StrongBlock is pioneering monetized node operation, utilizing DeFi protocols and NFT’s to further incentivize the node community. StrongBlock’s Nodes As A Service (NaaS) allows anyone to run a node without technical expertise, creating a seamless on-ramp to attract more users to build and strengthen their blockchain of choice.

By partnering with StrongBlock, DAO Maker expands its ecosystem to a community with over 11,000 nodes, adding this service as an optimal solution for our blockchain partners to efficiently enable network security in a fraction of the time.

DAO Maker will assist the strategic expansion of StrongBlock from Ethereum 1.0 to additional…

Overview

StrongBlock is the first and only blockchain-agnostic protocol to reward nodes for supporting the infrastructure of their blockchain.

Why incentivize nodes? With limited resources and no financial incentive, many nodes run out-of-date software, maintain incomplete blockchain histories , and are intermittently off-line. There is no easy mechanism to fix this problem once a blockchain is launched.

To solve this, StrongBlock has made it possible for anyone to create a node in seconds — or add their own node — and receive STRONG token rewards every day. More nodes equals more resilience.

At the time of writing, StrongBlock is rewarding over…

StrongBlock is excited to present the details of its “Nodes as a Service” (NaaS) offering. This initiative allows anyone to create a Full Ethereum node in a few seconds with no technical expertise.

In addition, a number of updates have been made to the protocol to reduce Ethereum gas fees and inflation. These changes require a migration from current mining pools to new ones. Most of this will either be done for you, or a tool will be provided. Details follow.

Nodes as a Service

Since the launch of the StrongBlock DeFi node protocol, over 350 nodes have been registered for rewards by the…

StrongBlock is pleased to present the details of its STRONG governance token allocation and Tokenomics for Version 2 (V2) of the protocol. This new approach includes burning 94% of the original 10,000,000 minted STRONG by December 1, 2020, leaving a maximum supply of approximately 535,000 STRONG.

Token Overview

• Name: Strong
• Symbol: STRONG
• Type: ERC-20
• Decimals: 18
• Token Contract Address: https://etherscan.io/address/0x990f341946a3fdb507ae7e52d17851b87168017c
• Max supply: 528,886 (approximate 94% burn of 10,000,000 minted STRONG by 12/1/2020)
• Current Circulating Supply: 156,592
• Inflation possible? No
• Deflation possible? Yes, but not within the smart contract. Instead, burned tokens are sent to the 00Dead wallet address.
• Current circulation information: https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/strong

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We are pleased to announce the release of StrongBlock DeFi V2. The protocol will continue to be governed by the STRONG token. Released just 3 weeks after V1, V2 brings agility and flexibility to the protocol. V2 is the foundation on which features can be easily added via governance and community input.

V2: A New Approach

DeFi with a Purpose — supporting blockchains by rewarding blockchain nodes with the STRONG governance token — is still the protocol’s core mission.

To increase community support for that mission, V2’s new approach significantly reduces inflation, adds deflation, and better aligns rewards. …

When the StrongBlock DeFi protocol launched just one week ago today, on September 29, 2020, several issues became immediately clear.

1. Rewards for pre-launch STRONG holders were too low for their considerable skin in the game
2. Rewards were too high for ETH and LINK miners
3. Lockup times for rewards were out of sync with risk and participation
4. The governance model did not allow for rapid adjustments to fix 1–3

We made some mistakes. We’re rapidly making changes to address them. These include making governance flexible and agile, rewards harder to earn, and introducing deflation.

Our pre-launch STRONG holders will get an…

We are excited to announce that StrongBlock has successfully integrated Chainlink’s LINK/ETH and ETH/USD Price Reference Data live on mainnet to determine daily and periodic STRONG mining reward distributions. Thanks to Chainlink’s high quality data and decentralized network infrastructure, we can provide even greater assurances that all mining rewards will be accurately and transparently calculated and distributed to StrongBlock miners without any single point of failure.

StrongBlock was founded in 2018 by a team of blockchain tech executives to further blockchain adoption through products such as its Blockchain-as-a-Service protocol, released in February, 2020. …

We are pleased to announce that Hacken, a premiere cybersecurity company with a focus on blockchain security, has successfully completed its audit of StrongBlock’s Smart Contracts. Completion of the audit paves the way for the September 29, 2020 launch of StrongBlock’s DeFi protocol.

The StrongBlock “DeFi with a purpose” protocol is the first to reward participants for working to improve the quality of public blockchain performance. The rewards are earned by mining with ERC-20 and STRONG tokens in the protocol, and are shared with ranked blockchain nodes. …