Crestlayer Nodes

High-performance blockchain infrastructure. Bare-metal validators, testnet-to-mainnet support, and long-term network reliability.

[Crestlayer Nodes @Crestlayer]

@Crestlayer has officially become a validator node on the Canton mainnet.

@CantonNetwork is the first privacy-enabled Layer 1 blockchain designed specifically for institutional finance, enabling regulated entities to securely, compliantly, and interoperably transfer assets.

[Crestlayer Nodes @Crestlayer]

For validators, network upgrades are part of the job.

Today’s Ethereum Glamsterdam activation on Sepolia is another reminder:

Infrastructure needs to evolve with the protocol — not after it.

We’re continuing to monitor upgrades, test changes early, and keep our infrastructure ready for production.

Reliable infrastructure is built before the upgrade window.

#Ethereum #Validators #Infrastructure #Web3‌‌

[Crestlayer Nodes @Crestlayer]

Jeremy gave us a look at what’s coming to @arc during Circle’s Q2 2026 Earnings Call.

Arc Mainnet launches September 16 — and the numbers leading up to this moment are impressive:

• 500M+ transactions processed on testnet
• Nearly 3M wallets
• Nearly perfect uptime
• 100+ partners already active on private mainnet
But beyond the numbers, what’s particularly interesting is the caliber of institutions preparing to operate as network validators alongside Circle.
From leading asset managers and banks to exchanges, payment networks, payment processors, and remittance companies.
Arc is being built as financial infrastructure for institutions — and for the next generation of global finance.

As Jeremy said, this is an incredible milestone.

September 16. We’re getting close. 🚀

[DoubleZero @doublezero]

Earlier this week, DoubleZero made a large announcement with @Kalshi... but what exactly does it mean for traders?

@Austin_Federa explains via @CoinDesk.

Full chat below ↓

[Arc @arc]

Liquidity found its home.

@Uniswap is bringing deep pools to Arc.

Ready to dive in.

[Jerry Ojumah @JerryOjumah]

We'll be having a Stablecoin Breakfast session for builders and developers in Lagos this weekend.

If you're building on @arc or you're exploring integrating stablecoins into your existing product stack, We'd love have you join us.

In Lagos? Join us this weekend!

https://t.co/oB0rgcYNKO

[vLLM @vllm_project]

🚀Great to see @RedHat_AI and @poolsideai team up to make Laguna XS.2 faster and cheaper to serve in vLLM. A DFlash speculator built with Speculators drafts 8 tokens per forward pass for 2-3x faster decoding at no quality loss, and LLM Compressor adds FP8 / NVFP4 / INT4 checkpoints so you can match your hardware budget.

🔗 https://t.co/3mguMKtwTt

[Inferact @inferact]

🚀 Command A+ is ready to serve on vLLM: day-0.

Frontier open-source, production-ready. Huge congrats to the Cohere and vLLM teams!

Read more 👇

https://t.co/VWAeYGDmAR

[Arc @arc]

Arc Hackathon Spotlight: Chariot

Chariot is an Arc Hackathon Spotlight project exploring how lending infrastructure can work across chains with ETH-backed collateral, vault logic, and automated risk controls.

Join @samconnerone and Sipho Yawe live on May 7 at 11:00 AM ET for a walkthrough of the build:
→ ETHEscrow to BridgedETH
→ ERC-4626 vault design
→ Liquidation logic and circuit breakers
→ Vault agent architecture

See how hackathon projects on Arc turn into real, composable financial infrastructure.

RSVP: https://t.co/lYDm8wnhWR

[Shelby @shelbyserves]

If you're offering compute but egress is eating up your margins, let's talk
If your training data is stuck in one region and your GPUs are in another, let's talk.
If your content is being consumed, but you don't know by whom, let's talk.

Booth E11. We're here all day.

[Crestlayer Nodes @Crestlayer]

@rpranav @Austin_Federa Big vision. Curious to see how the ecosystem evolves around this.

[Shelby @shelbyserves]

2 Days to Early Access.

She stands for reads and verifiability 📡

[Crestlayer Nodes @Crestlayer]

@shelbyserves ⚡️

[Tempo @tempo]

Today, cross-border payroll routes through various intermediaries, each taking a fee.

With stablecoins, payroll providers get lower-cost payouts, faster account funding, and new revenue streams.

A practical guide for payroll platforms:
https://t.co/x5TO9SOzlc

[Crestlayer Nodes @Crestlayer]

Our principle as a node operator: build long-term, give honest feedback, and stay reliable through every stage.

[Crestlayer Nodes @Crestlayer]

@rpranav Decentralized systems avoid this by aligning incentives over the long term, which is essential for durable infrastructure.
As a professional infrastructure operator, we would like to ask whether there is an opportunity to contribute during the early testnet phase.

[Crestlayer Nodes @Crestlayer]

The stakes have changed in
@CantonNetwork
: With this halvening the majority of $CC rewards goes to apps and users - more than 60% of all CC minted! TradFi and crypto firms alike are competing for the same pool of rewards and everyone wins as adoption grows.

[Crestlayer Nodes @Crestlayer]

@rpranav Well put.
Without predictable low-latency access, most of these use cases simply can’t function — decentralization has to come with performance.

[Crestlayer Nodes @Crestlayer]

Impressed by what @BitRobotNetwork is building — AI automation agents that aim for dependability and real execution, not sandbox experiments.

This focus on reliable orchestration and execution is exactly what the future of autonomous systems needs. Looking forward to updates!

[Crestlayer Nodes @Crestlayer]

@rpranav @shelbyserves The angle on decentralized, low-latency storage for data-heavy apps and AI agents really resonates. Looking forward to seeing Shelby’s testnet progress.

[Crestlayer Nodes @Crestlayer]

Really enjoyed this conversation — especially the breakdown on hot storage vs cold storage and the latency tradeoffs vs Filecoin / Arweave.
@rpranav @shelbyserves

[Sergei Sadkov @ssadkov]

☁️ Deep dive into decentralized hot storage with @rpranav (Head of Core Infra @AptosLabs & Lead @shelbyserves)

I asked him why Web3 needs "Amazon S3 but decentralized" and how they plan to beat cloud giants on speed and price.

Timestamps:
📦 00:00 — What is @shelbyserves
💸 00:53 — The "Cloud Bill" problem: Why Web2 storage hurts startups
🏎️ 02:10 — Shelby vs Filecoin/Arweave: Milliseconds vs Seconds
🏛️ 02:59 — The 6 technical pillars to achieve speed and low latency
🔒 05:23 — Privacy: Token-gated data & on-chain access control
🎬 06:28 — Use cases: Decentralized YouTube/TikTok & Prediction Markets
🤖 07:16 — The fastest growing sector: Storage for AI Agents
📉 07:40 — Why Shelby is 4x cheaper
🗓️ 08:55 — Roadmap: Wen Testnet & Road to Mainnet
🪙 10:58 — Economics: Payments, token
🌐 11:35 — Why Aptos is the only chain that can handle Shelby's load
🛡️ 12:26 — Pranav’s personal investment strategy ("I'm all in ...")

If you are building data-heavy apps — this conversation is crucial.