# Verified Operator Request \[TableStakes\]
**URL:** https://forum.ssv.network/t/verified-operator-request-tablestakes/478
**Category:** Verification
**Created:** [March 28, 2022, 7:49am UTC](https://forum.ssv.network/t/verified-operator-request-tablestakes/478 "2022-03-28T07:49:51Z")
**Posts on this page:** 12
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### Author:  [@TableStakes](https://forum.ssv.network/u/TableStakes)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2022, 7:49am UTC](https://forum.ssv.network/t/verified-operator-request-tablestakes/478/1 "2022-03-28T07:49:51Z")
## Company/requester
- TableStakes
## Self hosted eth1 client:
- Geth
## Self hosted eth 2 client:
- Prysm
## Data center information:
- 100% Dedicated Physical node co-located in private secure facility with redundant power and tier-1 network connectivity @ Denver, Colorado
- 4TB NVMe WD RED High Endurance SSD
- 32GB DDR4 RAM
- Intel Core I7-1165G7 @ 2.8-4.7 GHz
- Symmetrical 100 Mbps Metro Ethernet w/ 800/60 Mbps backup carrier for failover
- 100% Dedicated Physical node co-located in private secure facility with redundant power and tier-1 network connectivity @ Longmont, Colorado
- 4TB NVMe WD RED High Endurance SSD
- 64GB DDR4 RAM
- Intel(R) Core™ i7-7700K CPU @ 4.20GHz
- 1200/100 Mbps throughput via Tier-1 ISP
## Number of mainnet validators at time of proposal submission:
- 10 Validators on [Gnosis](https://beacon.gnosischain.com/dashboard?validators=62458,62459,62460,62461,62462,62463,62464,62465,62466,62467)
## Number of testnet validators at time of proposal submission:
- 30 on `TableStakes` [SSV Operator](https://explorer.ssv.network/operators/82c9d9dd3d4c44e4c2ff3eede18c40e733f5b4da593d574c38703dc685dda530) w/ performance of 99.97%
- 29 on `TableStakes` [SSV Operator](https://explorer.ssv.network/operators/a85588d00ea0a36051b490ad3da9ec454d6fd5e3d505ecb7bd62b7bb452270bf) w/ performance of 99.97%
# About Us
TableStakes offers non-custodial staking services that helps reduce risks associated with the traditional “Proof-of-Stake” model providing you with peace of mind.
## Benefits of staking with us:
- Truly Non-Custodial – you retain control of YOUR assets, we just manage the technical part
- Easy to Use – we aim to make ETH staking easy while reducing risk
- Completely Secure – Zero compromises when it comes to security
- Our nodes run on 100% DEDICATED, high-end, future-proofed physical hardware co-located within two separate secure facilities with redundant power and tier-1 network connectivity to ensure maximum up-time!
- Monitoring and Dedicated support 24/7; reachable via multiple communication mediums (see contact details below)
- We strive to promote client diversity and we have already spun up another node running LightHouse / Geth and will soon apply for verified status for that node as well.
#About me, my skills and responsibilities
- I’m a Miner, Staker, Node Operator, open-source contributor, Crypto enthusiast / evangelist and Sr DevOps / SRE with 15+ years of experience overall, and 5+ years in the block-chain space specifically.
- Participated in and/or particpates in many testnets / devnets, some of which include SSV, RocketPool, Gnosis/xDAI, Kiln, Kintsugi, & Ropsten
- Contributed to many projects by providing buxfixes via PRs
- Experienced running nodes securely & reliably always utilizing best practices for security and architecture
- Experienced with and actively utilizes monitoring, alerting & logging analytic tools
- Since the beginning in participation of the SSV testnets, we have operated two nodes with an up-time in excess of %99.95 and better (currently %99.97 on both nodes)
\*We are very responsible with ensuring security, performance, & up-time of our nodes while committing to timely security and software update as needed
- We commit to deploy hard fork updates to consensus / execution clients at least three (3) days before said hard fork, if sufficient notice was given by EF and/or client teams
- We commit to deploy maintenance releases of all clients (node/consensus/execution) in a timely manner
- We are committed to provide personal level support to our stakers / validators and can be reached though a variety of means, some of which include: Discord, Forums, Telegram & LinkedIn. (contact details below)
- We commit to issue postmortems in the event of unplanned outages of over 12 hours.
- We will always try to notify our validators / network participants about any planned downtime at least 48 hours in advance
- We commit to maintain and update our operator page to ensure our stakers / validators are able to make informed decisions about our services
Thank you for your consideration in this proposal!
Contact information:
Discord: DenverParaFlyer#9870
Telegram: @DenverParaFlyer
LinkedIn: [☁️ Chris Montes ☁️ - SonicWall | LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/cmontes/)
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### Author:  [@TableStakes](https://forum.ssv.network/u/TableStakes)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2022, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.ssv.network/t/verified-operator-request-tablestakes/478/2 "2022-03-29T17:13:12Z")
Proposal can be found here on [Snapshot](https://snapshot.org/#/mainnet.ssvnetwork.eth/proposal/0x57650a4abbdbe89f0982689e5435956afb11e5d41f2c2f27e49a5e6cc10b7cad)
Our communication channel on discord! [Discord](https://discord.com/channels/723834989506068561/957555081337782272)
Please join and tell us what you want to know!
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### Author:  [@Ahbaay](https://forum.ssv.network/u/Ahbaay)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2022, 7:22pm UTC](https://forum.ssv.network/t/verified-operator-request-tablestakes/478/3 "2022-03-29T19:22:56Z")
You are really active and helpful. I appreciate. I think you deserve it. Good luck
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### Author:  [@TableStakes](https://forum.ssv.network/u/TableStakes)
#### Post date: [March 29, 2022, 7:39pm UTC](https://forum.ssv.network/t/verified-operator-request-tablestakes/478/4 "2022-03-29T19:39:52Z")
Thank you sir, I appreciate the support!! 🍻🙏🤞
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### Author:  [@TableStakes](https://forum.ssv.network/u/TableStakes)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2022, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.ssv.network/t/verified-operator-request-tablestakes/478/5 "2022-04-07T20:29:08Z")
🎊 Successfully migrated away from Prysm to LightHouse! 💥✅
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### Author:  [@TableStakes](https://forum.ssv.network/u/TableStakes)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2022, 5:24pm UTC](https://forum.ssv.network/t/verified-operator-request-tablestakes/478/6 "2022-04-11T17:24:15Z")
Thank you everyone who supported TableStakes with your vote on the last snapshot proposal; unfortunately we failed to reach a quorum so we have drafted a [new proposal](https://snapshot.org/#/mainnet.ssvnetwork.eth/proposal/0x29cfc0a375b79a5493a442cf8db40b3d5a0957fa1391e1af436cde1e8ddadf9e) that will be live soon and would really appreciate your vote again…
Thank you in advance!
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### Author:  [@TableStakes](https://forum.ssv.network/u/TableStakes)
#### Post date: [April 11, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.ssv.network/t/verified-operator-request-tablestakes/478/7 "2022-04-11T19:51:58Z")
@BenAffleck @shadi can you guys help me out by encouraging the community to vote?
Thank you everyone!
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### Author:  [@TableStakes](https://forum.ssv.network/u/TableStakes)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://forum.ssv.network/t/verified-operator-request-tablestakes/478/8 "2022-04-13T14:59:04Z")
@alonmuroch, @BenAffleck mentioned that I can ask about getting a KYC done to verify my identity with the Blox team. Please let me know how I can get the process started, thanks!
Best regards,
Chris Montes
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### Author:  [@TableStakes](https://forum.ssv.network/u/TableStakes)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.ssv.network/t/verified-operator-request-tablestakes/478/9 "2022-04-13T15:12:17Z")
Latest proposal can be found here on [Snapshot](https://snapshot.org/#/mainnet.ssvnetwork.eth/proposal/0x29cfc0a375b79a5493a442cf8db40b3d5a0957fa1391e1af436cde1e8ddadf9e)
Our communication channel on discord! [Discord](https://discord.com/channels/723834989506068561/957555081337782272)
Please join and tell us what you want to know!
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### Author:  [@satbalwyn](https://forum.ssv.network/u/satbalwyn)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2022, 2:11pm UTC](https://forum.ssv.network/t/verified-operator-request-tablestakes/478/10 "2022-04-14T14:11:36Z")
Hey bro. IT is better to introduce and show what you have done in the Chinese community. As I know, they are pretty active and have voting power as well. I saw the other passed cases in which NO just did the translation for docs and posted to the Chinese channel. You can try.
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### Author:  [@TableStakes](https://forum.ssv.network/u/TableStakes)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://forum.ssv.network/t/verified-operator-request-tablestakes/478/11 "2022-04-17T16:24:43Z")
Thanks for the suggestion @satbalwyn 🙏
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### Author:  [@satbalwyn](https://forum.ssv.network/u/satbalwyn)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2022, 11:16am UTC](https://forum.ssv.network/t/verified-operator-request-tablestakes/478/12 "2022-04-18T11:16:07Z")
Hope to see a good result later