Node Runners

Node Runner Pathways

Nodégé

Adventurous Node Runner aspirant, your call to arms has been acknowledged. To ascend to the esteemed Nodégé rank, you are tasked to complete the following three assignments. Document your journey in the 🏆trophies channel and then issue the !become-nodege command.

Assignments for Nodégé

Server

Stake your node within the Pocket testnet or mainnet as detailed here.

Verification: To prove ownership, sign a message with your node's account using the provided CLI command, excluding <> and "". Present your address, public key, and signature in the 🏆trophies channel.

pocket accounts sign <account address> "account address"

Transmission

Successfully submit a proof transaction in Pocket testnet or mainnet.

Jailbreak

Avoid getting jailed for 7 days (672 consecutive blocks) in Pocket testnet or mainnet.

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Nodemad

Salutations, resilient Nodégé! Your journey impresses us. To be honored as a Nodemad, fulfill 5 out of the following 8 assignments. Record your progress in the 🏆trophies channel and then enter the !become-nodemad command.

Assignments for Nodemad

Datacenter

Avoid getting jailed for 1 month (2880 consecutive blocks) in Pocket mainnet.

Broadcast

Submit successful proof transactions of 50k relays in Pocket mainnet.

Overseer

Help another community member set up their node.

Toolkit

Build and open source your own tooling or have an approved PR on existing Pocket-related open source node tooling.

Betakey

Participate in beta testing for a new Pocket Core version and submit the results of at least one useful test, as vouched for by the Pocket Core developers.

Document

Create or contribute (non-grammatical) improvements to Pocket node technical documentation or open source node tooling documentation.

Bootcamp-Node

Create or contribute (non-grammatical) improvements to a guide on how to run a Pocket node.

Upgrade

Upgrade your node before the DAO’s chosen upgrade height.

Elevating to Nodemad status qualifies you for a vote within our DAO.

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Node Runner

Your exemplary performance has established you as a cornerstone of our node network. To entrench your status amongst the elite Node Runners, execute all tasks from every rank of the Node Runner pathway, then issue the !become-node-runner command.

Assignments for Node Runner

Cloud

Avoid getting jailed for 3 months (8640 consecutive blocks), for at least 5 Pocket nodes, in Pocket mainnet.

Livestream

Submit successful proof transactions of 1M relays in Pocket mainnet.

Infrared

Propose an infrastructure-focused PEP and secure a POKT grant from the DAO.

Testkit

Participate in beta testing for 3 Pocket Core versions (excluding the one you did for the Betakey quest) and submit the results of at least one useful test, as vouched for by the Pocket Core developers.

Satellite

Maintain a dispatch node and have 3 Verified Netizens or Pocket core team members vouch that they have included you in their dispatch list.

Seedbank

Maintain a seed node and have 3 Verified Nodégés or Pocket core team members vouch that they have included you in their seed list.

Relay-Station

Submit successful proof transactions of 50k relays in all whitelisted RelayChainIDs in Pocket Mainnet.