Chorus One has received a grant from the Interchain Foundation to explore the concept of Liquid Staking (also referred to as Programmable Staking or Staking Derivatives).
During the four month project, we will explore the different ways staked assets will be tokenized and the implications on the sustainability of the Internet of Blockchains. The Liquid Staking Working Group will continue to hold discussions after delivery of the report (June 2020).
The deliverable of the project are as follows:
Research Report Structure:
- Introduction to Proof-of-Stake and Associated Restrictions
- Exchange Staking: Trajectory and Current Examples
- Liquid Staking: Definition and Taxonomy
- Risks, Benefits, and Desired Characteristics of Liquid Staking
- Evaluation of Approaches (Delegation Exchange, Delegation Vouchers, Stake Capital DAO, Everett, Stafi, StakerDAO)
- Conclusion
Milestones:
- Project annoucement - Jan 10th
- Community calls (9 in total, to be found as here)
- Release of the research report draft - May 1st
- Release of the research report - June 16th
Chorus Team project roles:
- Brendan Dillon - Strategy & Bus. Dev. - Brendan will be the overall project coordinator
- Felix Lutsch - Research Analyst - Felix will compile the final detailed research report
- Brian Fabian Crain - Founder/CEO - Brian will prepare the executive summary
- Meher Roy - Founder/CTO - Meher will be participate in the community calls, forum discussions etc.
If you'd like to join the initiative please contact us as brendan@chorus.one or through the Chorus One website
Our sincere thanks to all at the Interchain Foundation for funding this work.