At Obol Network, we believe in empowering our community by providing them with the tools, knowledge, and recognition they deserve. Our Credential Program is designed to provide an on-chain attestation that identifies, acknowledges, and elevates individuals who demonstrate proven experience, knowlzedge, and commitment within the Distributed Validators domain.
Drawing inspiration from the rich heritage of Ancient Greece, the name "Techne" reflects ideas of art, skill, or craft, representing technical mastery. Today, Techne embodies our vision to empower and uplift individuals who not only showcase technical expertise but also actively contribute to strengthening the staking ecosystem.
<aside> 👀 Find out more here about our vision for the Obol Techne Credential Program.
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Each Obol Techne Credential is a verifiable, non-transferable NFT credential from Obol that proves your knowledge and experience operating Obol DVs. This on-chain attestation can then be used to showcase your experience, whether it’s to the Obol Core Team, other Obol community members, or the broader staking ecosystem.
The goal of the Obol Techne Credential program is to give community validators more opportunities to become node operators. Today, many liquid staking protocols and other staking services are looking to build community-focused, permissionless, and more decentralized node operator sets. However, to be considered in those programs, validators must have proven experience and demonstrated ability to run high-performing nodes. The key benefit of the Obol Techne Credential is to give every validator to prove their knowledge and experience with Obol DVs.
<aside> 👏 Recognition: Receive a verifiable non-transferable NFT to prove and showcase your knowledge and experience running distributed validators.
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<aside> 👀 Opportunities: Credentialed individuals will have proven experience running distributed validators, which can be shared to gain a higher likelihood of future inclusion in opportunities such as EtherFi’s Operation Solo Staker and Lido’s SimpleDVT Module.
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The Obol Techne Credential Program is open to all community members interested in gaining knowledge and experience in running distributed validators.
Familiarise yourself with DVT by going through our comprehensive documentation:
We strongly advise you to thoroughly read the documents provided above, as well as to test your knowledge by answering the quizzes. We will be adding more content over time. To obtain credentialization, a minimum score of 80/100 is required in the quiz.
We also advise you to take this quiz seriously and complete it honestly. There is no leaderboard here and no ultimate benefit in trying to cheat on the quiz. This is an opportunity for you to learn and master the concepts that will help you understand and operate a distributed validator on Ethereum. Educating yourself is the best way to prevent mistakes down the road.