I am Felix, an ecosystem builder focused on helping to create credibly neutral institutions and infrastructure powered by crypto-economic protocols.
On this page you can find my focus areas, affiliations, as well as a selection of personal writings and public appearances.
Chorus One (Staking Provider) Strategic Advisor (previously Chief Commercial Officer)
**Epicenter** (Crypto Podcast) Co-Host
DGP (dYdX Grants Program) Lead Trustee
Lido (Ethereum Liquid Staking Protocol) Member of the LNOSG and DAO participant
Jito (Solana Liquid Staking&MEV Protocol) Governance Delegate
I am also the Co-Founder and a Designer for streetwear fashion brand Pastelle Apparel which is focused on producing high-quality merchandise inspired by classical art fused with urban and digital culture in Portugal.
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If you are interested to connect, please reach out via one of the channels on the right.
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Staking Infrastructure and Protocols, Decentralized Governance, Node Operator Relations, Ecosystem Development, Token Economics, DeFi, Investing, Strategy, Design
Find me on Telegram as @FelixLts and reach me via email at lutsch.felix(at)gmail.com, I am always happy to discuss collaborations with projects and people working in my areas of interest.
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Quo Vadis Validation? Restaking and Shared Security - The Future of Blockchain Infrastructure? Blog Post and Presentation (2023) An article exploring the evolution of infrastructure and security models in the Proof-of-Stake ecosystem.
MEV: The Final Frontier of Staking Economics? Blog Post and Presentation (2022) An article explaining the role of MEV (Maximally Extractable Value) in Proof-of-Stake economics supplemented with data and observations in the space.
The Basics of Staking (English) / Die Grundlagen von Staking (German) Crypto Valley Journal (2021) A short piece describing the concept and history of staking, its stakeholders, and path to adoption from 2012 to 2021.
Liquid Staking Report Chorus One Research (2020) The first of its kind report exploring the dynamics, categories, and projects of liquid staking - fungible representations of staking positions - and their implications on DeFi on 88 pages funded by the Interchain Foundation in 2019.
How can Proof-of-Stake Networks Nurture Decentralization? Blog Post (2022) An article analysing the dimensions and implementations of validator selection in foundations delegation programs and liquid staking protocols.
Staking Economy *Self-Published Newsletter (2018-2021) *****A newsletter focused on updates from the staking ecosystem that was published every two weeks from Aug 2018 to Sep 2021.
