Persistence is a decentralized Tendermint-based specialized Layer-1 blockchain powering an ecosystem of DeFi applications focused on unlocking the liquidity of staked assets.Persistence is on a mission to become a true liquid staking hub, offering a seamless and capital-efficient staking and DeFi experience for Proof-of-Stake (PoS) users, by enabling developers to build innovative applications around liquid staked assets.The Persistence Core-1 chain facilitates the issuance and deployment of liquid-staked stkASSETs via pSTAKE, allowing users to earn staking rewards while participating in DeFi primitives, such as borrowing & lending, and liquidity provisioning on Decentralised Exchanges. Having enabled CosmWasm, the core-1 chain also facilitates the deployment of Dapps via Smart Contracts.