Is Running a Validator a Good Business?

The economics of a business that earns in tokens and pays in dollars

Nov 3 • node101 and Omer Girgin

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October 2026

The Future of Validators Lies in How Much Trust They Can Create

As margins approach zero, the key factor that will carry validators into the future is the trust they have earned. So, how is trust built?

Oct 27 • node101 and Mete Koray Gergin

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The Overlooked Advantage of PoS over PoW

Why was PoS invented in the first place, and why should you care?

Oct 20 • node101 and Yunus Gürlek

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The Weight of Keeping Things Running

The Illusion of a Running Node

Oct 13 • node101 and Yakup Altay

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The Market for Lemons in Staking

What a 1970 paper about used cars says about choosing a validator

Oct 7 • node101 and Omer Girgin

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September 2026

Blockchain Regulation Journal September 2026

The CLARITY bill was rejected in the US, capital markets are in trust crisis in Türkiye, and we need blockchain based solutions more than ever.

Sep 29 • node101 and Mete Koray Gergin

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Decentralization for Institutional Trust

How can we actually improve conventional systems with blockchain technology?

Sep 22 • node101 and Yunus Gürlek

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The 21st Century’s Most Important National Currency Innovation

In the 21st century, sovereign currencies will run on blockchains, driving key financial innovations. But how should these foundational systems be…

Sep 15 • node101 and Mete Koray Gergin

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A New American Dream with Stable Dollars

The fiat dollar regime of the past fifty years is giving way to a blockchain-based digital dollar asset regime. What will this mean for emerging…

Sep 8 • node101 and Mete Koray Gergin

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Pruning in Blockchains: Who Keeps the Past?

A blockchain can preserve its history without every node preserving its past.

Sep 1 • node101 and Yakup Altay

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August 2026

AI Took Off. Public Blockchain Work Kept Going.

The public GitHub trail shows that AI’s rise did not empty out blockchain development. It did, however, change the question ecosystem teams should be…

Aug 26 • Omer Girgin and node101

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State of ZK 2026

Developer Activity Across the Zero-Knowledge Ecosystem

Aug 18 • node101 and Yunus Gürlek

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