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Validator operations — engineered to never miss a block.

Bare-metal nodes, sentry architecture, HSM key custody and 24/7 SRE across EU, US and APAC. The stack we run for every chain we secure — and the stack white-label partners launch on top of.

99.99%
signing uptime
0
slashing events
< 1s
regional failover
3
regions active
02Architecture

Sentry isolation, remote signing, multi-region hot standby.

  • Validator keys live inside HSMs — never on the validator host
  • Remote signers (tmkms / horcrux) enforce double-sign protection
  • Sentry nodes absorb public gossip; validator stays private
  • Active-passive standby across EU · US · APAC with sub-second cut-over
  • 24/7 on-call engineering with documented incident runbooks
Signing path
HSM → Remote signer → Validator → Chain
HSMREMOTE SIGNERVALIDATOR SENTRYCHAINHSMFIPS L3tmkmsREMOTE SIGNValidatorEU REGIONHSMFIPS L3horcruxMPC SIGNValidatorUS REGIONHSMFIPS L3tmkmsSTANDBYValidatorAPAC REGIONsignedblockTXACTIVE · PASSIVE · PASSIVE
Keys isolated
Never touch validator hosts
Double-sign guard
tmkms / horcrux enforced
Sub-second failover
Active-passive across regions
03Operational cadence

The rituals that make never-miss repeatable.

Chain upgrades

Scheduled hours in advance, rehearsed on testnet, executed via runbooks with two-engineer sign-off.

Capacity planning

We monitor every validator's CPU, I/O and bandwidth headroom — and pre-empt saturation before it matters.

SLA reporting

Monthly per-chain uptime ledger, signed blocks vs expected, delivered to partners on day one of each month.