Road To Decentralization: Empress Staking And United Group Become Verified Elrond Network Staking Providers
In less than one year since the minting of its genesis block, the Elrond Network has grown to become one of the largest Proof of Stake blockchains, with 3200 Validator nodes spread all over the world. It is also one of the most decentralized, with more than 80,000 people contributing to its security through staking.
The rapid expansion of the internet-scale blockchain is made possible by the efforts of an ever-increasing number of hard-working infrastructure providers - more than 80 at the time of this announcement.
Today we are excited to welcome Empress Staking and United Group!
The Empress Staking team is a security and privacy-oriented group of Bitcoin experts who have taken an early interest in Elrond and have been active supporters of our project since before the mainnet launch.
“More than 10 years since it was launched, Bitcoin’s security remains unbroken but we believe that blockchain technology can offer more than just value store and transfer. Elrond is the smart contract execution platform with the best design and a very competent team of developers, which is why we chose to support it throughout its lifecycle.” said Hampus Vestin, Empress Staking co-founder.
United Group has emerged from a group of early Elrond supporters who decided to secure their long-term stake in the ecosystem using the best possible infrastructure. They have since expanded to offer non-custodial delegation services to people outside of the group, forming a tightly knit community in the process.
“We were fortunate to become involved in Elrond at an early stage and feel we have a responsibility towards the ecosystem and community to support their sustainable development.” said Lucian Fleseriu, United Group co-founder
About Empress Staking
Empress Staking has supported the Elrond ecosystem since its inception and currently operates over 50 nodes with redundancy and aims to provide a learning experience for newcomers, but also aims to challenge the veteran blockchain user. As a staking provider, we plan to utilize our resources in order to further strengthen the privacy and security aspects of the Elrond network.
About United Group
At United Group, our mission is to support the adoption, growth, and long-term success of the Elrond Network ecosystem. This is our unique approach: we make it simple to build on the next generation of blockchain technology. We provide a highly secure staking infrastructure and we are actively participating in community & governance.
Lucian Mincu, co-founder and CIO of MultiversX, is a self-taught tech prodigy, previously engineer at Uhrenwerk 24, Cetto, and Liebl Systems. and co-founder & CTO of MetaChain Capital. His ability to navigate complex challenges and carve out solutions is nothing short of extraordinary, making him a driving force behind the success of MultiversX.
