TL;DR

This proposal is to propose Polkadotters to be added into the Validator Boost List (VBL) for vDOT.

Information:

Name of node provider: Polkadotters/🐙 OCTOPUS

Brief Description on node provider:
Polkadotters is the first Czech & Slovak Polkadot community established in 2020. We are dedicated to supporting the Polkadot ecosystem with our technical expertise and active community engagement. We provide validation services for Polkadot and Kusama relay chains and serve as collators for various parachains. We operate 34 RPC nodes on our own hardware in Christchurch, New Zealand, under the IBP Program, ensuring high performance and reliability.

Number of nodes that want to join the Validator Boost List: 1

The address of the node that wants to join the Validator Boost List and which network:

• Network: Polkadot

• Node name: Polkadotters/🐙 OCTOPUS

• Commission Fee: 1%

• Address: 12L5m9htNsUP58mBHFXcsABDSCohhX2J4nMuY9TrJHNLCssQ

Liquidity Contribution by VBL Applicant:

• Token amount provided to minting vToken: 8174 vDOT supplied in our Hydration lending position as a long-term deposit/collateral

• Plan to provide vToken liquidity: Aditionally some portion of the VBL / validator rewards to single token farming

We have strong commitment to Bifrost as we were for a long time collators on Bifrost-Kusama. To this moment, we have collator on Bifrost-Polkadot with the highest number of delegations, which is mostly due to our community support.

As participants in the first cohort of Decentralized Voices, we have shown our deep commitment to decentralized governance and we want to take our part in Bifrost governance as one of the VBLs as well.
Due to our strong presence in the Polkadot community and our influence through social media and content creation, we will focus more on Bifrost news in our updates and articles.
Detailed marketing - informational support described in previous Application for membership in Bifrost VBL - Polkadotters - update