Vaulta BP Meeting Recap—September 2025

Introduction

The Vaulta Block Producer (BP) monthly meetings serve as a foundational platform for facilitating consistent and open communication between the top 30 Vaulta BPs and the Vaulta Foundation (VF). These gatherings are designed to cultivate a collaborative environment where network operators and custodians can engage in constructive dialogue, share insights, and work collectively towards the shared goal of advancing and strengthening the Vaulta ecosystem. Through these discussions, the community aims to address challenges, explore new opportunities, and implement strategies that align with the network's long-term vision for innovation and growth.

Meeting Overview

The meeting commenced at 0100 UTC on September 25th, 2025, with 18 Block Producers (BPs) and a total of 28 attendees participating. To accommodate the diverse, global audience, the Interprefy tool was employed for real-time translation across multiple languages, facilitating effective communication throughout the session.

Beatrice Wang, Communications Manager for the Vaulta Foundation (VF), welcomed participants and introduced the agenda. The meeting was set to cover a comprehensive range of topics, including:

• The Vaulta Foundation’s strategic shift toward Web3 banking and development of a new B2B financial product.

• Government and policy engagement, including recent participation in “Bitcoin on the Hill.”

• Global outreach and conference activity, such as KBW, Token 2049, and work connected to the Vaulta Foundation’s partnership with Fosun in Hong Kong.

• Community concerns around block producer staking requirements and governance debates.

• Migration issues related to the NOAH VaultaEVM and guidance on transitioning to the XSAT EVM.

• Ecosystem updates, including Aaron Cox’s work on Web Authenticator and launch of a developer blog.

Strategic Shift Toward Web3 Banking

The call opened with an update on the Foundation’s priorities. Yves La Rose, Founder and CEO of the Vaulta Foundation, explained that the organization will be stepping away from protocol-level changes for the foreseeable future. There will be no hard forks or system contract adjustments. Instead, the Foundation is concentrating on building a new external-facing product. The effort is framed under the umbrella of Web3 banking, with the goal of delivering a financial tool designed for businesses and institutions.

The product is already in prototype form, with an announcement planned to introduce the initiative in the weeks ahead. The aim is to move into real-world testing and get the product into the hands of companies as soon as possible. This shift reflects a clear recognition that adoption, not protocol tuning, is the key factor for the network’s future.

Government and Policy Engagement

Yves also shared updates on recent outreach efforts, describing how he participated in “Bitcoin on the Hill,” an event in Canada that gathered policymakers and industry leaders. Vaulta stood out as the only Layer 1 blockchain represented, gaining direct access to multiple parliamentarians and opposition leader Pierre Poilievre.

The goal of this engagement is to position Vaulta as a credible solution for government services within the Web3 banking ecosystem. Yves emphasized that the Vaulta Foundation is pursuing a non-partisan strategy, maintaining dialogue with both government and opposition parties to ensure the widest possible relevance and support.

Global Conferences and Partnerships

While Yves has been advancing policy engagement in Canada, the Labs team has been active across Asia. They are attending flagship events such as Korea Blockchain Week (KBW) and Token 2049, highlighting Vaulta’s presence on the global stage. Yves explained that he will travel to Hong Kong in the coming weeks to advance the Fosun partnership and continue outreach with regional partners. These efforts underscore the Foundation’s dual focus: strengthening relationships with policymakers in North America while expanding technical and commercial ties in Asia.

Block Producer Stake Debate

A recurring concern from the community surfaced in this call: whether block producers should be required to hold a minimum stake of Vault tokens. Critics argue that some of the top-21 producers appear to have little or no direct stake, raising questions about alignment. Denis noted that minimum staking thresholds are common on other chains, while Francis suggested an alternative approach: giving additional voting weight to self-staked tokens, with caps to prevent dominance.

Yves explained that the Vaulta Foundation sees the economic realities as prohibitive. A minimum of one million A, around $420,000 at current prices, would take between seven and ten years to earn back through current BP rewards, once proxy payouts are accounted for. Such a requirement would be unsustainable. More importantly, he noted, any significant change of this nature would require a hard fork and at least a year of development. With the Foundation now focused on external-facing products, governance reform is not on the roadmap. In Yves’ words, “The real issue is demand, not supply.” Creating real-world use cases and driving token adoption will ultimately do more for Vaulta’s future than tinkering with governance mechanics.

EVM Migration and Legacy Issues

The NOAH team raised urgent questions about the October sunset of VaultaEVM. Although most users have already withdrawn their assets, some have not, and once the system is shut down those users will be unable to recover funds on their own. NOAH also noted ongoing complaints tied to the Multichain cross-chain bridge and asked whether the Vaulta Foundation would issue an official announcement.

Yves explained that funds lost in the Multichain hack are unrecoverable and should not be expected back. Separately, on migration, he emphasized that the path forward is to move to the XSAT EVM, where ecosystem activity and development are now centered.

The Foundation will help amplify communications, similar to the USDC migration with DeFi Box, but projects are responsible for preparing clear instructions for their users. Yves clarified that it is not reasonable to rely on the broader community to keep legacy nodes running. If needed, projects should operate a temporary node to facilitate withdrawals during the transition. For technical coordination, he pointed to Stephen from the Vaulta Foundation as the best point of contact.

Ecosystem Updates

Finally, Aaron Cox of Greymass shared updates on his work, highlighting a new Web Authenticator product and plans to launch a dedicated developer blog. The blog is intended to provide a more durable and accessible record of updates than Telegram, ensuring that important technical developments are easier for the community to follow. Aaron noted that other projects are also in the pipeline but will be introduced gradually to avoid overwhelming the community with too many simultaneous announcements.

Closing Thoughts

The key takeaway was unmistakable: the Vaulta Foundation is concentrating its energy on building external-facing applications that drive adoption and generate revenue, rather than investing further cycles in governance restructuring. With government engagement underway, global conference visibility, and a new product launch around the corner, Yves explained that the Foundation is betting the best way to strengthen the ecosystem is by creating demand and proving value in the real world.

Block Producer Attendee List

• Aloha EOS

• Big.ONE

• BlockzHub

• Defibox

• Detroit Ledger Technologies

• EOS Nation

• EOS Rio

• EOS Seoul

• EOS Sphere

• EOS Titan

• EOS USA

• EOSflytoMARS

• EOSIO.SG

• EOSLaoMao

• Greymass

• Hashfin

• Noahark

• Vaultascan