Welcome back to another edition of the ValiDAO Digest!

Each week, we update our dear readers with all the major developments happening within the ecosystems where we operate, provided by your very own local, organic, seed-oil-free validator.

Monad

Monad has announced the Monad Foundation, a pivotal step towards decentralizing the network leading up to launch.

Monad has also expanded to include Category Labs, a team of engineers and researchers dedicated to improving and optimizing the Monad network.

Sophon

Sophon mainnet has finally arrived as an Elastic Chain built upon zkSync, designed and optimized for intuitive end-user experiences.

With the SOPH token currently non-transferrable, users can enjoy fee-free transactions, while node holder rewards will begin to accrue the first of January.

Unichain

After it's initial announcement a few months ago, Unichain has released their official roadmap detailing the road to mainnet.

Mainnet is planned for Q1 2025 and will include permissionless fraud proof functionality, with the goal to enable Flashblocks and the Unichain Validation Network throughout next year.

Karak

Karak has Karak Network Stack (KNS), a base layer for permissionless, customizable, and secure networks, optimized for internet markets.

The KNS is an extensible framework consisting of full stack customizability at the base, shared security, and exchange layer, and has already begun to tease the very first nation state building on Karak.

Hyperliquid

Hyperliquid has determined the initial validators in the mainnet genesis set based upon testnet performance, including ValiDAO and fifteen others.

And in classic Hyperliquid fashion, a new 24-hour ATH of $13B in trading volume has been reached.

Drop

Drop has launched dTIA, a liquid staking token which aims to unleash $4B of locked and untapped TIA.

Drop is working alongside leaders within the modular space to grow dTIA, with projects such as Astria, MilkyWay, Eclipse, Spicenet, Hyperlane, and more...

Stakers are now also able to take part in Drop's second epoch, with more opportunities to earn Droplets than ever before.

That's it for this week!

As always, we're committed to providing free-range, locally sourced, and seed-oil-free consensus services from geographically diverse locations.

Until next time!