(1)
Annual revenue and yes, so far 15% has been allocated to the Cosmos Hub. This was discussed when Stride onboarded here.
(2)
The 7 validators are teams that Stride chose for their operational excellence, and who have worked closely with Stride in the past. Stride is going through a transition period, and having full trust and an existing working relationship with our partners helps.
The crux of this proposal is to migrate Stride off of PSS topN 95% to an opt-in chain - meaning no validators have to run Stride. That is the main decision Cosmos Hub governance has to make. After that, it’s up to Stride to find and recruit a validator set, it’s not the Cosmos Hub’s right or responsibility.
(3)
No, that’s not how it works. The 15% that was previously spread across the entire validator set will now be directed to the 7 validators.