While Elite is facing drastic losses across all their delegates, independent delegates show that no group support, no force of a pool, or even a vote-all-or-nothing cartel is in power anymore.

Active independent forgers — (almost) only winners.

Following the ongoing DPoS war between the Elite pool and the Sherwood group, there are some winners on the side-lines that clearly deserve some spotlight: independent delegates! It was a long time believed impossible to sustain an independent forging position, now these delegates are coming back stronger than ever.

Some delegates such as Shinekami and Vipertkd gained more than 40 ranks. Shinekami even managed to surpass almost the entirety of the Elite pool and hopped to the top on position 16. The independent delegates Vipertkd, Vrlc92, Devasive, and Samuray all managed to escape the dangerous low 90s:

Gain -> Rank / Delegate (Active)

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+49 -> 16 / shinekami

+45 -> 46 / vipertkd

+39 -> 47 / vrlc92

+34 -> 63 / devasive

+19 -> 75 / samuray

+13 -> 1 / liskpool_com_01

+10 -> 80 / stellardynamic

+ 7 -> 21 / liskpool.top

+ 3 -> 4 / thepool

- 3 -> 95 / communitypool

The only indie-delegate left in the danger zone is Communitypool. Give them some love! ❤

Independent standby delegates are lining up strong.

But that’s not all, independent delegates in standby positions moving up close to the 101 to snap a new spot someday eventually.

Lisk’s independence day apparently happened in October.

Most impressive gains are to be reported for Liskpoland.pl — a Lisk Builder, and fulig — manager of the Lisk Italian Group gaining 83 and 64 ranks respectively, and lining up in the high 110s.

Gain -> Rank / Delegate (Standby)

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+83 -> 115 / liskpoland.pl

+64 -> 125 / fulig

+53 -> 113 / elevate

+43 -> 112 / gregorst

+28 -> 117 / endro

- 1 -> 102 / 4miners.net

One loss is to be reported for 4miners.net who recently was hired by LiskHQ and left the GDT pool in the process. His decision to keep all forging rewards for himself eventually lead voters to the decision to swap votes for other delegates.

Register a delegate now!

This article is the call for action! If you are already a long-term contributor to Lisk, or if you plan to start adding value to Lisk, or if you have a company or project contributing to Lisk, consider registering a delegate now!

It’s clearly shown the time of big pools ruling the 101 is coming to an end. The Lisk community always needs some fresh minds with creative ideas. Here are some instructions:

Once registered, promote your new delegate on the r/Lisk subreddit’s Delegate Discussion Sticky, and add your proposal to the Lisk Delegate Campaign post:

I will monitor this campaign closely and add new delegates to the vote manager. Read more about breaking the big pool in my previous post:

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If you support this campaign, spread the word using the hashtags #uncartel #lisk on social media, and consider unvoting Elite. :)