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Filipe Goncalves is Head of DeFi at Ankr. He discusses the company's developer tools for nodes and liquid staking solutions, particularly on the BNB blockchain.
1Interview
2022First on the show
Sep 2022Latest appearance
26 minOn camera
26:15
Latest interview · Sep 27, 2022Filipe Goncalves on liquid staking and developer tools at AnkrWatch the episode →
In their own words
“Anchor is actually a pioneering liquid staking and it created eth liquid staking in December 2020 so it was actually the first project to go to market with that solution.”
Key points from the latest interview
- Ankr pioneered ETH liquid staking in December 2020 and operates a decentralized RPC node network across 16 chains to reduce latency and centralization risks.
- Liquid staking introduces smart contract risk compared to traditional staking, requiring additional DeFi utility and composability to justify adoption beyond farming rewards.
- BNB and Medic liquid staking differ from Ethereum by being immediately redeemable through primary and secondary markets, allowing users to unstake in seven to ten days or sell immediately on DEXs.
- Ankr avoids heavy token dilution through farming rewards, instead using its token as a utility token for the RPC node network to maintain capital efficiency.
- Decentralized RPC node networks provide competitive advantages through lower latencies for users in underserved regions like Latin America and Australia compared to centralized API providers.