# Sequencer Proposal: Validation Cloud

**URL:** <https://forum.ceg.vote/t/sequencer-proposal-validation-cloud/3175>\
**Category:** Infrastructure proposals - Sequencer\
**Created:** [April 1, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.ceg.vote/t/sequencer-proposal-validation-cloud/3175 "2024-04-01T19:00:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![cnmtennis](https://forum.ceg.vote/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@cnmtennis](https://forum.ceg.vote/u/cnmtennis)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://forum.ceg.vote/t/sequencer-proposal-validation-cloud/3175/1 "2024-04-01T19:00:19Z")

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### Executive Summary

- Validation Cloud is SOC 2- compliant enterprise-grade Web3 infrastructure company.
- We have ranked as the [#1 node operator in the world](https://www.comparenodes.com/performance/ethereum-mainnet/) by CompareNodes for almost 12 straight months.
- Our team has been operating infrastructure since the earliest days of Proof of Stake in 2018. We were some of the earliest partners of ecosystems like Polygon, Chainlink, and Flow.
- More recently we have become one of the largest validators on Aptos & dYdX and are supporting promising ecosystems such as Eigenlayer, Aleo, Berachain, and Saga.
- Validation Cloud is also keen to support the decentralization of Layer 2 sequencers and looks forward to partnering with many of the leading shared & decentralized sequencing projects this year.

### Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

- Our global devops team has strict monitoring, alerting, and operational systems set up to ensure 99.99% uptime.
- We adhere to a suite of comprehensive and targeted controls that address everything from monitoring, personnel operational security, disaster response procedures, encryption, risk assessments, vulnerability scanning, and infrastructure remediation.

### Benefits for Community (optional)

- Validation Cloud [launched](https://blockworks.co/news/validation-cloud-institutional-staking) one of the first institutional staking platforms that enables users to deploy validators in bulk through a non-custodial, smart contract reward splitting platform.
- We also support developers by providing institutional grade RPC nodes across 10+ chains to help support the development of applications, offering up to 50mn free compute units per month.
- Anyone can come directly to our [platform](https://www.validationcloud.io/) and leverage our staking or RPC node services.
- Validation Cloud is also a big supporter on governance for chains we support, participating in almost 100% of votes.
- We also do co-marketing initiatives to highlight our partners with blog posts, social media, and in-person events.

### Integration Roadmap

- Validation Cloud is dedicating a lot of resources to support the growing restaking ecosystems such as Eigenlayer, LRTs, and various AVSs.
- We are also integrating with a lot of custodians and wallets to offer our staking services to their platform.
- Ultimately we are very client driven and happy to hear any suggestions on ecosystems anyone would like us to support!

### Official Links: Website, Docs, Audits, etc.

- Website: [Validation Cloud: Top Node and Staking Provider for Institutions. Node, Staking, Data-as-a-Service](https://www.validationcloud.io/)
- Compliance Audit: [Validation Cloud Achieved SOC2 Type II Compliance](https://blog.validationcloud.io/validation-cloud-achieves-soc2-type-ii-compliance)
- Docs: [Validation Cloud Documentation: Your Guide to Web3 Integration](https://www.validationcloud.io/docs)
- Twitter: [Validation Cloud (@ValidationCloud) / X (twitter.com)](https://twitter.com/ValidationCloud)
- Blog: [blog (validationcloud.io)](https://blog.validationcloud.io/)