We keep blockchains online.
Validator infrastructure for new chains, from the first testnet through mainnet.
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Whichever side you are on, we were there first.
For new blockchains
Add us to your genesis set
A blockchain is only as good as the validators who answer. We upgrade within minutes of notice and stay reachable the whole way through.
- Upgrades run within minutes of notice, not days
- On call around the clock, in your Discord, not a ticket queue
- We find the breakages on testnet so mainnet does not
- Dashboards and tooling built for your community, not ours
For delegators
Stake where we are already running.
Delegate to a validator that was on the network before the rewards were proven.
- Zero slashes, across every validator we have run
- Your keys never leave your wallet
- Low commission, so more of the reward stays yours
- Redundant nodes in two regions, so downtime never costs you rewards
Why stake with us
Three things worth checking.
Everything else on this page is shown rather than claimed. These three are not, so here they are plainly.
Slashing takes a cut of your stake. Across every chain we operate, it has never happened — and we publish the record rather than asking you to take it on trust.
One mark per network
25 secured
0
slashes
Across every validator we have ever run.
We started in 2020 and have joined most of our networks at their testnet, before there was anything to earn. That is the part a new operator cannot copy.
2020
2026 in progress
6
years
Validating since 2020, through every upgrade since.
Commission is set per chain and shown on that chain's page. If we ever raise it, it is announced before it takes effect — not discovered in your rewards.
One bar per chain
Rates differ
Set
per chain
Published on every network page, never changed quietly.
Networks
We run nodes for projects whose values we share — and keep refining performance so they stay up.
Testimonials
What the teams say.
Head of Node Operator Mechanisms, Lido
“The Encapsulate team has participated in both testnet and mainnet DVT clusters via the Lido Simple DVT Module, and through that time has demonstrated strong performance and reliability as a Node Operator within the Simple DVT Operator set. I look forward to seeing the continued expansion of Encapsulate as an Ethereum Node Operator”
CoFounder, Axelar
“The Encapsulate team is one of the most engaged and knowledgeable in the space. They helped to participate, build, and educate the community around Axelar network”
CEO, Agoric
“Encapsulate have been there since the beginning, consistently and reliably helping with testnets, upgrades, and community support”
CoFounder, Gravity Bridge
“Encapsulate is a professional and responsive validator. Actually involved in the community and unafraid to do what needs to be done. Any community should be glad to have them”
Founder, Stargaze
“Encapsulate has been an excellent validator and contributor to Stargaze. They have built Discord bots that are widely used and loved by the community. They've also been really proactive about fixing issues and maintaining everything. Highly recommend!”
Governance
Every vote, four pillars behind it.
The pillars are not a separate claim from the record — every vote we have cast went through all four. The six below are the most recent.
Understand the proposal
Read it in full, including the immediate and long-term impact.
Consider the implications
Weigh the risks and benefits, and the fit with the project's mission.
Listen to the community
Seek out other perspectives, and discount bias and misinformation.
Reflect on personal interests
Balance what we hold against the health of the project.
Reference | Proposal | Network | Our vote | Recorded | Proof | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
4851 | v2.21 | Terra | YES | September 11, 2026 | Routine software upgrade. Coordinating on one version at one height is the whole job, so this is a yes. | |
Protocol upgrade to version 34 | IOTA | YES | September 9, 2026 | Mainnet release carrying a protocol change; validators have to be on it for the version to take effect. | ||
Protocol upgrade to version 135 | Sui | YES | September 9, 2026 | Sui switches version only when two thirds of the stake has voted for it, and only nodes already on the release can vote. We were. | ||
ACP-285 | Reduce Minimum Consumption Rate | Avalanche | YES | September 8, 2026 | Trims issuance at the low end of the staking curve; we back a leaner emission schedule. | |
ACP-283 | Dynamic Minimum Gas Price | Avalanche | YES | September 8, 2026 | Lets the floor price fall when the chain is quiet, so fees track actual demand. | |
ACP-273 | Reduce Minimum Validator Staking Duration | Avalanche | YES | September 8, 2026 | A shorter minimum term lowers the commitment a new validator has to make without weakening the set. | |
ACP-267 | Increase Validator Uptime Requirement from 80% to 90% | Avalanche | YES | September 8, 2026 | A higher bar for rewards is right for the network, and we run well above 90%. | |
ACP-236 | Auto-Renewed Staking | Avalanche | YES | September 8, 2026 | Removes the re-stake gap at the end of a validation period — good for delegators and for uptime on our nodes. | |
ACP-194 | Continuous Execution | Avalanche | YES | September 8, 2026 | Separates consensus from execution so throughput is no longer capped by execution inside the round; we upgraded ahead of Helicon. | |
MIP-0009 | Increase zkApp Account Update Limit | Mina | YES | September 3, 2026 | More account updates per transaction, so a zkApp call need not be split. | |
MIP-0008 | Increase Events and Actions Limit | Mina | YES | September 3, 2026 | Raises the events and actions a transaction may emit, which zkApps had been working around. | |
MIP-0007 | Increase On-Chain State Size Limit | Mina | YES | September 3, 2026 | More on-chain state per zkApp account, at a cost we can carry. | |
MIP-0006 | Reduce Slot Time to 90s | Mina | YES | September 3, 2026 | Faster slots mean faster finality for users; our block producers were ready for the shorter window. | |
Starknet validator upgrade (Juno v0.16.6) | Starknet | YES | September 3, 2026 | Starknet staking attestations come from the node, so the node has to be current. Upgraded on release. |
What we do
Services and tools
The tooling around the nodes — dashboards, deployment playbooks, bots and a monitoring stack. All of it public, and all of it yours to keep.
Whatever the chain needs made visible — gas prices, validator sets, protocol state. Public, and open to anyone.
Browser
Playbooks your validators can deploy a node with, versioned and public.
Terminal
Discord tooling for proposals, rewards and alerts, built for the chains we validate.
Discord
Metrics, alerting and dashboards your team keeps running after we hand it over.
Console
Latest Blog Posts
The networks we validate on — what they are building, what is new, and what it means if you hold the token.
Encapsulate · Who we are
Since 2020
“The ones who keep the nodes up and stay off the website.”
And others.
Former software engineers running validation services since early 2020 — a team that watches the nodes, ships the upgrades, and answers when something breaks.
Core team
Pick a name
Contact
One line reaches us.
No form, no queue. The same inbox the people running your nodes read.
Discord discord.gg/q6cmGycxsr
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Linkedin encapsulate-xyz
