Hyperliquid Blockchain Upgrade: Empowering Decentralized Delisting via Onchain Validator Voting
In a major move to bolster the governance of the Hyperliquid network, an important upgrade has been made that brings fully onchain validator voting for asset delisting to the Hyperliquid blockchain. This mechanism represents a significant shift in how asset delisting decisions are made on the network—moving from offchain coordination to a transparent, direct-to-chain process that is decentralized and, one hopes, somewhat more democratic. The upgrade was included in an addition called HyperCore. Hyperliquid's new assets voting system allows community and validator stakeholders to more directly control what assets are listed on Hyperliquid. It is a move toward genuine decentralization—a crucial trend if blockchain platforms are to avoid integrity crises. Meanwhile, as you might suspect from the above description of features, the new Hyperliquid governance system is also step No. 1 on the path toward tokenomics for the Hyperliquid platform. […]