Holding thorchain:native for the long run? Then it's worth asking whether it should be working in the meantime. Stake it to a @THORChain node and earn a share of real swap fees, currently up to ~25% APY. It's variable, but it comes from actual network activity, not inflation. Not for every investment thesis. If it suits yours, RUNEBond keeps it simple: pick a node, request whitelist, bond from your wallet.

Before chasing a yield number, ask one question: What exactly is paying it? Inflation? A stack of contracts and bridges? Or real fees? Staking $RUNE pays you a share of @THORChain's swap fees. One mechanism, and the risks are out in the open. Curious how it really works? RUNEBond gives you the tools to find out

📝 New Whitelist Request on RUNEBond! 🔗 Node: @nativeswap_io (thor1dnavnckcz42tnh5pp4qc8254l3m0a0qqtenerd) 💰 Intended Bond: 1000 $RUNE 🔍 View details: app.runebond.com/user-reques…

📝 New Whitelist Request on RUNEBond! 🔗 Node: @Devel484 (thor1nyq6247h0r343ljru65ct27l90wd6eadgejnlg) 💰 Intended Bond: 6000 $RUNE 🔍 View details: app.runebond.com/user-reques…

📝 New Whitelist Request on RUNEBond! 🔗 Node: @Devel484 (thor1k8lchd5f88sus0fcjnujuqad8rhe8wl6yzc3aj) 💰 Intended Bond: 5000 $RUNE 🔍 View details: app.runebond.com/user-reques…

Markets are looking healthier lately, and on @THORChain that means more than just a nicer chart. ➡️ More activity brings more volume, and more volume brings better yield. There are no emissions here: stake rewards come directly from how much the network is actually used. ➡️ POL keeps doing its job, with 20% of system income flowing into protocol-owned liquidity block after block. Since early September it has deployed 396K thorchain:native. The TRON.USDT pool is already 82.9% deeper than it would be without POL, with XRP and TRX pools also receiving liquidity. Deeper pools mean better swap rates, which makes the protocol more competitive against other providers offering the same service. ➡️ The network is also showing better stability, with validator churns back on their regular three-day cadence. That clears the way to get back to some of the most interesting items on the roadmap: Zcash support, Monero support and churn rewards paid in USDC. No confirmed dates yet, and we're not going to guess any. It will get there. ➡️ Right now stake / bond is yielding 20%+ APY (approximate, based on current network conditions, not guaranteed). And the price has been following along: RUNE has gone from around $0.49 to $0.64 in the last two weeks. If you've been thinking about building your RUNE bag while things are still taking off, this might be a good time to look into it. And once you have it, RUNEBond makes putting it to work simple. DYOR. Not financial advice.

📝 New Whitelist Request on RUNEBond! 🔗 Node: thor1g3499w5msrgrnxvegfwaczeac8u626fhrd86yu 💰 Intended Bond: 1000 $RUNE 🔍 View details: app.runebond.com/user-reques…

Churn happened yesterday, so it's a good moment to review where your RUNE is staked / bonded. Only nodes in the active set earn rewards. If one of your nodes churned out and is now in standby, that part of your stake / bond isn't generating any APY until the node gets back in. Does that mean you should always move? Not necessarily. Sometimes a node plans to be out for a short time, sometimes for much longer. And when the queue to enter the active set is long, a standby node can stay out for a while. It's worth checking with your operator and weighing it after each churn. But keep in mind that a reliable node operator has real value too. As a bond provider, the one thing you really have to get right is choosing your operator well. Bond size matters as well. Nodes bonded above the optimal bond earn a lower APY, so a bigger node isn't always the better choice. Spreading your stake / bond across several nodes is also a simple way to reduce your exposure to any single operator. And there's the network to think about. More unique node operators means a more decentralized @THORChain. Starting out as an operator is hard: it takes a large bond to stay consistently in the active set and offer a competitive APY to bond providers. Supporting operators with smaller bonds helps more of them get there. RUNEBond makes it easy to discover new nodes, compare them and request a whitelist spot, all in one place.

📝 New Whitelist Request on RUNEBond! 🔗 Node: thor1g3499w5msrgrnxvegfwaczeac8u626fhrd86yu 💰 Intended Bond: 1000 $RUNE 🔍 View details: app.runebond.com/user-reques…

📝 New Whitelist Request on RUNEBond! 🔗 Node: thor1x3mdxg02mcdnt9s9ms2sy32wl4380ds9y0pja7 💰 Intended Bond: 5000 $RUNE 🔍 View details: app.runebond.com/user-reques…

📊 THORChain churn report: node bond rewards 💰 Rewards paid: 88.24K RUNE 🔒 Active bond: 94.12M RUNE 📈 Yield this churn: 0.0938% (0.000938 RUNE per 1 RUNE bonded)

📝 New Whitelist Request on RUNEBond! 🔗 Node: thor1568xker7995aj562a3x0eeezxuhtaxl6wtzhk6 💰 Intended Bond: 5000 $RUNE 🔍 View details: app.runebond.com/user-reques…

Allow us a small update, it looks much better this way 😜 @THORChain

RUNEBond started with a simple idea: someone with $RUNE and someone running a node should be able to find each other without needing to know the right people. No gatekeepers, no custody, just terms published in the open and a way to talk. It was built by people from this community, in the hours they could find. Every operator who listed a node, every bond provider who asked a question in the chat, every person who reported a bug made it a bit better. That is what a community project looks like from the inside: not one big push, but a lot of small gestures that add up. Two of those gestures would mean a lot right now. RUNEBond is still looking for a seed bond provider for its own node. If that sounds like you, or like someone you know, reach out. And for the node operators who have found the app useful along the way: the finder fee vault is the only thing the app asks for in return, and it is what keeps it running. Some vaults have fallen behind over time. If yours is one of them, topping it up is one of those gestures too, and it goes further than it seems. Thanks to everyone who keeps showing up. There is a lot still to build, and the work continues: bringing RUNE staking / bonding to many more people, one node and one bond provider at a time.

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📊 THORChain churn report: node bond rewards 💰 Rewards paid: 135.05K RUNE 🔒 Active bond: 90.83M RUNE 📈 Yield this churn: 0.1487% (0.001487 RUNE per 1 RUNE bonded)