Kraken users deposited 166,624 ETH into Ethereum 2.0 for staking. Beaconcha.in data show this.
On Tuesday, December 8, Kraken reported the deposit of 100,000 ETH, or about 8% of all coins locked in Ethereum 2.0.
As of writing, there are 33,275 active validators on the network. In total, more than 1 million ETH have been staked.
Data: Beaconcha.in.
Ethereum’s lead developer Justin Drake noted that Kraken contributed 10.7% of the funds to the Ethereum 2.0 deposit contract. In wallet terms, the exchange surpasses Coinbase and Bitfinex, which could control a third of the validators.
10.7% of validator deposits are from Kraken.
Coinbase and Bitfinex have 5.8x more ETH than Kraken. Two exchanges could control 1/3 of the validators. Five exchanges could control 1/2 of the validators.
Stake from home to avoid exchange fees and decentralise 🙂
— Justin Ðrake (@drakefjustin) December 13, 2020
The launch of Phase 0 of the second version of Ethereum 2.0 took place on December 1. The next day in the network the first validator was penalized—on slot 6669 he lost 0.25 ETH for distorting a block.
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