FreshAKT Akash Network Validator

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Runs on two different machines in separate datacenters for redundancy. This ensures that we can switch from one machine to the next in the event of scheduled maintenance or downtime. We accept no less than 100% uptime.

Commission Rate

We charge a 9.49% fee. In the unlikely event this fee is raised, we will give at least 21 days advance notice via our public channels to our delegators.

How to Stake with us

You can use use any of the supported wallets: Mathwallet (check out this handy guide), Keplr extension (guide), Ledger , or the Command Line Interface (CLI). Having trouble? Contact us and we will be happy to walk you thru the necessary steps.

Redundant Infrastructure

Redundant main nodes
Redundant Netgate firewalling around main node & signer
Intel Xeon 9th generation processors
Enterprise grade disks
Nodes on NVME SSD disks in RAID 1
Daily node backup to RAID 10
Daily backup of OS disk (on quadruple RAID 1) to local RAID 10 and remote cloud
Contingency plan with cascading alerts to staff to ensure stability & continuity
Proprietary plus 3rd party monitoring/alerting with remote logging (1 year log retention)
More than 20 years of IT infrastructure experience

Tier 3 Datacenter

99.999% Network SLA (250+ Gb/second of Tier-1 bandwidth from several providers and hundreds of network peers)
Power Redundancy: N+1 (100% Power Uptime SLA, with Caterpillar Diesel Generators and UPS battery backups)
Cooling Redundancy: N+1
24/7 security with Card Access, Biometric Access Control, dual point ID check and IP Camera Surveillance
Independent distribution routers
DDoS Protection

About Us

FreshAKT is an Akash Network validator operated by Mitera BV, a private investment fund established in the Netherlands in 2014 and focused on SaaS technology companies. We also operate:
FreshTEZOS, one of the longest running Tezos baker
FreshLUNA, a Terra Network validator
FreshATOMS, a Cosmos validator
FreshSCRTs, a Secret Network validator
FreshAVA, an Avalanche platform validator
FreshSKALE, a SKALE blockchain validator
FreshNEARs, a NEAR platform validator
FreshMATIC, a Polygon Network validator
FreshMINA, a MINA Protocol validator
In other verticals, some of the companies held by Mitera serve Fortune 500 clients

Institutional Grade Staking

FreshAKT, an Akash Network Validation Service, runs on bare metal in a SSAE16 SOC2 certified Tier 3 datacenter with hardware protected keys, 24/7 monitoring, alerting, and analytics.