Validator Boost List Node Proposal - Sekoya Labs

Bifrost Validator Boost Application

Name of node provider: Sekoya Labs

Brief Description on node provider: Sekoya Labs’s validator and blockchain node services apply the latest in technology to protect, monitor, and provide world class service. Our team operates 20+ nodes across many blockchains and operates in 10+ locations worldwide. We provide full service offerings as our team has 20 years of systems administration coupled along with over a decade of strategy development and management experience. We combine the full suite of the technical know-how with the professional experience of best-in-class analytics and reporting. Below are some highlights of our service:

Validator Services - Providing validating services for over 3+ years, we know the ins and outs of provisioning, monitoring, and updating our validators.

• Secure Systems - State of the art security systems and controls have been put in place to safeguard the health of each validator.
• Community - Not only do we validate, we deeply believe in each of the projects in which we provide service. Each of the project communities are very important to us. Additionally, we are currently an active participant in the Polkadot and Kusama 1kv program
• Automated Payouts - Each of our validators have automated payouts at the end of each era to provide rewards back to our nominators as quickly as possible.
• Additional information on Sekoya Labs can be found at https://sekoyalabs.com/.

Number of nodes that want to join the Validator Boost List: The section below provides a listing of the current active validators that Sekoya Lab operates on Kusama for Bifrost.

The address of the node that wants to join the Validator Boost List and which network:

Kusama: Sekoya Labs - Dtf5sKpKrQ3mc9SK1WmRTR3oaKyAS3p27LEeWCLPF6gsDuU
Commission at 10%
Liquidity Contribution by VBL Applicant :

Plan to provide vToken liquidity

• Single token farming : 44.62 vKSM (per accepted validator) or
• vToken - Token LP : 25 KSM + 22.31 vKSM (per accepted validator)

All numbers above are subject to final structure and details of the Bifrost Validator Boost program. Sekoya Labs also remains open providing additional liquidity depending on additional information. Lastly, we have outside investors that we would be able to connect with if the financial opportunity made sense to convert current funds they have contributed into specific vTokens and liquidity pools.

Marketing - Informational support/contribution by VBL Applicant :

Quantitative overview on your community (number of users / Geographical focus) : Over 3 years of Polkadot and Kusama validating with thousands of combined nominators across all platforms
Brief breakdown of your channels (Blog, Twitter,Youtube, Telegram,etc.):

Website: sekoyalabs.com

Twitter: @sekoyalabs

Telegram: @sekoyalabs

Discord: Sekoya Labs#9953

Provide details around form of marketing and promotion initiatives that can be provided to Bifrost SLP (Blog articles, newsletter, Twitter threads, AMA, community announcements etc) : Please refer to the website and twitter feed.

Other

• Monthly Periodic node run report - For all nodes currently operating, Sekoya Labs can provide ongoing monthly reporting. We also provide more in-depth quarterly and annual results and discussions. On top of those regular reports, ad-hoc reporting is provided in any situations that we feel warrants real-time updates. Sekoya Labs can provide financial and performance reports, and work with Bifrost to determine which analytics are most important. Reports can be provided to Bifrost Core team for circulation, or can be uploaded directly to a repository. Further discussions with Bifrost can finalize additional details.
• Sekoya labs can provide any necessary documentation to ensure that the node performance is in the top 25%