About this site

validators.foundation is a reference on the foundations of blockchain validation. The name describes the subject: the ideas the field is built on, set out in the order they depend on one another.

It is written for students, for people arriving from a neighbouring field, and for anyone who wants the structure of the subject before the detail.

This is a technical reference. It is not financial advice and recommends no network, token or service.

What this site is not

It is not an organisation, a foundation in the legal sense, or a charity. It does not raise, accept or distribute funds. It sells nothing and carries no advertising. It is not connected with any organisation, company or institution whose name resembles this address.

Sources and method

Dates are those of first publication or network launch. Protocol parameters are those of the public specifications at the date shown above and may change. The pages are reviewed when something they cite changes; last review September 2026.