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In this episode of the Awesome Algo podcast, hosts Al and Mike welcome Uroš, CEO of Valar Solutions and one of the founders of Valar Staking, to discuss their innovative peer-to-peer decentralized staking platform for Algorand.
Uroš shares his background in electrical engineering and mechatronics, explaining how his team's vision for blockchain decentralization led to creating Valar - a platform that connects blockchain stakeholders directly with node runners through a permissionless marketplace. The discussion covers how Valar emerged from a winning hackathon project at Decipher 2024 and evolved through the Algorand Foundation's incubator program.
The episode explores Valar's unique approach to staking that maintains self-custody while enabling users to participate in consensus through native delegation. Uroš explains the platform's ...
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algorandblockchaindeficonsensusengineeringalgokitstaking