Notes Working Group Call July 21 2025 2372938fe50480ecb7a6cfcdc7539d5d

Notes: Working Group Call July 21 2025

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Agenda

• Validator Support Program

  • https://near-staking.com/
  • NEAR Foundation
  • Meta Pool Node Studio Program
    • Economic sustainability; $14/month
    • 40,000 Near delegation from Meta Pool
  • Data dashboard for validator distribution?
    • Solana case https://solanacompass.com/statistics/decentralization
    • Lido https://app.hex.tech/8dedcd99-17f4-49d8-944e-4857a355b90a/app/VaNOM-Lido-on-Ethereum-Validator-Node-metrics-1vnpSDa7PtbyA6HX0bVNj1/latest?tab=client-diversity
  • Should we create a dashboard for monitoring decentralization from different aspects?

• https://nearscope.net/validators

• Survey results

  Forum Post: NEAR Token Issuance Survey Results

  • publish learnings to forum (where lane shared updates)
  • no user data, just general numbers

• Next steps for WG after HoS goes live (around Aug - Sep)

• Gauntlet Call with HoS delegates

  • [Questions for Discussion with Gauntlet (HoS staking mechanism)](Questions%20for%20Discussion%20with%20Gauntlet%20(HoS%20stakin%2021e2938fe504802f8313ef565858aea8.md)

• Dive into the validator proposal by Hot DAO

  • can do a proposal in September
  • collect information on why validators voted against