Disclosure
Candidate identity, jurisdiction, operator, infrastructure, custody model, monitoring, backups, and escalation contacts.
LIVE MAINNET4
authorized validators
FINALITY QUORUM3
commits per block
TARGET TOPOLOGY11
independent validators
TARGET QUORUM8
commits per block
01 / MATHEMATICS
Consensus scales by quorum, not server count
Q(N) = ceil(2N / 3) f_max = floor((N - 1) / 3)
Current: N = 4 → Q = 3 → f_max = 1
Target: N = 11 → Q = 8 → f_max = 3
Current: N = 4 → Q = 3 → f_max = 1
Target: N = 11 → Q = 8 → f_max = 3
Eleven machines controlled by one operator do not represent eleven independent trust domains. Expansion prioritizes distinct operators, regions, cloud providers, network paths, signing custody, and incident authority.
02 / LIFECYCLE
Validator admission is an evidence-based process
Technical qualification
A synchronized non-validating node demonstrates stable peers, reproducible deployment, restore testing, and health telemetry.
Independence review
Governance evaluates common-control and correlated-failure exposure against the active validator set.
On-chain activation
Membership changes become effective only after the authorized validator-set update is finalized and independently verified.
03 / CONTROL PLANE
No single key should control the network
KEY DOMAIN
AUTHORITY
RECOMMENDED BOUNDARY
Validator signing
QBFT proposal and voting
Dedicated host or controlled remote signer
Treasury multisig
Governed asset movement
Separated signers and approval threshold
Contract administration
Upgrade, pause, and roles
Multisig plus timelock where applicable
Deployment key
Contract publication
Short-lived account with minimal balance
Monitoring identity
Read-only telemetry
No signing or governance authority
04 / TRANSPARENCY
Operational evidence, not promises
Canonical parameters
Chain ID, genesis hash, client version, and validator set must be independently observable.
Block progression
Height, proposer activity, peer health, round changes, and finality stalls are monitored continuously.
RPC and explorer
Public services are isolated from validator signing and checked for chain identity, freshness, and availability.
Release discipline
Material upgrades require review, test rehearsal, coordinated activation, rollback planning, and release records.
Escalation
Quorum loss, key exposure, chain-ID mismatch, or unauthorized membership change is treated as critical.
11-validator target
Growth is staged and verified; the website will not represent planned validators as currently active.
GOVERNANCE PRINCIPLE