Josh Dougall

Dad, husband, infra nerd.

[Josh Dougall @joshdougall]

Lido's share of staked ETH has dropped to ~21%, down from a concerning 32% peak in 2023 and now well below the 33% threshold where a single entity could disrupt Ethereum's finality.

That's some real progress for maintaining decentralization. But stake distribution is only one axis.

The next step, and something that seems to be getting sidelined for leaner protocol builds, is client diversity.

A network can have healthier validator and operator distribution, while still carrying concentration risk if too much of the network depends on the same software stack.

Both execution clients and consensus clients need diversity. A supermajority in either layer is a single point of failure waiting to happen.

Decentralization means distributing power over the network, and that includes the software keeping the network online.

[ChainSafe @ChainSafeth]

We're excited to be partnering with Augur to build the Lituus oracle!

We're honoured to work with such an OG organization building the next generation of decentralized oracles. Looking forward to helping shape what's next for Augur.

[ChainSafe @ChainSafeth]

Life’s too short to wait for nodes to sync.
While it isn't the flashiest part of the stack, we provide the public RPC endpoints and snapshots that keep the network accessible to all Ethereum builders.

[ChainSafe @ChainSafeth]

Daml is powerful, but the boilerplate tax is real.

We’re changing that. Meet Daml Autopilot, the MCP Server that turns your AI assistant into a senior Daml architect. Easily get started in Daml, or get your @CantonNetwork app off the ground in a single chat.

Stop fighting the environment. Start shipping logic. 🧵👇

[ChainSafe @ChainSafeth]

We’re obsessed with performance. That’s why we’re transitioning Lodestar’s core from TypeScript to #ZigLang.

Lower overhead, better memory safety, and a faster #Ethereum consensus layer. Read the story on our transition to @ziglang 👇

[Sprinter @sprinter_ux]

We've been quiet, on purpose, and today you'll see why.

We are excited to reintroduce Sprinter. What started as crosschain solver infrastructure evolved into something much bigger.

Credit is the layer nobody has built yet, and we are building the engine for it.

More below 👇

[Josh Dougall @joshdougall]

Institutions evaluating blockchain infrastructure: ask your provider where your validators physically run.

Most of them are on AWS or GCP. Last October, an AWS region went down for hours.

You wouldn't accept that concentration risk in traditional markets. Don't accept it onchain.

[Josh Dougall @joshdougall]

You can run thousands of validators and still be centralized if they're all on AWS.

Real resilience is bare metal. Geographic diversity. No single provider can pull the plug. That's what unstoppable infrastructure actually looks like.

[ChainSafe @ChainSafeth]

Security is our top priority. Huge thanks to the @hexens team for their rigorous work stress-testing our defences 💛

[nflaig.eth @nicoflaig]

epbs-devnet-0 launch is around the corner, one more client to go

[Obol @Obol_Collective]

https://t.co/r3dBdHemf0

[Josh Dougall @joshdougall]

ChainSafe is joining the Ethereum Client Team Vault on Lido V3.

We’re partnering with @Obol_Collective, @sigp_io, @develpgmbh, and @Nethermind to operate this DVT-powered stVault

Very cool to soon be securing the network alongside the teams that build the clients.

[Lido @LidoFinance]

https://t.co/ARkMbF2WS0

[Josh Dougall @joshdougall]

Decentralized content is only as good as its accessibility.

With Orbitor, we're ensuring unmitigated public access to the IPFS network with proper regional coverage (LATAM/EU/APAC). The plumbing matters.

[ChainSafe @ChainSafeth]

ICYMI: Orbitor, the latest @IPFS public gateway, is live 🛰️

[ChainSafe @ChainSafeth]

Orbitor, the latest @IPFS public gateway, is officially live!
Gateways connect HTTP to IPFS, making decentralized content accessible from any browser.

Orbitor includes three endpoints: LATAM, EU, and APAC, providing these regions with unmitigated public access to IPFS.

More ⤵️

[Obol @Obol_Collective]

Obol and @dsrvlabs present a collaborative report on the State of Ethereum in South Korea.

A deep dive into one of Ethereum’s most unique local scenes featuring the key voices pushing it forward.

As we discovered, the South Korean community is ready to build the future 🇰🇷🌱

[Devcon 8 | Mumbai, India 🇮🇳 @EFDevcon]

Devcon 8

Mumbai, India 🇮🇳

Q4 2026

[Josh Dougall @joshdougall]

@smpalladino @aztecnetwork @ChainSafeth I got a sweet hat 😎 and mainly the opportunity to actually participate in something awesome haha 🧀

[Josh Dougall @joshdougall]

Spent the night watching @aztecnetwork’s Ignition Chain inch toward 500 sequencers. Our node at @ChainSafeth ended up as number 500, tipping the chain into block production on Ethereum mainnet. Very cool to see the first fully decentralized L2 sequencer set come online.

[Koen @Koenmtb1]

@ChainSafeth @ethereum @aztecnetwork Excited to have you on board! 🫡
ChainSafe single handedly staking at 2AM local time... taking us from 498 to 503 sequencers.
Taking note✍️ these guys ship.

[ChainSafe @ChainSafeth]

Ignition Chain is live on @Ethereum with 500 decentralized sequencers 🔥

ChainSafe happened to be number 500, helping trigger block production for @aztecnetwork’s fully decentralized L2.

We’re so excited to be helping secure the next phase of private Ethereum!