> So I think the "local" here is more about spreading it out across more data center providers than doing it at home. As well as geographically, more nodes spr

> So I think the "local" here is more about spreading it out across more data center providers than doing it at home. As well as geographically, more nodes spread throughout more existing national governmental distributions is better than less. > huge amount of money to stake > So in short I haven't really figured out a good way to get involved in validating as an amateur. And maybe that's ok, but the comment about "local" validating made me curious. Yeah, same with avalanche as it will require 2000 avax (maybe it will be lowered in the future when the dao goes online and existing stakers ok that). But at least at this point, I know people who are validating for x/p/c-chain on an RPI with 8GB of ram and external HDD or SSDs, which is way more accessible than pretty much everyone else (and has about ~973 validating nodes now).