Sometimes it happens in small increments, and sometimes it happens overnight. In retrospect, a paradigm shift looks obvious, but few see it coming. Even those that see it coming are surprised to see it arrive.
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Introducing Stargate, the largest Cosmos upgrade yet. Stargate will enable higher transaction throughput, cross-chain transactions, accelerate UI development, and so much more.
At a Glance
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Cosmos Governance February Update
- Proposals are in the works! Sunny’s (All in Bits; Sikka) proposal to change slashing
- GWG Month 2 community call (21 people) joined to discuss gov work sustainability
- Participation in the Cosmos GWG exceeds Month 2 targets in all areas but one-looking for more wallet operators
- The Cosmos ‘Community Spend Best…
Drafting and submitting a community-spend governance proposal is a process that takes time, attention, and involves risk. However, proposals also have the potential to enact funding for important Cosmos Hub work. Version 1.0 …
Key Metrics
- Updated key metric: staking economics — effective inflation (& rewards) lower than what’s reported
- Mar 1 Community Pool balance ~313k ATOM
- Mar 1 reported inflation has bottomed out at 7.00%, but it’s effectively 6.41%
- Effective inflation is 6.41% & effective rewards rate is 8.59% (know the difference! article updated)
- Feb…
Participating in the new wave of finance does not exempt you from the rules of the traditional systems. We get that.
Jurisdictions such as the United States mandate that income reports are based upon the day that income is earned. However, many proof of stake blockchains don’t record every transfer…
Key Metrics
- New key metrics: economics; community pool; cartel watch stats
- Jan 29 Community Pool balance ~285k ATOM (~5k spent in January)
- Jan 20 inflation 7.12% and rewards rate ~9.43% (know the difference!)
- Jan 20 — Top 10 validators have lost a further 2% of voting power
Quick Takes
Quick Take
The main drivers of the ATOM’s value could be more than transaction fees. ATOM-holders should be able to somehow extract value related to the “assets under management” that the Cosmos Hub secures (via products like DeFi). In a world of thousands of connected blockchains, credibility could be the scarcest resource…
If you’re staking KAVA on the Kava network, and you’re delegating to Figment, you can access reports for the rewards that you’ve earned. Why is this important? Tax season is upon us, and taxes for cryptocurrency are notoriously difficult.
Track Your Staking Rewards
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Quick takes
- Prop23 passed, and Figment is now committed to these deliverables (which are additional to our prior involvement)
- Prop23 has provided us with some voting data to learn from
- Lowering…
