Partnership Announcement 🤝 Marlin is partnering with Ankr Network to make make low-latency DeFi trading more accessible and provide Marlin users with 1-click node deployment options. 🎯 Focused on network layer optimizations, Marlin provides a high-performance programmable network infrastructure for DeFi and Web 3.0. 🧩 Ankr is an infrastructure platform and marketplace for Web3-stack deployment. Features of the Marlin-Ankr partnership ⛓ 1-click deployment options for nodes and gateways in the network. 🧐 This will make Marlin's node development process cheaper and affordable. 🌐 It will also allow for easy node deployment across geographies. 💯 As more Marlin gateways are deployed, there will be an influx of new nodes that interact with the Marlin network, increasing network effects. 💰 Full nodes operating on Ankr infrastructure will gain access to a low-latency transaction relay benefiting DeFi traders and arb bots alike. 👀 The Ankr integration helps us move one step closer to our vision of a decentralized web where applications secured via blockchain are indistinguishable in terms of performance to Web 2.0. Dive in: https://www.marlin.pro/blog/marlin-and-ankr-partner-to-make-low-latency-defi-trading-more-accessible/ Spread the word: https://twitter.com/MarlinProtocol/status/1359109933493481474

📢 Excited for Roshan's keynote session at the Binance Blockchain Week 2021. Topic: The POND below the Bluesky Intrigued? Join us today (Feb 3) at 10:45am UTC to hear more about all things layer-0! Register at https://bit.ly/3oH6mDC Spread the word: https://twitter.com/MarlinProtocol/status/1356854124608774151

Hello Marlin Community, We have explored endless possibilities and meaningful partnerships in recent months. We have been relentlessly working on the technological front to provide the community with the latest dev and community updates commencing from January 2021. Here are some of the highlights: 🤓 Developed Polkadot & Tendermint gateways 🎯 Successfully completed POND token launch ✅ Concluded Eggnet ⏳ Commenced Larvanet 🤝 Partnership with Stafi 🐟 Integrated POND on various exchanges for seamless accessibility There are many more things in the pipeline that will unfold in the coming days. Dive into more details: https://www.marlin.pro/blog/marlin-dev-community-updates-january-2021/ Spread the word: https://twitter.com/MarlinProtocol/status/1356179632605655040

Marlin partners with StaFi Protocol to enable POND staking derivatives Marlin is thrilled to partner with StaFi, the first DeFi protocol unlocking liquidity of staked assets. Marlin and StaFi are collaborating with each other to solve the DeFi's scalability trilemma and develop wrapped rPOND tokens for Marlin's network. 🔥 Marlin is an open protocol providing high-performance programmable network infrastructure for DeFi and Web 3.0. 💥 StaFi solves issues of illiquidity caused by staking by creating derivatives of the staked tokens. This partnership will help create liquid staking derivatives of Marlin’s network token POND, as well as integrate Marlin's layer-0 scaling protocol onto the StaFi Platform. Read more: https://www.marlin.pro/blog/marlin-partners-with-stafi-to-enable-pond-staking-derivatives/ Spread the word: https://twitter.com/MarlinProtocol/status/1354059283600609280

Absolutely ❤️ the support that the Polkadot community is showing us! Participation by DOT stakers and validators in Marlin FlowMint has reached record highs! 🔥 💰 +$339m in total DOT bonded 🧙 100+ validators Stake DOT. Earn MPond. 💯 Just getting started? Our handy guide explains how you can participate in FlowMint with Polkadot and other supported chains - Binance Smart Chain, Cosmos, Fantom, IRISnet, Matic Network and NEAR Protocol. RT: https://twitter.com/MarlinProtocol/status/1351194794878504966

A lot of curiosity about Layer 0 & Marlin. 🧐 Hear Prateek talk about Marlin's incentivized network layer propagation, its role in solving networking bottlenecks for blockchains & how Marlin Cache accelerates DApp queries for DeFi at KBW2020. https://koreablockchainweek.com/watch/-MQQhpEz9IdPFjn-2FNq RT: https://twitter.com/MarlinProtocol/status/1347600024645996545

Introducing the next iteration of marlinctl based on feedback received from Eggnet participants 🤖 Support more runtimes (supervisor, systemd), platforms (Mac) 🧠 IaaC-like resource management for multiple instances 🖥 Multi-config instances on the same machine 🧊 Freeze prod version to prevent auto-updates 🔍 Integrity verification of binaries 🔧 Custom update policies 📓 Better logging and debugging support 🆘 Unstable channel support for testers 🧩 Better semantic versioning and easier upgrade path for upcoming versions https://www.marlin.pro/blog/marlinctl-2-improved-process-management-for-marlin-applications/ Get started at: https://github.com/marlinprotocol/marlinctl2 RT: https://twitter.com/MarlinProtocol/status/1347480501343277060

The bridge is open! 🎢 Here's a tutorial on how to convert POND to MPond for those looking to operate Marlin nodes in the Larvanet. A user-friendly interface is in the works and will be shared soon. https://www.marlin.pro/blog/converting-pond-to-mpond-using-the-marlin-bridge/ RT: https://twitter.com/MarlinProtocol/status/1346799712066621440

Happy New Year! 🎊 Our progress in 2020 👇 🕸 OpenWeaver 🐟 Marlin Cache 🥚 Concluded Eggnet 🌊 FlowMint Stakedrop 🎯 Token Launch Upcoming: ⏳ Larvanet ⚖️ The POND DAO and more... Here's to 2021 and beyond! Thank you for your continued support. ❤️ RT: https://twitter.com/MarlinProtocol/status/1344715808404983808

Over $140m in total stake bonded on FlowMint. 🤩 Delegators of whitelisted validators running Marlin gateways earn $MPond ⏲ 24-month stakedrop 💰 20% of genesis MPond 🛡 Stake directly on your native chain 🔓 No additional lock-ups Don't forget to RT: https://twitter.com/MarlinProtocol/status/1342893631586234369

⌛️ Larvanet's approaching 🛡 Nodes req tokens to stake 💰 Validators need to cover costs 🐟 Marlin's a base layer 0 protocol 📈 Economic guarantees req are high ⚖️ Governance has to cater to incongruous communities The POND / MPond design rationale 👇 https://www.marlin.pro/blog/introducing-mpond-the-marlin-network-tokens/ We introduce a dual token model comprised of a semi-transferrable MPond and completely transferrable POND with a bridge governed by token holders themselves. Inspired from Project Serum's MSRM/SRM model, Nexus Mutual's bridge design, and Fred Ehrsam's governance minimization. We think the design of MPond/POND is an interesting experiment in exploring security design and governance in PoS systems. While POND incentivizes validators and is a route to acquiring MPOND, MPOND's design ensures that economic security and governance aren't easily compromised. We invite you for further discussions on our Discord Channel Spread the word: https://twitter.com/MarlinProtocol/status/1341014721042870273

FlowMint crossed $90m in total stake bonded from delegators of validators running Marlin gateways on Polkadot, NEAR Protocol, Fantom, Cosmos, Binance Smart Chain, Matic and IRISnet. 20% of genesis MPond to be distributed over 24 months to protocol communities adopting Marlin. 🤝 Spread the word: https://twitter.com/MarlinProtocol/status/1340203804780707840

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📢 Support for non-foundation nodes in Matic has been added in FlowMint! 👀 Updated validator list: https://app.marlin.pro/flowmint/validators

🔊 The first proposal in POND governance by P2P Validator is up for discussion! 🔎 It suggests changing the reward function for a chain in FlowMint from a constant fraction to weighted by TVL 🤝 The proposal, if passed, stands to benefit Polkadot delegators 🧠 Brainstorm: https://research.marlin.pro/t/proposal-1-change-the-calculation-of-mpond-distributed-to-different-blockchain-communities