Persistence is a Tendermint-based specialised Layer-1 powering an ecosystem of applications focused on unlocking the liquidity of staked assets. Being one of the early adopters of the Proof-of-Stake consensus mechanism has allowed us to develop extensive expertise in the space through multiple initiatives. We are one of the few organisations operating at all three of the Infrastructure layer (through our validator arm - Audit One), the Consensus Layer (running the Persistence Core chain) and the Application layer (building pSTAKE finance, and other financial applications).