credit: https://www.deviantart.com/ilyagalaydaWhen looking at maturing, staking-based decentralized networks, it’s important to see how network operators (nodes, validators, etc.) assume risk for their reward.It’s neither ping nor bandwidth that determines the macro tectonics of the web; its sovereign laws.With a relatively mature network like Tezos, we’ve observed that proof-of-stake works well, but we have also observed consolidation in the staking community with not only fee structures, bu...