ThomasBlock.io

Up-and-coming validator and verified staking pool provider
full-stack web 3.0 blockchain node operations
custom-built high-performance bare-metal servers
cryptocurrency mining
consulting and support

Low fees = high profit


my fees will always be below 10%

to attract more delegations, the fees are even lower now ( 3% )
at least until 01.01.2024

i always choose the most profitable network parameters ( subgraphs, transcoding etc )

high security = peace of mind


bare metal servers with no provider access
encrypted hard disks
cold wallets stored on hardware wallets
continous updates and security monitoring
virtual machines with constant backups and high-availablity failover

innovation


i always learn and explore new possibilies:
Filecoin = faster sector sealing
Arweave = faster storage access
Ethereum, L2 = faster rpc access
The Graph = faster indexing
Livepeer = low-lag videostreams
building own nvme servers = high io

The Graph


- live since Jan 2023
- migrated from Ethereum to Arbitrum
- indexing several chains: ETH,AVAX,ARB,FTM
- always switching to the best subgraphs
- fast indexing with firehose & substreams

Ethereum


- exploring LST ( liquid staking )
- exploring DVT ( distributed validators )

LivePeer


- live since Jun 2023
- 10 concurrent transcoding sessions
- 1 Gbit connection
- NVIDIA RTX A4000 GPU

Tezos


- live since Jul 2023
- low fees

Avalanche


- soon
 

Ethereum


- private staking nodes
- execution layer ( geth, erigon )
- consensus layer ( prysm )
- layer 2 ( Arbitrum, Optimism )

Proof-of-Work


- private stratum endpoints
- sha256 ( Bitcoin Cash )
- scrypt ( Litecoin, Doge )
- equihash ( Zcash, Horizen )

Proof-of-Space


- private storage farms
- Filecoin
- Arweave

Servers

- bare metal servers in german datacenter
- full physical access 24/7, no cloud
- datacenter in germany
- Proxmox Cluster Nodes
- Rackservers with 16x SSD and 768 GB RAM
- Compute Nodes with Ryzen 5900X, nvme
- Storage nodes with 12x 18 TB HDD
- Storage replication with zfs and ceph
- Infiniband 56 Gbit/s

Consulting

help for:
- cryptoccrency users
- delegators
- other validators
- server operators and builders

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