Tim Rowley ☀️

#FlareNetworks isn't here to take over other blockchain networks, it's here to unite them all.

Go view the updated website here: flaremetrics.io

Flare Metrics is still alive and better than before. I've had to rebuild this platform many times due to the ever changing environment on Flare (particularly the early years). Still some work to do, but it needed a refresh to provide accurate information and it's weight off my conscious when it is providing good and trustworthy data. One of the new features is a distribution of stake between countries and ASNs (these are the cloud providers the validators use to run their infrastructure). It helps gauge the networks health as too much stake placed in a single region or ASN could impose on the networks decentralization. Additionally you for both validator and FTSO pages you will see "passes". These are tokens that allow forgiveness to providers so they can continue to earn rewards in cases of downtime or system failures. Passes are consumed on any negative behavior and only earned (max 3) for good performance. On the FTSO table you will also see a new column we are experimenting with called "Rate CV". This number represents the reward rates coefficient volatility; in other words, the intensity of the reward rate fluctuation. A lower CV indicates a more stable reward rate, while a higher one indicates large inflow and outflows of vote power (a quick note on why this is important: you may see an attractive reward rate, but if a massive amount of VP floods the provider, you will not reap the benefits of that initial reward rate). So typically a lower CV means a more stable reward rate. You can also now click onto individual providers to see more detailed information about them including historical minimum condition performance (this is what affects passes and provides an indication of past performance). There still is some work to be done, any suggestions and feedback is welcome.

Reasons why your staking rewards may be lower than the previous period: Minimal decrease: Increased participation. Total stake has grown by ~500M (5%) in the last two weeks. Significant decrease: Your provider likely had issues. Follow up with them directly.

We've just voter FOR adding stFLR Custom Feed to FTSO. ✅ It's an IPMG vote only, no action required by the community. portal.flare.network/managementProp…

I genuinely appreciate your desire to build on Flare, but doesn't it being on-chain make it even easier to create new profiles? It would make sense on accounts with a history on Flare but that restricts the apps scalability. Also, do people really care enough to place a stake to attend a small community event? I see some application in stake but it would need to be widely accessible. Usually this kind if application is for people with potentially transient stays in locations, and so they probably care little about their reputation. Also, I don't see how this uses the FDC? Can't a simple signature at the location of the host suffice?

Good question. On-chain is public and portable For us, it means a user’s reliability isn’t locked inside LinkedUp. That lets us do things like reward consistent users directly, or even enable cases where users put up a small stake for an activity and get it back (or earn more if the other users who staked did not show up) if they show up. I also just wanted to build something cool with the FDC 😁

People don't realize the full potential of Flare beyond the financial layer. This app uses FDC attestations to power its reliability engine. The app uses the FDC to confirm whether or not a user actually showed up to an activity and updates their reliability score from it. imagine 100 activities a day 10 people per activity in 1000 cities in the world, that's 1 million transactions running through the FDC every single day and growing.

@itzbanknotez @sarah_n_crypto What is the difference between publishing data on chain and in an off-chain database?

Totally agree, not everything should be on-chain. From a privacy perspective, we keep on-chain data as minimal as possible. It’s really just a mapping of an address to a reliability score, no personal data, no activity details. The score is simply an indicator of how likely someone is to show up to what they commit to which is a critical signal to users within the app. The goal is to create a lightweight trust layer for coordination

@CH1APET @sarah_n_crypto And here you are shaming me :'( Precisely what I wanted to avoid.

@timrowley @sarah_n_crypto Tim, the onchained data shows that you didn't take Pilates class today 👀

@xrpen15 Need an API pls

Like I said..... Automated collusion detection. Just pack it up, game over

“The upcoming tokenomics governance proposal will detail how monetisation will occur.”

Its really not in my best interest to retweet this but I'm getting the metals at below cost, i like these guys and the platform is still new and has risks but it could develop into something interesting.

We’ll add one more. tvl.au.cc

We’ve been experimenting with adding X follower counts to the listing cards. We’ll need to assess whether the benefit outweighs the cost of the X API before rolling it out site-wide. We'd originally planned to use it for the Community listings only, maybe we revert to that. 🤔

Who is building on Flare? What are they building? Explore it directly on Flare Builders. 🛠️ From ecosystem projects and infrastructure providers to onchain tools, Flare Builders is a curated directory and analytics hub for teams building on Flare and Songbird. Discover the ecosystem: flare.builders

We've just set a new self-bond on NodeID-HZwFckGTbucqTtE7qcv6z85mnScUfAeW6 for 13,340,000 $FLR with the maximum term of 1 year. If you were staked with us before, we hope to see you again. 🙇

With the introduction of Flare Smart Accounts, a new wave of scammers will inevitably follow. Scammers thrive on confusion and on questions that often don’t need to be asked publicly. Start with the documentation. dev.flare.network/smart-accounts… If your question remains unanswered, seek assistance directly from trusted parties … not random accounts on public social networks.

There are a few steps before FTSO rewards become claimable. First, the uptime vote must reach 50% provider weight. Then the rewards are published for signing, and finally must be 50% signed (by provider weight) again. We’re currently at 49.16%. It’s possible some providers haven’t re-enabled auto-signing since the weekend upgrade. flare-systems-explorer.flare.network/reward-epoch/3…

Great video about FLARE. This guy always does a great job and he would very much appreciate a 'subscribe' and a 'like' and a 'share' if you have time please, he deserves it! He reminds me of a young Darren, gosh I miss Darren. youtu.be/XzJ9_rPqDXQ?si…

@HugoPhilion @wave_of_innov get a snag from bunnings

Boarded the plane for Sydney. For @wave_of_innov Can’t wait.

@Cryptoinsightuk aussie humor, i used to do this for fun

My favourite reel of all time. I thought it was a good time to share whilst everyone is down in the dumps about price action.