Tranche 4 has been released
We received 100 applications For Tranche 4, our final MainNet Transition Program tranche, of which 75 node operators were selected. When performing this selection for Tranche 4, the team prioritized:
- Geographic Distribution
- Length of time as a node
- Performance
Being the final tranche of the MainNet Transition program, we wanted to make sure to consider each application individually, and especially took care to select our longest supporters whenever possible.
Like previous tranches, the team first chose to back nodes which have a wide geographic distribution in order to ensure the network is well-seeded for MainNet. We created quotas for each region and then within that region selected nodes based on performance. For most regions, all well-performing nodes were selected except Eastern Europe, where a small number of generally well performing nodes did not make the cut. Due to the overwhelming support in these regions, there is little we can do to fully solve these problems, but we were able to partially mitigate it by rearranging the bins. Finland, Hungary, Estonia, and Greece were moved to the Central Europe Bin, allowing more nodes remaining in the “Eastern Europe” bin to be selected. Also, some node operators were not selected because while the node was in a less populated region, the operator themself is a citizen of a country overrepresented within the network.
Once the first pass was completed, we took a more personal look at who was selected and who was not. Those of us active within the community reviewed the selected group of nodes to make sure it represents a good cross section of the community.
At this point in time, the team has selected a total of 349 nodes for the MainNet Transition program and do not plan on accept any more at this time, with the exception of a small number of nodes who could not be accepted at this time due to legal issues, and which we hope to be able to accept in the future.
As it stands, the bins shake out as follows:
| North America | South And Central America | Western Europe | Central Europe | Eastern Europe | Middle East | Northern Africa | Southern Africa | Russia | Eastern Asia | Western Asia | Oceania | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Previous Tranches | 42 | 6 | 49 | 39 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 57 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 273 |
| Tranche 4 | 18 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 75 |
| Total | 60 | 10 | 62 | 45 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 67 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 348 |
Those selected today should begin onboarding immediately and will be able to get the team multiplier on 1/6/2020.
Selected nodes who have already used their coins to nominate, but did not set a cMix ID, will find themselves unable to onboard without waiting 28 days. This will be fixed next week in a forthcoming update, you can read more here: Release notes xxnetwork-chain v0.2.1