# DeSpread | Validator Introduction

**URL:** <https://forum.datafdn.org/t/despread-validator-introduction/37332>\
**Category:** Introductions\
**Created:** [December 24, 2025, 3:45am UTC](https://forum.datafdn.org/t/despread-validator-introduction/37332 "2025-12-24T03:45:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 24, 2025, 3:45am UTC](https://forum.datafdn.org/t/despread-validator-introduction/37332/1 "2025-12-24T03:45:00Z")

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## Overview

**Validator Name** : DeSpread  
**Operator ID(s):**

- storyvaloper195f9v9dm23a8ycn8jskmfccrw6hjgaxukphzgy [locked]

**Website:** `https://despread.io`  
**Twitter:** `https://x.com/DeSpreadTeam`

## Infrastructure

**Type:** [_Bare metal_]  
**Regions:** [_North America_]  
**Security Certs:** [_None_]

## Experience

**Operating Since:** [_2023_]  
**Networks Validated:** [_6 mainnet (Story, Hyperliquid, Monad, Berachain, Stacks, Avail), 1 testnet (Allora)_]  
**Story Mainnet Uptime:** [_100%_]  
**Story Testnet (Iliad/Odyssey):** [_No_]

## Story Ecosystem Contributions

### Developer Enablement

We actively support the Story development ecosystem by providing essential infrastructure and tooling:

- **Node Auto Installer:** `https://vp.despreadlabs.io/explorer/mainnet/story`
- **Pruned Snapshot:** `https://vp.despreadlabs.io/explorer/service/snapshot/mainnet/story`
- **Grafana Dashboard:** `https://grafana.com/grafana/dashboards/22081-story-validator-dashboard-by-despread/`
- **DeSpread Validator Platform :** `https://vp.despreadlabs.io/explorer/mainnet/story`
- **Rpc Support** : `https://vp.despreadlabs.io/explorer/service/rpc/mainnet/story`

### Ecosystem Education & Content

We leverage DeSpread’s media presence and KOL network to introduce and expand awareness of the Story ecosystem:

- **Research article:**
  - `https://research.despread.io/story/`
  - `https://research.despread.io/report-story/`
  - `https://research.despread.io/report-story-2/`

- **KOL Contents**
  - **Youtube:**
    - `https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wix7jkOhOoE`
    - `https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QknA481LGqY`

- **Blog Contents**
  - `https://blog.naver.com/storyismylife_`

## Why Delegate to Us?

We are more than a validator, we are active ecosystem contributors.  
In addition to operating secure and highly available infrastructure, we provide critical public services such as RPC endpoints, snapshots, and monitoring dashboards, while also producing research, educational content, and community-driven resources to onboard builders and users to the Story ecosystem.  
Delegating to us means supporting a validator that continuously reinvests resources into both the technical resilience and long-term growth of the Story ecosystem.

## Links

- `https://staking.story.foundation/validators/0x2d125615bb547a726267942db4e30376af2474dc`
- `https://story.explorers.guru/validator/storyvaloper195f9v9dm23a8ycn8jskmfccrw6hjgaxukphzgy`