We offer our view of Blockdaemon because it is part of the total ARK Venture Fund portfolio. To see the most updated portfolio, please click here.
Blockdaemon is a pure-play crypto infrastructure[1] provider that offers to enterprise customers products for node[2] management, staking[3] services, and wallet technology. Estimated to be the world’s largest operator,[4] Blockdaemon fully manages over 85,000 nodes[5] in a global, multi-cloud deployment.
Blockdaemon has a globally-distributed enterprise customer base and monetizes primarily through transaction-based revenue on nodes, a commission on staking revenue, licensing wallet technology, and associated professional services.
ARK believes that public blockchains are catalyzing three simultaneous internet revolutions across money, financial services, and digital property rights—all of which should lower the cost of settlement times for financial transactions, reduce counterparty risk, and foster financial freedom.
We believe the market for infrastructure providers like Blockdaemon should continue to grow as total crypto market value scales, dependent upon:
- an increase in the market cap of Proof-of-Stake[6] assets;
- an increase in the value of on-chain transactions;
- the proliferation of consumer-facing digital wallets that require infrastructure to integrate with public blockchain rails.
As a leading provider of public blockchain infrastructure, we believe Blockdaemon’s various business units should benefit significantly from potential increases in secular digital asset adoption.
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Cryptocurrency infrastructure is the underlying system that allows a blockchain network to function. This includes the hardware, software, and network components that work together to ensure the smooth operation of the blockchain.
A node, in the world of digital currency, is a computer that connects to a cryptocurrency network.
Crypto staking is when you pledge your cryptocurrency to help validate transactions on the blockchain. The process involves locking up a portion of your cryptocurrency for a period of time as a way of contributing to a blockchain network. In exchange, stakers can earn rewards, typically in the form of additional coins or tokens.
According to Blockdaemon. As of July 31, 2023. https://www.blockdaemon.com/
According to Blockdaemon. As of July 31, 2023. https://www.blockdaemon.com/
Proof of stake (PoS) is a consensus protocol for blockchains that determines which users validate new blocks of transactions. PoS is an approach used in the cryptocurrency industry to help validate transactions.
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