🏦Bonding on THORChain: Securing Exogenous Assets with Economic Finality

Bonding is not just another validator function in THORChain, it is the bedrock of its economic security model!

While most users interact with the protocol by providing liquidity or using Savers, the role of node operators and the capital they bond underpin the entire architecture.

@THORChain isn't securing an internal ledger, it's securing external, exogenous assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum using native vaults, with no third-party custody or wrapping.

This makes the validator model fundamentally distinct.

As contributor @jpthor has clearly stated:

"It is not just validating a network, it's securing exogenous capital."

🧵Let's wrap our minds around this one, chads

(Credit to @rykcrypt for this delightful graphic⚡️)