DAppNode x Gnosis Chain — Node Incentive Program

Published on: 29.12.2021

Gnosis chain (formerly xDai) has partnered with DAppNode to bring individual node runners into securing the Gnosis Chain ecosystem.

Gnosis Chain inherits from xDAI the quality of being an Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) blockchain designed for seamless Ethereum compatibility, while pegging the price of gas to the US Dollar via DAI. Gnosis Chain is looking to take xDAI’s mission even further. It is building to have a symbiotic relationship with Ethereum by acting as the canary in the coal mine for the large steps along Ethereum’s scaling roadmap (the Merge, rollups, etc.). By taking this path it will hopefully be able to prevent issues that might arise by implementing changes before Ethereum while simultaneously benefiting greatly from the development being done on Ethereum. Its own roadmap will mimic that of Ethereum’s and will run as a Beacon Chain until its own merge, which will take place some time prior to the Ethereum merge. This will offer a critical confidence check prior to the Ethereum 2 launch.

Where Gnosis and DAppNode align is through the critical mission of making it possible for anyone to stake and validate the chain. 1 GNO token is all that is required to run a validator making the financial requirements more accessible to a wider audience. DAppNode makes it even easier by lowering the technical barrier of entry and offering a fleet of decentralized applications that will be used to validate the Gnosis chain. There is already an evolving full guide detailing how to set up a GNO validator on DAppNode! It is a Work-In-Progress that will be updating as the tooling advances, but can already take an adventurous node runner from zero to validator in Gnosis Chain.