While everyone has been excited and focused on a certain Ethereum upgrade...another crypto
so important to the Eth ecosystem is having a BIG event too!
And the event starts today!
So are you ready to get Stinky with my linky!?
Well it’s about to reek for about 10 minutes!
Because it’s time for Chico Crypto!!
Everyone knows I’m a big fan of that stinky LINK!
It’s a major part of my crypto portfolio & for good reason.
In the month of July alone, Chainlink set a record.
62 integrations, or crypto projects utilizing the Chainlink network of oracle nodes!
Now, you guys should know that Chainlink has competitors out there.
There have been many oracle based projects which have popped up over the past couple
of years!
I wonder if they have close to the amount of integrations that Chainlink has?
Well no, as you can see Chainlink is off the charts.
Over 679 dapps, protocols, and crypto projects which have integrated Chainlink.
The next closest is BAND which only has about 67 integrations!
Actually if you took all the competitors, including BAND and added their integrations
all together, Chainlink still has 40 percent more!
Obviously Chainlink is the best or this wouldn’t be the case!
Chainlinks network of oracles is the most time tested, secure & efficient way to provide
data to these dapps and projects!
And projects that don’t use Chainlink….usually suffer!
BZX February of 2020, exploited...within a month, by March they announce they are using
Chainlink oracles & they haven’t been exploited since!
Same goes with Value DeFi...they were using their own centralized oracles, got hacked
for 6 million...and they turned to Chainlink to stop any more damage..which has held true
since they integrated.
And then in January of this year, Warp Finance got exploited for 8 million.
They also turned to Chainlink to stop flash loan attacks, which has proven to be a solution
to their oracle problem!
Well, Wault Finance was just exploited a few days ago, similar to Warp in a Flashloan attack.
What do you think is going to be announced soon!?
Wault will be implementing Chainlink oracles and price feeds...just wait….it’s going
to happen!
It’s not only small dapps and protocols implementing LINK for security.
But some of the most hyped scaling solutions for Ethereum are too!
The LinkHound on twitter @link_hound posted this a few days ago!
“This is cool, I know the Chainlink community have been waiting for this one.
Chainlink data feeds are unequivocally up and running and live on optimismPBC!
And there are 4 feeds live!
But it’s not only Optimism’s rollup!
Also the Arbitrum rollup!
The Link Houd also tweeted this in the middle of July “Have fun everyone.Chainlink you
are amazing!
Arbitrum Bridge, Arbitrum Inbox, Arbitru L1 Gateway Router...and they show a token address
which is interacting with all of this….
It the Chainlink token on Arbitrum!
What does this all mean?
Well Chainlink God, explains below “This looks like the Arbitrum token bridge now supports
the $LINK token so it can be used to pay for Chainlink oracle services like price feeds,
VRF, proof of reserve, keepers, any API, etc natively on the Arbitrum One network”
Soo now that we get the importance of Chainlink to decentralized ecosystems, across the board...it’s
time to talk about Chainlink’s BIG event that begins today!
Chainlink is having it’s Smart Contract Summit #1.
Yeah the first one in its history, where they are bringing together industry heavyweights
to talk about smart contracts, NFTs, DeFi & of course that stinky link!
Many heavyweights including the Flan Man himself Sergay, but also Ari Juels, Stani of Aave,
Robert Leshner of Compound, Kain of Synthetix, Shelia Warren of the world economic forum,
Ed Felten of offchain, the creators of arbitrum, john wolpert of consensys and baseline protocol,
and the list goes on & on...over 200 speakers are going to be talking at Chainlink first
Smartcon…
They are obviously going all out for this!
But the main dude, Sergey Nazarov, is speaking on each of the days.
Today, tomorrow and on Saturday!
And I have a feeling he is going to be speaking on something very special & anticipated by
the entire Chainlink community & beyond…
Chainlink Staking!
Why do I think this?
Well just last week...July 27th.
Chainlink released a blog titled “explicit staking in Chainlink 2.0: An Overview”.
In this blog, they gave a thorough overview of explicit staking in Chainlink, one of the
more thorough overviews since the release of the Chainlink 2.0 whitepaper back in April!
They dove into service agreements, the two tiered oracle networks that will be created
including the cryptoeconomic security of second-Tier Networks via User Voting...and even how this
works in a simple picture, where they are using t-systems aka t-mobile’s Chainlink
node as an example!
Now why would Chainlink do this!?
Release a thorough blog post on Staking, unless they were going to also be talking about it
at Smartcon!
So are they going to announce Chainlink staking is ready?
Will Sergay Drop the bomb at their first SmartCon!?
Well sorry to burst your LINK bubble most likely not!
Remember, going back to the BLOG they released...Service agreements are a major piece of Staking...And
there is a Chainlink development tracker, on pivotal tracker...which shows what, when
& how the protocol is being worked on.
I’ve included a link for it down in the description, if you are interested!
But in the pivotal tracker we can search by Service agreement and click on that to view
all tasks or stories.
As we can see 19 stories for this Service agreement have been completed...they are in
the green.
Although there are 25 in the blue, aka in the icebox, which means they still need to
be completed!
Although not all stories are going to need to be completed, some stories or tasks get
thrown out the window….
So based on this information.
Staking won’t be ready by SmartCon...but I still have a feeling, they are going to
be dropping some bombs regarding it.
That blog release last week tells me they are!
Although, if you want to get prepared for Chainlink Staking in a certain way...there
is an option with the #1 Chainlink service provider….LinkPool and the founder and CEO,
Johnny Huxtable will also be speaking at SmartCon!
And in the Chainlink Staking Blog, they even mention one of the product that Linkpool has
created!
They mention Chainlink markets and below even show Linkpool’s data feed and their nodes!
Obviously Linkpool is an integral piece of Chainlink’s ecosystem!
They have been working right alongside Chainlink the longest & their Chainlink nodes are some
of the most utilized throughout the ecosystem!
So let’s talk about Linkpool staking and how this can prepare you for Chainlink staking!
Going to the Dashboard...you can see the APR for staking LPL...it’s tiny compared with
other rates in the space, just above 1.5 percent, although that is paid in Link tokens!
So why would you want to buy and stake LPL?
What is the benefit?
Well as you can see there is a Linkpool Allowance token you receive for staking tool!
What is Linkpool Allowance?
Well this is a token that will be required for staking with Linkpool..
When Chainlink staking goes live, In theory, you will be allowed to stake LINK at a rate
of 0.4 LINK per LPLA.
As Linkpool gets more business, the allowance will likely increase.
If it goes up enough, you can lend out your LPL allowance rights to other LINK holders
to earn a percentage of their interest.
The big reason to hodl this token and stake it... isnt for the rewards right now, but
to have the inside track on staking with Linkpool when Chainlink staking eventually goes live.
They are the leader and biggest insider working hand-in-hand with Chainlink!
Being a strong holder of LPLA will allow you to have a giant head start!
So this is about the prospect of BIG Future returns, rather than returns right now!
So I’m hoping mainnet staking for Chainlink is released by the end of the year & I hope
at smartcon, they announce that this is the case!
Will it happen is a question only the Chainlink team can answer.
Although there is another project I’m a BIG fan of , in my top coins, which will definitely
have mainnet staking by the end of the year.
And that is the Energy Web Chain!
They tweeted two days ago, that staking was live on their Volta testnet & the same day
they said “In Case You Missed It: staking on our Volta testnet, ahead of coming to the
main EWChain”
Yes!
It’s coming to the main Chain, shortly after this test on the testnet!
And CEO, Jesee Morris, explains the implications better than I can.
He tweeted about it being live on Volta too...but he also said “This will be one of the first
staking models I've seen with a connection to real world cashflows and business value”
Yes this will be, one of the most interesting & game changing staking models!
So get yourself ready for it, by testing it out on Volta.
And I’ve actually included in the description, a tutorial on how to do it, from coming Blockchain
Leaks Journalist, HSV-Porky!
So get your stake on my friends, before it’s live.
Do it with Linkpool for Chainlink and do it on the testnet with EWT.
Cheers I’ll see you next time!