Now 1260 validators, it was 1340 too at some point. I think some ppl sold because of the bearmarket. Avalanche had 1050 validator one year ago. With the permissionless subnets, ppl can validate the main net as well as a subnet in order to gain Avax or the token of the validated subnet. It will trigger the validator fomo.
Many will be locking much more because there will be a open market to validate subnets which can be very profitable. Important subnets will choose high quality validators. Someone that locked 100k AVAX has more to loose than someone who only locked 2k AVAX and will therefore be chosen first.
Now 1260 validators, it was 1340 too at some point. I think some ppl sold because of the bearmarket. Avalanche had 1050 validator one year ago. With the permissionless subnets, ppl can validate the main net as well as a subnet in order to gain Avax or the token of the validated subnet. It will trigger the validator fomo.
Many will be locking much more because there will be a open market to validate subnets which can be very profitable. Important subnets will choose high quality validators. Someone that locked 100k AVAX has more to loose than someone who only locked 2k AVAX and will therefore be chosen first.