StakingCoins is a blockchain node and validator company founded by Marco Michelino, an experienced Italian Linux system administrator and member of the Radix DLT community.
History
Marco, the founder of StakingCoins, first began his journey into the world of cryptocurrencies in 2013 when he purchased his first Bitcoin. Over the years, he expanded his activities into running various blockchain nodes. His engagement with the Radix DLT community further deepened when he participated in testing the Radix DLT betanet with his own node. Marco also serves as a Radix Ambassador and runs the unofficial Radix DLT Italian Telegram group (@Radix_Italia).
Infrastructure
StakingCoins operates two physical validator nodes — each with 32 GB of RAM and 12 CPU cores — hosted in separate tier-4 data centers in France and Germany, providing geographic redundancy and DDoS protection.
Validator Proposal
StakingCoins applies a 2% validator fee to its delegators. As of July 2026 the StakingCoins validator (validator_rdx1sva6…z86) is registered on the Radix mainnet with roughly 15.5 million XRD staked and a 99.86% 30-day uptime.
Communication
For delegators of StakingCoins, there is a dedicated Telegram group (@Radix_StakingCoins), where a bot automatically informs members of any issues with the validator node. In addition to this, Marco can be contacted through Discord at rigel#5123 and is active on Twitter under the handle @Radix_SC.