Stacking DAO mission has always been to support the Stacks network and contribute to its ecosystem growth. The first step was making it simple for the community to earn Stacking yield. Then, it was about bootstrapping DeFi on Stacks with protocol integrations. The Nakamoto Upgrade will mark the next milestone. The release has been a core focus for Stacks engineers in the last couple of years, and Stacking DAO is here to bring this work forward. For this reason, Stacking DAO is setting up the foundation for an entire validator network post-Nakamoto release. Stacking DAO V2 has been in the works for a few months, enabling the delegation of STX deposited on the protocol, resulting in: -Maximizing Stacking yield for users -Enhancing Stacks network health -Improving signers’ discoverability How will Stacking DAO V2 create a healthy signer network? Stacking DAO is committed to help its users earn more and increase Stacks decentralization by creating a strong signer community. In the near future, Signers such as Stacking pools will receive STX delegated by Stacking DAO depositors. STX liquidity will be spread across Signers, according to a high-performing strategy, which will help: -Ensure Stacking DAO users receive the highest Stacking yield possible -Signers experience growth as more tokens are used to mint stSTX To achieve these goals, Stacking DAO will launch a validator program with incentives to kickstart the formation of a comprehensive and healthy set of Stacking pools ready to receive STX delegation from the protocol. With this initiative, Stacking DAO aims to become the leading infrastructure for the Stacking process, making Stacks more resilient. It’s Stacking DAO responsability to innovate on Stacks, and the validator program will make this vision a reality sooner rather than later.