Meet Finn: Smoother Staking with Tezos’ New Finalization Bot

Tezos stakers, meet your new friend, Finn, a finalization bot developed and maintained by Trilitech that takes advantage of Seoul’s open unstake finalization feature. If you’ve ever forgotten to finalize an unstake operation (or didn’t even know you had to), you’re not alone and that’s exactly what Finn is here to solve.

Before Seoul, unstaking was a two-step process: you’d initiate the unstake, wait four cycles (about four days), and then manually finalize it to free up your funds. Many users either forgot this second step or submitted it too early, leaving hundreds of tez in limbo. In fact, as of just before the upgrade, over 1,000 unstake operations were sitting unfinalized, some for nearly six months.

Seoul changes all that. With its activation, any account (not just the original staker) can now finalize unstake requests. That means bots like Finn can do it automatically, for everyone, cycle by cycle.

So how does Finn work?

• Every cycle, Finn checks the network for unstake operations that are ready for finalization.

• It batches them together, up to 200 per batch and submits them, covering the gas fees.

• It continues this loop until all finalizable requests are processed.

Finn launched on testnets like Seoulnet and Ghostnet ahead of Seoul’s activation, and it’s now live on mainnet. Starting cycle 999, Finn is fully operational and will begin clearing out the existing backlog, including some ancient finalizations dating back to cycle 748.

Best of all, it’s entirely non-custodial. Finn never touches your funds. The tez always ends up in your account, and stakers don’t pay anything for Finn’s help.

This one small upgrade has a big impact, not just in convenience, but in setting a new bar for staking UX. Tools like stake.tezos.com are already being updated to reflect the simplified flow. Finalization will just happen.

Welcome, Finn. We’re glad you’re here.

Tezos Town Hall #11: Seoul in Focus

With Finn now live and cleaning up old unstake requests, the focus turns to a broader conversation about what Seoul unlocks for Tezos. That’s where the next Tezos Town Hall comes in.

Coming up on September 30, the next Tezos Town Hall will take a deep dive into the Seoul protocol upgrade. The session features a lineup from Nomadic Labs, including:

• Vincent Poulain – Manager of Technical User Relations

• Yann Regis-Gianas – Head of Engineering

• Zaynah Dargaye – Core Layer 1 Engineering Manager

Hosted by Cryptonio of Tezos Commons, the discussion will walk through Seoul’s key features like native multisigs to open unstake finalization, and give the community a chance to hear directly from the teams behind the upgrade.

🗓 September 30
🕕 18:00 CEST | 12:00 EST
📍 Watch live on YouTube or join the conversation on 𝕏

This Week in the Tezos Ecosystem

Arthur Talks Uranium on Nasdaq

While the Town Hall will unpack the technical gains of Seoul, Arthur Breitman took to the Nasdaq stage to highlight a different kind of transformation underway, one that connects Tezos with global commodities.

In a recent episode of Nasdaq TradeTalks, Arthur Breitman, co-founder of Tezos, joined Stephanie Ramezan, CEO of The Crypto Collective, to explore how Tezos is enabling the tokenization of uranium and what that says about the future of real-world assets.

Watch the full conversation here, hosted by Jill Malandrino: Tokenization & Uranium on Nasdaq.

Tezos Community Events

Tezos at TOKEN2049: Here’s Where to Find Us

All eyes are on Singapore as TOKEN2049 kicks off this fall and once again, Tezos will have a strong presence with a variety of events.

On October 1–2, Arthur Breitman, co-founder of Tezos, takes the main stage to share his thoughts on what it takes to keep a decentralized network adaptive. His talk explores the careful balance between shipping upgrades quickly and safely, maintaining user confidence, and protecting momentum across years of development. With Tezos nearing its 19th protocol upgrade and a consistent track record of forkless evolution, it’s a topic the network is uniquely qualified to address.

But the conversation doesn’t stop when the conference does.

📍 September 30 – Fortify Labs Open House
Start the week strong with the Fortify Labs Day 0 gathering. TZ APAC is opening its doors for founders, builders, and investors to meet, connect, and explore new ideas without the pitch decks.

RSVP here.

📍 October 2 – Hack Seasons Conference
TZ APAC Managing Director David Tng will take the main stage at the Hack Seasons Conference to talk about building ecosystems that last.

RSVP here.

📍 October 2 – Web3 Grants Day #3
Imran from the Fortify Labs team will be speaking on how the program supports early-stage teams and accelerates growth on Etherlink. You’ll also find the team at Booth #1 throughout the day.

RSVP Here.

📍 October 3 – Tezos Breakfast Club
Wind down the week with the Tezos Breakfast Club — a laid-back morning meetup for builders, bakers, and everyone in between. Great coffee, friendly faces, and space to reflect on a packed week.

RSVP here.

Art on Tezos: Berlin

Happening November 6–9, Art on Tezos: Berlin is set to bring together over 200 artists, curators, galleries, and platforms for a multi-day celebration of digital creativity, collaboration, and community. It’s the first time so many contributors from the Tezos art ecosystem will gather under one roof and the result promises to be a rich, diverse portrait of the culture that’s been growing since 2021.

With participants like objkt, bitforms, Galerie Met, Office Impart, and The Second-Guess, the event features everything from interactive installations and live performances to film screenings and special curatorial projects. Highlights include:

• A performance by Berlin-based artist allapopp

• TeleNFT’s newest showcase is turning live teletext into on-chain artworks

• Immersive exhibitions and guided tours across the venue

Art on Tezos continues to evolve, and this Berlin event captures the heart of that movement. Make sure you RSVP to attend before space fills up!

4 Days left for Staketember!

It’s that time of year again. Staketember has returned, and with it comes Tezos’ most sacred tradition: making fun of network infrastructure for internet points (and a little tez).

Whether you’re a baker, delegator, or just someone who knows how to explain consensus with SpongeBob templates, the Staketember Meme Contest is your time to shine.

 What to meme about:

• Staking and delegating — the why, how, and hilarious misconceptions

• Tezos’ unique security model (yes, nerd jokes welcome)

• Bakers, rewards, governance… if it keeps Tezos running, it’s fair game

How to enter:
Quote repost this post with your meme and tag @Tezos

Prizes:

• 🥇 Top 3 memes win 100 tez each

• 🥲 Eternal bragging rights and chain-wide clout

• 🗓️ Winners announced September 30

So load up your meme folders, channel your inner staking strategist, and make September the funniest month on Tezos.

🔴 Now Streaming: Building for Bakers, Builders, and the Future of Tezos with Beata Lipska

This week on TezTalks Live, Stu welcomes Beata Lipska from Trilitech to unpack what’s happening behind the scenes with Etherlink, the Seoul protocol upgrade, and how her team is helping builders and bakers shape the future of Tezos from the ground up.

🔍 In this episode, we’ll explore:

The Builders Behind the Chain: How Beata’s squad works directly with developers to simplify onboarding, support innovation, and make building on Tezos more efficient.

Supporting the Bakers: What a Tezos baker actually is, why it matters, and how her team helps them keep the network secure and decentralized.

Hackathons, Firsthand: A behind-the-scenes look at what this summer’s biggest Tezos hackathons revealed about the next wave of projects and builders entering the space.

Etherlink’s Momentum: How Tezos’ rollup architecture is progressing, where adoption stands today, and why deeper EVM compatibility is opening doors for new users and use cases.

Seoul and Beyond: What the 19th Tezos protocol upgrade means for the ecosystem, and how it shows the maturity of on-chain governance in action.

Watch the full episode on YouTube.