German telecoms firm Deutsche Telekom commits its infrastructure as a validator for Ethereum layer-2 scaling protocol Polygon.
) ecosystem, offering developers a range of scaling solutions, including zero-knowledge rollups, sidechains and data availability protocols.Deutsche Telekom MMS, which provides consulting and software development services, will operate as a Polygon validator for its parent company. This is expected to secure Polygon’s proof-of-stake sidechain and Supernets chain, improving security, governance, and decentralization of the protocols.
Dirk Röde, Deutsche Telekom’s Blockchain Solutions Center head, told Cointelegraph supporting the Polygon network as a validator is a big milestone in its aim to be an important player in Web3 infrastructure: Deutsche Telekom is also a validator for Q, Flow, Celo, Chainlink, and Ethereum blockchains and Röde said the company aims to serve institutional clients as a reliable enterprise-grade staking provider.
The potential for more mainstream telecommunications companies moving into Web3 could also serve as a catalyst for greater decentralization of various proof-of-stake blockchains that are operated by validators:
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