which is 99.98%, the highest among other cluster members: https://holesky.ssvscan.io/cluster/f4b68a943d2a7568c0e2965bb14a78b853e0d8266d8462dd7df0cdebcc37cf10 or the statistics of my Solana validator: https://stakewiz.com/validator/AY271jdvcyo5VzBiWsMGLEjpZFFrarq8FDydJHLmYgCG
• EigenDA Testnet Performance: https://goerli.eigenlayer.xyz/operator/0x4e59e88207ac04e6615d79ae565e877dd80bcf8e
  I have been participating in the EigenDA testnet since the very beginning. I have been in an active set all the time, since the validator set was expanded to 200 operators. The node is working smoothly and you will obviously be satisfied if you decide to get stuck through my operator.
• Plans to opt-into additional AVSs:
  At the moment, I’m only participating in EigenDA, but if I see promising AVS that I can participate in, I’ll do it without a doubt.

[Vonyc]

• Operator Name: Blockscape
• Website: https://blockscape.network/
• Operator Profile: Institutional Staker
• Experience: We manage >9k validators on Ethereum as operator of Lido, Swell, Stakewise and SSV.
  Furthermore we are active in 15+ Cosmos (CometBFT) chains as well.
  We have been running validators on Ethereum since PoS launch and have a proven track record of maintaining high uptime, security and performance across all chains.
  Part of the the Swell Operator set. Pioneering Obol and SSV from day one on.
  One of the first Obol mainnet clusters.
  Running several SSV mainnet operators spread across the world
  Participate in Lido Simple DVT - Cohort 1
• Team: We have extensive experience in infrastructure operation and DevOps, as well as software development and blockchain engineering. We use best practices and tools to ensure the quality and reliability of our services, such as monitoring, alerting, backup, redundancy, automation, scaling and auditing.
• Mainnet restake amount: 320 ETH+
• Where do you run your infra: Europe, US, Asia
• What rate do you plan to set your operator commission rate: 2-5%
• Performance Metrics: https://explorer.rated.network/o/Blockscape
• EigenDA Testnet Performance:
  • Describe your experience running the EigenDA testnet.
  • How long were you in the active set? +2 months
  • What were your performance metrics? >99.5% Uptime over period in active set
• Plans to opt-into additional AVSs:
  • We will onboard to Drosera and Espresso. More will follow.
  • AVS / project evaluation will be based on utility, rewards and risk.
  • We are open to any AVS if they pass our criterias

Twitter: https://twitter.com/BlockscapeLab
Medium: https://blockscape-network.medium.com
Discord: https://discord.gg/F7MsbeaHtb

[Daniel_FinoaCS]

Operator Name: Finoa Consensus Services
Website: https://www.finoa.io/staking-delegation/
Operator Profile: Institutional Staker

Experience:

• Finoa and Finoa Consensus Services serve a wide range of clients, including institutions, foundations, startups, and professional investors. Since its establishment in 2018, Finoa has emerged as the leading regulated custodian in Europe, offering qualified custody, trading, institutional-grade DeFi participation, and validator services to more than 300 clients globally.
• With a strong foundation in rigid compliance and institutional-grade crypto operations, Finoa Consensus Services was spun up as a separate entity and has been operating for two years. Today, it is one of the largest and best performing node infrastructure providers in Europe.
• As operators for EtherFi, early supporters of Stakewise, partners of Obol and SSV, and active providers of Europe’s first regulated ETH-native in-custody product, we possess considerable expertise in serving a diverse client base with ETH staking offerings. We aim to leverage this experience to support EigenLayer, AVSs, rollups, investors, our clients, and other ecosystem participants to the best of our abilities.

Team:

• Finoa and Finoa Consensus Services comprise a team of +75 individuals and built to excel in the intersection of crypto innovation, regulatory compliance, and institutional participation.

Mainnet:

• Mainnet restake amount: Working together with LRTs.
• Where do you run your infra: We run the majority of our services with a proprietary setup in Germany and accommodate most mixes of bare metal, cloud, and geographical placements.
• What rate do you plan to set your operator commission rate: We pride ourselves on pricing ourselves competitively, and will work closely with the ecosystem, our partners, and clients to help determine the best rates.
• Performance Metrics: Finoa Consensus Services run very sophisticated and highly performant validators across all networks it supports. Our services and business operations are run with institutional participation in mind, ensuring highly reliable and performant services for the world’s most sophisticated investors.

EigenDA:

• EigenDA Testnet Performance: Finoa and Finoa Consensus Services continue to work closely with the existing working group and the EigenLayer team in the testnet set to ensure proficient feedback and testing of all developments. Our Operator was supporting EigenDA in Goerli Testnet and we will continue to do so in Holesky
  Ohttps://goerli.eigenlayer.xyz/operator/0xb9b1ad6d07b4a5768a4c18bc440dd6a710e44af7
• EigenDA Testnet experience: We experienced seamless testnet onboarding with an efficient opt-in process, with good documentation it was an easy process, despite the need of a substantial amount of Goerli ETH.
  Additionally our upgrade from v.0.3.0 to v.0.4.0 was also executed smoothly without any issues.
• How long were you in the active set? We are in active set since 02.02.2024
• What were your performance metrics? Our performance metrics, meticulously monitored using grafana and prometheus, uptime, block validation and network latency etc, for certain networks we also implemented on-chain monitoring for tracking transactions, wallet balances…etc.

Additional AVSs:

• Are you running any AVS testnets other than EigenDA?
  We are currently evaluating several options.
• Are there any AVSs you plan to opt-in to?
  Yes, we currently in conversation with different AVS.
• How do you plan to evaluate AVSs?
  We plan on exercising the same scrutiny that we do for all integrations and partners that we work with, comprising extensive due diligence on tech, security features, business, team, ensuring (regulatory) compliance with the highest standards Finoa adheres to as a regulated custodian.
• Are there any types of AVSs you would not opt into?
  No. Not unless they fail to meet our standards and policies.

[igorgusarov97]

Operator Name: Igor Gusarov
Website: Igor Gusarov LinkedIn Profile
Operator Profile: Solo-Staker
Operator Address: 0x1cdf9e809f0795761db4158e3ebb21cdf310c3a1
Experience: My name is Igor Gusarov, and I have a genuine passion for researching and supporting digital assets in their early stages, aiding in their growth and development. I embarked on my journey in the industry back in 2017, starting as a portfolio manager at a digital assets hedge fund, Cindicator Capital, where I worked for two years.
I hold a Master of Science Degree in Investment Management from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, with a specialization in fintech applications.
I am an active early-stage and private rounds investor in the Graph, Scale, Near, Pyth, Humanode, Celestia, Li.Fi, and Hedge Hog, among others. I run infrastructure and have participated in various test-nets such as Axelar, Taiko, Elexir, Realis, Humanode, and Gnosis chain. Notably, I also serve as a validator for the Solana validator, demonstrating my hands-on experience and understanding of blockchain networks.

Team: Our team comprises three individuals deeply entrenched in the crypto space, leveraging our collective strengths in on-chain analytics, dev ops, and programming languages such as Python, C++, Rust, and Solidity.
Mainnet restake amount: N/A
Where do you run your infra: Germany
What rate do you plan to set your operator commission rate: 2-5%
Performance Metrics: We’ve developed tailored monitoring tools for overseeing our infrastructure. Across all the networks under our operation, we’ve consistently maintained approximately 99% uptime and have never overlooked any upgrades.
EigenDA Testnet Performance: Since the beginning of January, I have been operating as an Eigen layer operator. The operator has consistently been among the active set. All necessary updates were promptly executed. The documentation provided by the team was clear and comprehensive. Both team members and community contributors remained consistently engaged, offering rapid and invaluable feedback as needed. Additionally, we are prepared to migrate to the Holesky and provide support accordingly.
Plans to opt-into additional AVSs: I’m exploring various opportunities to engage with AVSs. Many of the projects are still in the early stages of development. Evaluation: gauging community interest, and identifying synergy among portfolio companies.
Tweet: Igor Gusarov’s Tweet

My endorsement of Eigen Layer is deeply rooted in my modular thesis. I am committed to contributing and aiding Eigen Layer in achieving success!

[AzureNode]

• Operator Name: AzureNode

• Website: https://www.azurenode.xyz/

• Operator Profile: Solo-Staker.

• Experience:
  We have years of experience in node operation and maintenance, with comprehensive monitoring and backup systems in place to ensure high uptime for the nodes.

• Team: Our professional technical team consists of experts from leading public chains and infrastructure service providers.

• Mainnet restake amount: Currently, there are no mainnet restakes.

• Where do you run your infra: Our infrastructure is located in the EU and US.

• What rate do you plan to set your operator commission rate:

We set commission rates based on the actual needs of the project and community, ensuring the maximum benefit for stakers. The initial setting ranges between 2% to 5%.

• Performance Metrics:

We have extensive operational maintenance experience and a reliable monitoring system. The uptime for all our nodes is exceptionally high, and we also provide 24/7 operational maintenance services. Response times are within half an hour.

• EigenDA Testnet Performance:

  • Describe your experience running the EigenDA testnet. We’ve been consistently maintaining our position in the active set, promptly addressing every update, and closely monitoring the project’s development.
    We have tested various restaking methods, the info is available on https://goerli.eigenlayer.xyz/operator/0xbab8b0f4ced990a804ac81c375df4e15345ef96b

  • How long were you in the active set? Since January 2024.

  • What were your performance metrics? We achieved 100% uptime during the EigenDA testnet.

• Plans to opt-into additional AVSs:

  • Are you running any AVS testnets other than EigenDA? Not currently running any AVSs other than EigenDA.

  • Are there any AVSs you plan to opt-in to? We are exploring options for upcoming AVSs.

  • How do you plan to evaluate AVSs? We plan to evaluate AVSs based on community sentiment, team trustworthiness, and other relevant factors.

  • Are there any types of AVSs you would not opt into? There are no specific types of AVSs that we would not consider opting into.

[Andrew_KukisGlobal]

Operator Name: Kukis Global

Website: https://www.kukis-global.com

Operator Profile: Institutional Staker

Experience:

• Kukis Global validates close to 1% of the Ethereum network as a Lido operator managing ~10k validators.
• We are working closely with both the Obol and SSV and participate in several DVT testnets.
• We have been operating one of the top Chainlink oracles (LinkForest) since its launch in 2019. At the moment providing data on 11 different chains.
• Indexing on the Graph network since the mainnet launch in 2020.

Team:

• Kukis Global team has extensive experience operating secure, highly available infrastructure at scale. We have 24/7 on-call duty rotation and monitoring to ensure we deliver the best uptime on our validation.

Mainnet:

• Mainnet restake amount: Working together with LRTs.
• Where do you run your infra: EU, bare-metal. Our servers are physically located in 3 different data centers to achieve geo-distribution within Europe.
• What rate do you plan to set your operator commission rate: 2-5%
• Performance Metrics:
  https://explorer.rated.network/o/Kukis%20Global?timeWindow=all&network=mainnet&idType=nodeOperator

EigenDA:

• EigenDA Testnet Performance: We will join the Holesky testnet.
• EigenDA Testnet experience:
• How long were you in the active set?
• What were your performance metrics?

Additional AVSs:

• Are you running any AVS testnets other than EigenDA?
  Only currently running EigenDA.
• Are there any AVSs you plan to opt-in to?
  Yes, we are exploring the options to opt-in for several AVS (starting with Espresso and Drosera).
• How do you plan to evaluate AVSs?
  Evaluation based on the utility, risk and reward.
• Are there any types of AVSs you would not opt into?
  Open to any AVS if they meet our criteria.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/KukisGlobal

[Dashmaster]

Operator Name: Dashmaster
Website: https://dashmaster.io/
Operator Profile: Solo-Staker.
Experience: 9+ years experience with blockchain nodes and staking.
Team: small flexible team of IT-professionals
Mainnet restake amount: 100+ ETH. Doing hosting of ETH staking.
Where do you run your infra: Finland, Germany, USA.
What rate do you plan to set your operator commission rate: 2-5%
TVL: more than 10kk USD.

EigenDA Testnet Performance:
Our experience running the EigenDA testnet shows generally stable behavior with some minor bugs. Few times validator suddenly was kicked out of the EigenDA AVS without any reason. That was described in Discord: https://discord.com/channels/1089434273720832071/1214921323630043166

In the active set since 19 of November.
Performance is generally 99.9+ because of professional hosting of dedicated servers and own management. Monitoring is a must. More than 200 VPSs in active management.
Plans to opt-into additional AVSs: We are open to run other AVS testnets.

[bholu6933]

• Operator Name: Bholu
• Website: https://yashmittal.me/
• Operator Profile: Solo-Staker.
• Experience: I have been running validator nodes for a shade over six months now. I am a software engineer by professional (6 years of industry experience) and have the technical expertise to understand the ins and outs of various blockchain architectures.
• Team: Solo staker. I have been a programmer for over a decade and have a passion for contributing to open source and building tooling for the web3 space (most recently, I worked on tooling for friend.tech ecosystem)
• Mainnet restake amount: 40e across different LSTs
• Where do you run your infra: EU
• What rate do you plan to set your operator commission rate: competitive market rate, undecided on specifics at the moment
• Performance Metrics: Highlight key metrics that demonstrate your past performance (uptime, correctness, etc).
  99.9% uptime over the last few months of running the operator, can only think of one short downtime which occurred when I was kicked of the active operator set due to restaked gETH requirements.
  I also use top-tier hardware to ensure the robustness of the operator.
• EigenDA Testnet Performance
• Describe your experience running the EigenDA testnet.
  My operator page can be accessed here.
  Overall, it was an enriching experience - I got to interact with some of the largest active node validators in the space. I also made some small contributions to EigenLayer operator docs on GitHub.
  I had 99.9% uptime with upgrades happening within a few hrs of getting notified. I really appreciated the team being present in Discord to answer questions around running the operator.
  One of the thing that irked me was that Holesky migration was not shipped in time for Ethereum’s EIP-4844 upgrade, which led to Goerli lacking support from its validators, and all of the restaked gETH which I (and a few others I know) paid over five figures to acquire being stuck in a now unusable testnet. I believe this could have been avoided with a proper heads up and a potential temporary pause, which is anyway the case at this moment, prior to the Ethereum upgrade.
• How long were you in the active set? The last 2 months of operation.
• Plans to opt-into additional AVSs
• Are you running any AVS testnets other than EigenDA? Currently also running Mantaga, but will re-evaluate on mainnet.
• Are there any AVSs you plan to opt-in to? Undecided at the moment.
• How do you plan to evaluate AVSs?
  Backing and support from large players in the space. I think restaking is a game changing technology for our space, and I acknowledge that there are risks associated with onboarding any new AVS.
  My evaluation will be based off the team’s past experience in the space, their partnership with EigenLayer and supporting ecosystem, whether they are contributing anything novel to the space.
• Are there any types of AVSs you would not opt into? N/A
• Social Links
  https://twitter.com/ymittal_NFT
  https://github.com/ymittal
  –
  I’ve spent countless hours listening to Sreeram’s podcasts, and my time and money investment in EigenLayer is due to how ambitious the team is and how they are trying to take our space from 0 to 1. Excited to continue being a part.

[Emilia]

Operator Name: Emilia

Website: N/A (in the works)

Operator Profile: Collaboration of Solo-Stakers

Experience: Our group has been running validators and nodes since 2018 and we can proudly say we were one of the Genesis validators for Zilliqa as well as ran nodes for Wanchain. In addition to those we’ve participated in projects such as Celestia, Near, Avalanche, Sui, Aptos and many others.

Team: We have 10+ years of SWE, DBA, SRE and CSE experience amongst each other. Our earliest members came into the crypto space in 2016, and the rest joined in 2017.

Mainnet restake amount: 150+ ETH

Where do you run your infra: Asia, North America (including Caribbean) and Europe

What rate do you plan to set your operator commission rate: TBD but our rates are usually 2%-5%

Performance Metrics: As our group is worldwide we are able to respond to issues and updates in a very timely and maintain an almost perfect uptime record.

See here for our EigenDA peformance score

EigenDA Testnet Performance:

Describe your experience running the EigenDA testnet: Very Smooth, no real issues or headaches.

How long were you in the active set? 2 months without falling out of the active set.

What were your performance metrics? 99.8% uptime in the active set. See below for more:

https://goerli.eigenlayer.xyz/operator/0xa9f650e11b71f0bc3cc40982e9cc3f596a41865e

Plans to opt-into additional AVSs: Not at the moment

Are you running any AVS testnets other than EigenDA? Not at the moment

Are there any AVSs you plan to opt-in to? Not at the moment, however we are still evaluating some AVSs

How do you plan to evaluate AVSs? Feasibility, Risks and market viability.

Are there any types of AVSs you would not opt into? Not at the moment, we take a look at everything and ask questions before making decisions.

Lastly, I’d like to give a brief explanation for why we chose Emilia as our validator’s name. The answer is very simple, she is number #1 and we strive to be the number #1 in everything we do.

[Shardpool]

• Operator Name: Shardpool.io
• Website: https://shardpool.io
• Operator Profile: Solo-Staker.
• Experience: I have 5 years of experience in running cryptocurrency nodes, with a focus on achieving close to 100% uptime. My key achievements include successfully running testnet nodes for Near, Zilliqa, Avax, Celestia, and EigenLayer and also are part of the mainnet for Zilliqa and Avax.
• Team: I work independently and do not have a team. I’ve successfully ran many nodes on AWS and have many load balancers incase something were to go down.
• Mainnet restake amount: I staked about 7eth in mainnet.
• Where do you run your infra: Based on where we believe has the least latency to either the most Node or the company nodes (for example, Zilliqa run their nodes in AU, thus we have added most of our nodes there).
• What rate do you plan to set your operator commission rate: We usually try to stay at the minimum commission rate. This will be 2 - 5%.
• Performance Metrics: Using prometheus and grafana, I have easily kept a performance score of 100% and uptime of 100%. Before updating nodes, I make a script that would dry run the process and then use the results to ensure an perfect update and re opt in.
• EigenDA Testnet Performance:
  • Describe your experience running the EigenDA testnet. - This was an easy task as I read through the documentation and tried it myself. Updating and staying within the top 200 was also very easy. I ensured to set up monitoring and alerts to ensure the nodes performance was the best it can be while ensuring the resources weren’t being used. At one point, the disk space was close to fulling but with easy access to updating the space through AWS, this was never a problem. I did see an increase of RPC requests on the node after being the top 15/200.
  • How long were you in the active set? - Since I started (Jan 15th 2024).
  • What were your performance metrics? - 100 % performance, rpc
• Plans to opt-into additional AVSs:
  • Are you running any AVS testnets other than EigenDA? Yes, here is our AVS
    We aim to support AVS that prioritises decentralisation and solo stakers.

[weeb]

• Operator Name: weeb operator

• Website: X: https://twitter.com/Weeb_Mcgee Github: https://github.com/penandlim

• Operator Profile: Solo-Staker.

• Experience: Experienced in managing AWS EC2 insances. First time attempting larger scale node operation.

• Team: Ex-software engineer at Amazon. Working in web3 since 2020.

• Mainnet restake amount: Currently staking around ~30 ETH on mainnet.

• Where do you run your infra: us-east-1 and us-east-2 on AWS

• What rate do you plan to set your operator commission rate: 3%

• Performance Metrics:

• EigenDA Testnet Performance: Using prometheus with alerting via PageAlert.

  • Describe your experience running the EigenDA testnet.
    • https://goerli.eigenlayer.xyz/operator/0x9d607a5fa21be335b39c249bd9b373c393bcc14e
    • It was a smooth experience as a EigenDA testnet validator maintainer - kept the discord and github notification turned on and updated whenever I was alerted. There were couple times where I was out of the active set due to unknown reason (most likely due to public testnet RPC errors) but always resolved under 24 hours.
  • How long were you in the active set?
    • I was in the active set since the first week of the EigenDA testnet launch. Maintained top 200 spot for most of the times. If my validator was churned off for whatever reason (not enough stake, goerli RPC error, etc), I resolved it within 24 hours and added myself back to the active set.
  • What were your performance metrics?
    • Uptime was 100% with the exception of time spending figuring out the best AWS EC2 instance type to use. CPU, RAM, and disk were over-provisioned (Can upgrade if needed).
      
      

• Plans to opt-into additional AVSs:

  • Are you running any AVS testnets other than EigenDA?
    • I am running validators on 8 networks for the Hyperlane protocol.
  • Are there any AVSs you plan to opt-in to?
    • I am interested in running AVS for the Hyperlane messaging system.
  • How do you plan to evaluate AVSs?
    • Based on three factors
      1. Performance required and disk space usage growth rate.
      2. Risk of slashing for the stakers
      3. Demand of the AVS
  • Are there any types of AVSs you would not opt into?
    • Not sure yet. Would have to understand how each type of AVS functions. For finality types like for Near and AltLayer I am curious how much disk space it would require. Also if the slashing risk is present due to underlying service’s inherent faults. (for example, if the underlying blockchain halts due to a bug in their code and somehow the validators get the blame).

Deployer address: 0x9D607a5Fa21be335b39C249Bd9b373C393bcC14E

Enhance Your Visibility on Social Media:
https://warpcast.com/weeb/0xd7817510

[mishika251.eth]

• Operator Name: DoraFactory

• Website: dorafactory.org
  dorahacks.io

• Operator Profile: Institutional Staker

• Experience: “DoraFactory is an open-source, community-driven venture builder with the mission to empower hackers by creating tools for decentralized venture organizations to thrive”
  Dora Factory came into inception in 2019. Over the 5 years, it is built on the current belief that most network incentives should go back to further develop the ecosystem in funding the ecosystem ventures and public goods via a bias-resistant distribution system.
  Currently, PGS has been adopted by 30+ ecosystems with a TVL of $200M consisting of validators from multiple ecosystems, the rewards from which has been distributed to multiple ecosystems via DoraHacks to fuel hackers to build and nurture.
  Recently, We also participated in the Lido X SSV testset and looking forward to the upcoming Lido X Obol set.

• Team: Briefly introduce your team and relevant background. The Dora team is made of stellar individuals from across the globe who unlock our widespread presence and community.

• Where do you run your infra: US

• What rate do you plan to set your operator commission rate: 10%

• Performance Metrics: Uptime- 100% uptime while in the active set, correctness, average response time, % over minimum stake
  https://goerli.eigenlayer.xyz/operator/0x53e783583ee93a4b08c7479c13b964b9f33e8077
  

  

• EigenDA Testnet Performance:
  The DoraFactory devOps team focused on keeping tab on all the EigenLayer community and stack upgrades to keep our operator up-to-date
  We ran our operator with 100% uptime and correctness

• How long were you in the active set? December- February (3+ months)

• What were your performance metrics? Uptime, Correctness, average response time, % over minimum stake

• Plans to opt-into additional AVSs:

• Are you running any AVS testnets other than EigenDA? No

• Are there any AVSs you plan to opt-in to? We are in advance stage talks with various teams like WitnessChain, Omni Network, Aethos, Mangata, Rio, Renzo, EtherFi, AltLayer, Polyhedra & more and will be joining various AVS’es based on the timeline shared by these teams soon!

• How do you plan to evaluate AVSs?
  

  

1. Priority 1- “Empowering Developer ecosystem”
   Via DoraHacks, we have deployed $50M+ in grants, $9M+ in community funding across 7000 start-ups in web3. While being at the forefront of all the innovation happening at the backend, we have supported multiple ecosystems like Ethereum, Polyon, Solana, BNB, Cosmos, Aptos, and more with the core functions as follows: Cosmos, BNB, Aptos, Polygon, Ethereum, Injective and many more with the core functions such as Hackathons, GrantDAOs, Community Voting, Bounties & Quadractic Funding.
   Therefore, AVS’es / projects with a developer centric roadmap would be the (1) priority of ours

2. Priority 2- “AVS Team & Potential”
   The team and the scope of project remains crucial to evaluate the future roadmap and success of any project therefore understanding the same would be the (2) priority of ours

3. Priority 3- “Empowering Retail Users”
   The value flow to retail in different forms is important for any project, it can be financial empowerment, enhancing ownership, better onboarding by abstracting steps, bringing speed, or more. Understanding the long term value flow to retail would be the (3) priority of ours

• Are there any types of AVSs you would not opt into? N/A