Buzz Launches a Community-Centered Aptos Validator - Figment

Buzz Launches a Community-Centered Aptos Validator

Published

April 15, 2025

Aptos looking good here.

Time to get off the sidelines, anon, it’s Aptos April, and Buzz is launching his own validator to help secure the Aptos network.

Introducing CTO (Community Takeover), a community validator initiative that aims to bring further decentralization and community-led governance to the Aptos ecosystem.

What’s the Mission?

Led by Buzz (yes, “Aptos looking good here” Buzz), the CTO validator is more than a meme, it’s a movement. Recent Aptos Improvement Proposals (AIPs) supported by CTO include a proposal to reduce APT inflation to 4% and reallocate stake from dormant validators to active, community-aligned ones. These changes aren’t just about economics, they’re about energizing the protocol’s long-term sustainability and giving new weight to participation.

Why Stake with CTO?

• 2% Commission: Lowest allowed by protocol, maximizing your rewards.
• Support the CTO: Outsiders have their voices heard by helping Buzz fix governance from the inside.
• Backed by Figment: Institutional-grade infrastructure with a proven track record of uptime, performance, and secure staking across 30+ protocols.
• Secured by Copper: Industry-leading MPC custody for those managing size.
• Seeded by the Aptos Foundation: The community took the lead, the Foundation took notice, and now it’s a validator with real momentum.

Figment is proud to support this growing community-led effort. With our focus on risk-adjusted rewards, we’re here to help ensure CTO delivers strong performance.

That means anyone, from community members to developers to institutional allocators, can delegate to a validator with institution-grade infrastructure, proven uptime, and low fees. And with Copper as the MPC custodian, delegators can rest easy knowing their APT and digital assets are secured by one of the most trusted custody providers in the space.

What’s next?

CTO is just getting started. While the early push is focused on attracting institutional and long-term delegators, the roadmap includes the integration of staking tools and other primitives to make delegation simple and social.

We’re proud to play a small role in supporting this community-led initiative.

Want to stake to the CTO validator? Visit the site and stake now: http://ctoapt.com/

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