Atlas Staking has been running an XRPL mainnet validator without issue since genesis. We're excited to finally have a proposal on-chain and respectfully ask to be added. Atlas strives to be the kind of validator that makes life easier for everyone in the set: we run a cautious, well‑tested setup (multi‑datacenter sentries, keys kept off internet‑facing hosts, strict access controls, and practical incident runbooks) so we can be a steady, predictable peer when the network is under stress. Over the last few years, foundations and core teams in other ecosystems have chosen to delegate to us after doing their own checks, and we’ve tried to repay that trust by showing up reliably and communicating clearly during upgrades and incidents. We are active governance participants on all chains we support, and have published a deep library of ecosystem primers and staking tutorials to help onboard network users. A “yes” on this proposal adds a teammate who will quietly share the load of keeping blocks moving, participate constructively in discussions, and help explain changes to users and builders in ways that reduce, not increase, the support burden for the rest of the validator set.