Questions about helping out with Hybrix by running a validator node

Hey all,

About two weeks ago, The suggestion was made by u/i_have_chosen_a_name that:

People that run a BCH and SmartBCH full node can run a hybrix node and allocate BCH and smartBCH and make HY fees on volume.

I have a couple of questions about running a validator node.

Does simply running a validator node allow me to validate any chain? Or do I need run a BCH and SmartBCH full node in conjunction with the hybrix node? I don't see in the docs where I would be pointing the node to my BCH and SmartBCH nodes.

Lastly, Do I need to hold BCH and/or SmartBCH in order to function as a validator? And further, do I need to allocate BCH and/or SmartBCH in order to function as a validator?

References: - Whitepaper - Tokenomics for reference.