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Node Studio Program 2: Empowering the network.
Recorded: Dec. 9, 2025 Duration: 1:04:24Space Recording
Short Summary
The Node Studio program, in partnership with the NIR Foundation, has launched its second cohort, successfully onboarding 64 new validators and marking a 20% growth in the NIR network. This initiative aims to simplify the process of running a validator, making it accessible to a wider audience and enhancing the decentralization of the NIR Protocol.
Full Transcription
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Welcome to everyone.
Welcome everyone.
Let's wait a couple of minutes so more people start to join. I think we could start now. Thanks everyone to come early. So today we will talk about the Node Studio program, Cohort 2.
And I think there's a lot of great news for this time.
And what's ahead of the new generation of new validator is changing everything.
We're joined by Alan, the person directly in charge of the program. And if you are part of Cohort 2, feel free to request the microphone at any moment.
We would love to hear from you.
So, let's start, Alan.
GM, Alan, how is it going all?
Hello, welcome everybody.
I'm really excited that we can be talking about
Node Studio Program number 2.
It's something that we have been working for a long time
and is part of the main activities
that we are running at Metapool.
So it's great that we can also see many people that have been joining these spaces
that are also part of the cohort.
So welcome, welcome everybody for being here.
We hope that also somebody else can join and start talking about how they are doing,
running nodes.
That will be really interesting.
And well, all good on myself how about you all good man so missing a lot the dev connect events
but happy to see new people here like governance people shout out to sterica digitalisados mart robot leo stanley takeshi coffee simon
eric leo fire and franzo thanks everyone to join feel free to repose this space so more
people can join us and no more details about how to join or participate
with us on this new opportunity of cohort number two and be a validator of near so meanwhile more
people join us maybe and alan can you introduce yourself so the people can start to know you a bit more better?
I sure think.
I'm Alan. I have been working on Metapool since its launchment
a bit more than four years ago.
I have been contributing in different ways,
supporting the Ambassadors program,
the launchment of the protocol itself. I have been also leading all the
Node Runners program. On my previous I have been working on development of
technology as a project manager, as a software developer for different products on Web3. So, well, we have a couple of experience on creating
products for Web3 and for the software industry. So we are right now here supporting everybody that is interested to you into this uh into this new uh track of the
of supporting and validating a network through being a node runner on it
thanks so also a curious fact here is that almost everybody is like from different places
is that almost everybody is like from different places and that is something really cool also
in this program so we would like to know where are you from guys or where are you based right now
so leave in the comments uh your flag so we can know how far we reach with this space and with this program. By the way, I am from Peru, Alan is from Mexico,
and Metapool is made by Lucio from Argentina
and Claudio from Mexico.
So I think that's another cool fact that you should know.
Now, starting with the questions related to this program, how will you describe the launch of Cohort 2 and what milestones stand out?
Well, first of all, I think that it's worth to clarify what we're talking about.
Many people here in the audience probably know.
But Node Studio Program number two is a program that we launched along with NIR Foundation.
This is also to empower the product that we have a metapool that is called Node Studio.
Node Studio platform is a software that allows people to run a validator instead of a blockchain network
in a really easy way. And I think this is something that people can confirm
how easy it has been to start running a node.
Yeah, probably in moments that there are a couple of complexity,
more when we are talking about requesting the service from the third-party providers that we are using.
But in general, it's really more easy than the general experience that we have from previous ways to run a node.
So that's what we got.
We put the software, we put the operations,
and Near Foundation provides the stake needed
for the start running a node.
And I think this is really relevant for everybody.
So that allows a lot of people to join a new protocol network
with their communities and their companies and organizations.
So in this current cohort on board,
64 new validators. So that implies, well, basically is 20% of the
network that has been on board through this program. At the beginning there was close to 300 validators and now we are around
370 validators. So exciting. And 64 is not a minor number because we have taken the job to
have a selection process that allows to have high quality validators inside of the NIR protocol network.
So I think that this is really relevant for everybody.
So welcome, feel like you are becoming part of a great community that is now contributing
to support and decentralized NIR protocol.
Great, I think that was a great introduction about the things we will talk
today and gm2 endorphin steak chars coffee old steak and all the people who start to join
feel free to repose this space and please share your flag in the comments so we can know where are you
and if metapool is reaching new places i think will be great new opportunities for new countries
so more validators everywhere i think that's one of the things that metapool want to reach
so decentralization it's always in our core um keeping with the questions and if you have a
question also leave in the comments and keeping with the questions uh many were surprised by the
final number of this cohort the cohort number two uh 64 new validators and 370 active validators on NIR. What does this mean for the network?
Well, if we explain a bit on the technical side, inside of Nier Protocol, you have 100 validators
that are being block producers, and the rest of them will be endorsement producers.
Basically, reconfirmed that all the transactions were done successfully and were done correctly inside of the network.
So taking that in consideration, this means that yes,
all of them are making technical contributions,
but at the same time are not taking the hard job
of producing blocks inside of NIR.
More than that, I think this is more on the side of
growing the community. I think that many people have been interested inside of running a Node,
just by curiosity, just by learning how it is done. And I think this has been one of the
most relevant things that we have inside of our Node Runners program. So the onboarding process on low risk, low effort
programs such as Node Studio is the way on how we are getting amazing onboarding
inside of NIRS. So you can see 64 different organizations that are
becoming part of a network that is now taking a place inside of AI development
and also cross-chain infrastructure such as NIR Intense. So that's good news.
I think this is working in two ways.
The one is the new protocol allowing people to have delegation and to have a node inside of the network
and people also to become part of the current development of a blockchain that is pushing to become the AI blockchain and the multichame blockchain.
So that's what we are building right now here. became the AI blockchain and the multi-chain blockchain.
So that's what we are building right now here.
So I think that we wouldn't have this success if we didn't have like these current partners
and the current organization that we have.
So that's the major impact that we can see
is people getting on board of a blockchain that they think this
is interesting for them
great um gm today new people who start to join um thanks also the people who started to comment
where are you from that's really nice and we are always excited to see new
people um yeah um maybe one of you guys are not part of this program and start to get interest
in be a validator so alan what type of profiles participated in this cohort and what diversity did you observe?
Maybe with that, the listeners who are not part could get some great insights
and also what suggestions you will give to the people interested to join this program.
interested to join this program?
Well, for this cohort, we viewed a selection criteria that indicates to us that we need
to onboard organizations that have a good reputation, that have previous experience
on Web3, that also have, even if we're not required, that could have at least some technical knowledge and have a team organized for joining this program.
So what this implies is that we can have high quality validators instead of running each one of the nodes.
And this also implies that it's more easy for them to work with
us on running this program. So based on that, we can have a set of people that is interested
to become part of the long-term development of the network. So in the profiles that we found for this cohort, we have, for example,
startups, we have communities that are focused on Web3, that are focused on education, women
organizations that were interested to run a node. We have local chapters of different DAOs being joining inside of the program. So we find people
from different regions such as Asia, such as Africa, such as Latin America that became part of this program.
So there's a wide variety.
I mean, these are 64 new organizations that are coming part.
And I think this is also giving us an opportunity for everybody to develop the community of the Near Protocol community.
And I think this also will be an opportunity for all of us
that we can start thinking that what collective efforts can be done
so we can align the efforts that are currently happening inside of,
I don't know, like startups that are already running nodes and are willing to have wider
opportunities inside of NERD.
I think that's something that we need to explore, that we need to start talking in collective
with everybody so what they are interested to start or why they did join
inside of this program that they are looking for and probably is not already covered by this node
studio program at the end the node studio program is a competition also that allows everybody to
start making contributions for nir and we can align incentives for them
for to start making things inside of NIR protocol.
More than that, if we see the opportunity,
we also have good relationships inside of NIR
and we can start thinking how we can start supporting
the organization that we are doing far beyond than just running a node.
Running a node is just like the first step, but I think that there are more things to do
and more people that people will be interested to do inside of this new network.
Yeah, great.
I saw really interesting comments in this section. So guys, if you have any questions, feel free to comment below this space so Alan can help us with that.
For those joining for the first time, what exactly is the Node Studio program?
What is the main objective?
Well, our main goal is to increase the Neoprotocon Network to 500 validators.
validators. That's our final purpose inside of NIR. This also helps to onboard new communities
That's our final purpose inside of NIR.
inside of the network. We mean that this can allow people to become part of a network without
being really complex. I mean, probably launching a new product and making all the development is something really complex.
And right now, running a node in a low cost, low barriers method is a way on how people
can get on board really easily.
So, on our previous experience, we had developed for Simple for Enterprises.
We have big companies that have chosen to start becoming part of a network by
having these models. So that's our goal. It's to increase the number of people running And also with this, provide a platform, well, a program that allows everybody to start making contributions that can be rewarded inside of a network.
So, well, that's basically the goal that we have.
oh great um get steak sounds like something that could be difficult for some people
Great.
but in metpool the node studio program has some benefits like the initial
40 000 years support and how this initial support works?
What is expected from each validator?
Well, at the end, these are kickoff programs
that we are interested in, that people can have
the initial delegation that they need
for becoming part of the network.
But at the end, what we have been talking
and what is clarified on the docs for this program is like we are looking for the sustainability that we have for...
No, sorry, for the sustainability that every validator should have inside of the near protocol
network. So you can see like the scoring table that we have
and this indicates that you can start getting points by increasing the delegation that you have
inside of your validator. Why? Because at the end this delegation is not forever. It is just
lasting a short amount of time and this short amount of time is one year. This means that we are looking and we are asking everybody so that you can be looking
for your own delegation.
At the end, the delegation that is requested inside of NIR Protocol is not that high.
It's around 10,000 NIR tokens if you want to set a current price,
and this is not financial advice, it's around $17,000,
that for some organizations can be money,
but surely there is people that is interested to become part of NIR
and wanted to have these tokens not being just holded on a wallet.
They wanted to delegate them.
So that's the opportunity that you can start offering your staking services
to people that is interested to start becoming part of the new network
and you can be also looking here for the self-sustainability.
Sure, there are other ways on how people can start looking for delegation,
but at the end is start making your own business case around this
and start offering your staking services that are already being done
to everybody that's interested to have these kind of services.
have these kind of services. Inside of NIR, your validators can have from zero to millions of tokens
without having a real change inside of your validators. The only change that you have is
when you change for endorsement producers to be block producers, but at the end it's just
changing the hardware that you're using. There is no more complexity on that side. So start your pattern over here,
start making contributions, start growing on a stake, and at the end, this can help you
to get rewards inside of this competition of Node Studio program. But also, you can start building your own business model inside of running a node.
Great. I think that was very insightful.
And talking about this program, we see that it's cohort number two.
So what did you learn from cohort number one and what changed on this cohort as a result?
Well, these two cohorts have been really short, one from another.
So the learning has been insightful, but not that impactful as we haven't yet completed
the first cohort. So that's something to consider. More than that, I think that the major improvement
is like our selection criteria that has been clarified on what kind of people we want to support to have a node inside of NIR protocol.
What does this mean?
The first cohort, yeah, we go on Macib.
We onboarded many people that is already having presence inside of NIR.
But there has been a couple of specific cases where we are looking that people,
a couple of specific cases where we are looking that people, more than not having interest,
they are not having the possibilities to start contributing inside of this program.
What does this mean?
That, well, a solo player that is making all the efforts by himself is not that good as
we have, like an organization backing up the development of a node.
So that's like the main difference that we are looking at right now.
So in numbers, we are almost the same.
We onboarded 60 on the first, 64 on the current.
But yeah, that's not not really relevant on this point.
The major, the biggest learnings that we have
are focused on what is the kind of people
that we are looking to have on the programs.
And that means that we can also have quality
on the community that we are providing to the network.
So I think that's it.
Great.
And we see new people start joining again.
So that's cool.
What improvements does the Node Studio platform bring?
What process does it actually simplify?
I think that that's a good one, a simple one,
but it's a good one.
And also, if you want to know a cool experience
like by Eric Baie, just share his thoughts on the comments.
comments. Thanks for that, Eric. Yeah, Alan, go ahead.
Thanks for that, Eric.
Yeah, Alan, go ahead.
Yeah, Noda Studio, we can talk about the history. In the previous, you need a C-SUPS
guide, a tech guide that already knows how to run everything on a terminal inside of
your computer, so you need computer science knowledge, basic but at the end required for running a node, setting up everything, and start
making all the updates in the maintenance required for running a node.
Node Studio quit all of that and make it really simple in order that you have a simplified user interface
that at the same time is non-custodial and is managed by the user.
So they can start taking over all the actions required for running a node without having any technical experience.
And I think this has been something that everybody that joined the program is mindful of that.
Why? Because at the end, no need for engineers just to have a running your node.
In the other hand, I think that we are focused on the low cost way of having these nodes operating. So we have been testing
and we have been looking for the best providers that can get inside of Node Studio so that people
can choose where they want to set up their virtual machines to start running this node.
So that's something that has also been really relevant on the path. Currently, we are looking to always be below the $30 to have your node running.
But in the past, you have to spend more than $100 to make this possible.
So that's the thing behind all of this.
So that's the thing behind all of this.
You right now, no need to pay developers or engineers to run a node.
And also you are saving a lot of money compared to what people spend on the past for running a node.
So I think that's also part of the success that Node Studio platform has been taking inside of the community.
And we hope that people can start also sharing what is the best that they have
or the best that they see behind of Node Studio,
so we can also be thinking how we can improve the platform
platform for other community members that are interested to become part of Node Studio.
for other community members that are interested to become part of Node Studio.
Great, and yeah, I never told you it was possible for everyone, as an enthusiast of this technology,
to have a note on this very simple way. Honestly, I think it's a great opportunity for those who want to level up their experience
as contributors to this technology and everything what it means so so yeah um i thought honestly
it was like a very technical thing but with no studio everything got pretty pretty easy
everything got pretty pretty easy so now I think we are in the last section for
for for questions so make sure guys you have your questions in the comments if
not you have time right now and write your questions in the comments so we can
make sure to solve any doubt about this program. And if you are not part, probably after this space, you should start to apply or start to read more about this program and solve any doubt just to participate in the next cohort.
So, related to the near decentralization, what does this program mean?
I mean, we saw already in the comments more than five countries, country flags in the comments.
So it means that we are reaching great points.
Not like just one country or just one continent but like three different regions of
the earth
So for decentralization
That's just a small view of the potential impact of these programs. So Alan maybe you can
Share us more insights about about this and what this program means for near decentralization.
Well, that's a good question at the end. Probably all the profs of staking networks
have like, or are looking for having like a decentralized network in many fronts.
Decentralization is more like a spectrum, more like I think of yes or not that is happening.
Inside of the validator optics that we have for the near protocol network, this implies that we should be looking for having
specific ways on how the network can be built.
Right now, there is a set of validators that are taking the major efforts on processing blocks inside of the network, and the job left to the endorsement is like, their community efforts, but are at the same time not putting in risk the network on itself.
At the end, the amount of transactions that they are processing is small compared to the big validators that are carrying all the big load of transactions that are happening.
So, well, let's think on that.
I think if you are worried about if this program is taking the network, it is not.
At the same time, this means that there is still a job pending to do
in order to balance how the people are distributing their stake
inside of the new protocol network.
And well, let's see how this can evolve. At the end, we are starting, this is still really
a new initiative that we can improve over the time to look how we can support each of the
participants of Novo Studio Program program to have a bigger amount of
delegation that can also attract, that can balance better the network in order to make it more
decentralized. At the end, I think it is really robust the way in how it is currently balanced
in the protocol network, but surely there can also be a way on how everybody can take a place in order to to avoid any set centralization effort that can happen
inside of near yeah great and like um beside these um things about being a validator on here i think
things about being a validator on NIR.
I think when you are just a user
and when you become a validator,
your mindset about this technology
and also the future of NIR itself changes.
And especially when you also start to get deep on metapool for example um for those who don't
know metapool the name itself it's a funny game about um like the pool of the pools what i understood after like um understand more of these programs is
like metapool it's like the ocean and also to help the validators get more rewards
and also contribute with this.
I mean, this function as a validator,
it's required for the network to be strong and decentralized
and also to make available incentives
so everyone can participate of this action
because in the past was just an action
for maybe two technical people
or maybe some enterprises,
but now we have all kind of profiles,
also home stakers, home not runners so I think the
diversification is really interesting and especially in this synergy with the
Metapool visions and the MPDAO so in this way since Alan have a better view
and whether better ways to talk about this.
I think maybe, Alan, you can bless all the audience with these opportunities.
I mean, how does Node Studio align with Metapool's visions and with MPDAO?
There's a lot of opportunities there and a lot of things that maybe people who are not
deep dive on Metapool is missing.
Well, I think that there are many things that can be worked in order to improve.
Know the Studio, at the end, this is a really early stage platform
that we have been launching this year.
And I think that the big thing is that there is a current proven success
inside of running a node for new protocol,
and we are looking to have a better experience for everybody.
I think that there are things that are still pending to do as improve the general user experience that we
have for this platform. Even when it is good, there are things that can be also improved.
But also we can start increasing the number of providers that can
be allocating virtual machines for all the participants on Node Studio.
I think that's like the beginning.
In the coming year and months, we are looking also to increase the number of networks that
you can help to have running a validator.
What does this mean? That people not only can run inside of new
protocol, probably they can start running on any of the other networks that we are having
liquid staking at Metapool. So people can also have this easy way experience so they can be
on board inside of any network just by having this easy experience provided by Node Studio platform.
So I think that's for beginning what we can do, but also there is a possibility that we can increase
the features that we can provide to all the node runners.
So people will tell. I think that's the main thing.
What do they need? So what can be making better their general experience?
And that allows people to be active inside of many different networks.
Great.
And going again with the last question, it's very related.
the last question that it's very
related
what impact have you seen on participation
governance
or community
with this
program because
maybe people don't know
maybe a few know
of this and maybe you can go
deep with the things that
on metapool governance
basically with your voting power,
you can delegate to any validator.
And with that act,
basically you are helping the validator to reach
or get better allocation of stake for their validator.
So how it works, Metapool, with that,
maybe, Alan, can you provide some insights
about that so maybe all the validators that are running and out here can go deep dive with metapool
because um if you are not maybe promoting your validator to the metapool audience, maybe you are losing that opportunity to have better allocation
stake in your validator
or maybe get votes of the community
or maybe onboard new people
with all this system.
So, yeah, Alan, go ahead.
Well, right, yes.
We have mechanisms inside of Metapool that allows people to get an extra
delegation such as our delegation that is provided by the amount of votes that you're receiving
inside of your validator. This is a good opportunity. You should allocate your MPDAW tokens and lock them in order to have them
turn into bots inside of Metapool. And with this you can bot inside of Metapool to your
own validator and at the same time you're participating for the bot to earn rewards.
It will help you to allocate a fraction of the 25% TBL that we are setting
for the validators. Works, it really works. I think it's a good alternative. I'm still
going to suggest that you can also look for your own delegation because at the end, yeah, Yeah, even Metapool can be these initial delegators,
but it's always good that you don't stay on just one single source of delegation.
What does that mean?
That you should be looking for having extra sources
where you can start getting delegation inside of your validator.
So if you are looking to become part of a staking business model, you can also opt to start
contributing to the community and start making this like part of your community efforts or part
of your infrastructure if you
are developing something so this can be also be an active part of everything that you are doing so
I think that that will be like my couple of suggestions over here
thank you Alan yeah and there are a lot of ways to leverage your participation on this program.
And now we would like to open the invitation
to the validators to share your questions here
and to share space with us.
Like feel free to ask for the mic right now
so we can designate all these last minutes
to talk with you guys.
Fran, let us know if someone
asks for the microphone. So now is your time.
By the way, shout out to Ultravioleta.
It's a great community. They are doing
great content also. Shout out to David. It's part of the teams of this Node Studio. A lot of people here are to help you, like Franzo.
always solving your questions when you are in the notes to your program in your group you have
real people real human helping you with support almost every day so i think that is something
that makes difference because a journey like this when you are new it's pretty hard and even when you have the experience sometimes you
still need some some help so like going with bots or things like that only that it's maybe a bit
cold and maybe creates friction and bureaucracy and that so we always try to avoid that putting
So we always try to avoid that putting people here only out on animations with small things.
But yeah, we are happy to do that.
Shout out to Metapool Vietnam also.
They are doing a great job in Southeast Asia.
A lot of new people here so happy to see you guys
A lot of new people here.
So happy to see you guys.
feel free to
Comment your questions
Let's
Let's solve all the doubts that still with space
Now going to the comments to check but don't don't feel shy guys feel free to ask for the
microphone
um rica uh you can can request the microphone or maybe frank and you give microphone to rica you can can request the microphone or maybe frank and you give microphone to rica
i already saw her comment she would like to speak
maybe rica if you have um if you have issues, maybe try to rejoin the space.
So maybe that could help.
I will read the questions that I already sent. Is it possible to run the validator on our own infrastructure or does Node Studio program 2 require using your designated infrastructure?
That question is from BlockPro.
It is still not that open that you can opt to have your own provider, but we are looking to increase the number of providers that you can choose
in order to include nodes so well let's let's see how this is following if this is something in
demand probably we are going to have this these validators having their own infrastructure on
node studio if not uh probably you can suggest what provider are you looking for,
and we can start exploring how viable is that they can be integrated
inside of the current Node Studio platform.
Great.
Rika, if you have the chance now, you can ask for the microphone.
Everybody can have the chance to talk right now so feel free to request
the microphone Ultravioleta DAO
Hey everybody, good morning. This is Ultra. I'm speaking on behalf of Ultravioleta DAO.
And we've been part of the program for at least a month now. And we wanted to say that we love it.
The interface that you guys have created to manage everything is amazing.
And we're very happy to be here supporting this program and also super grateful as well um
for your support the team has been extremely amazing um when we haven't needed anything
they've been there and and yeah like um you guys have been explaining through a call
it's extremely simple to to to do it through the Node Studio program.
And that's it.
I just wanted to come up really quick and give my feedback.
Thank you, guys.
Thank you a lot.
I think all the team is happy to listen to this kind of feedback.
Any feedback.
But yeah, this kind of feedback, any feedback. But yeah, this kind of feedback always brings a smile
to the big effort that does the team.
So before Auron talks, I will share a question
that I already saw in the comments.
So guys, if you are shy right now,
or maybe you are not able to talk,
just put your questions in the comments.
Don't worry at all.
Simon Babek asks, is there any minimum near to get on board as validators?
Sorry, is there a minimum watt?
Near.
Ah, yes.
The seed price is 10,000 tokens.
So we are providing right now 40,000.
Great. And another question from Pohok Crypto.
Is there an update about the HSP002?
About the HSP002?
Well, I think that's another topic.
But indeed, I think that the sensing proposal has been approved.
That's something that has been already done.
And right now it's taking the the resolutive proposal that needs to be voted on the coming week.
So just to mention Rika, Rika is also part of the endorsed delegate as 404.gov is part of
also of House of Stakes. So me also, I'm endorsed delegate.
So you can look and ask us about what is like
the personal perspective on this
and also start delegating your vote.
So, but I think that we will take chance
on another conversation to talk a little bit about that.
Great.
Now, thanks to come up, Abraham.
Feel free to talk.
GM, GM.
Thank you, guys.
I hope you are well.
I just want to say thank you,
guys, because I think that
is a very great opportunity
for us.
For me, it's very interesting
the Noda Studio, because I think that you are
allowing um allowing to all the people to run a node so this is a very important innovation because
in other chains like I don't know Solana for, you can't run a node in an easy way.
So you are allowing to all the people to operate a node in just a few actions.
So I think that is very easy to understand this program.
And I don't know, for me, decentralization is a very complicated topic.
But you guys, you are doing amazing.
Yeah, I'm going to say congrats to all the Metapol team for this program, and thank you for the opportunity to be part of this cohort too.
If you want to help Digitex out, you can vote for us in the Metapool DAO.
And also we are going to drop in a lot of content about Metapool Liquid Staking, Staking, the Node Studio, obviously.
And yeah, we are very committed with Latin America because it's our region.
So we are going to do very cool things in Latin America because it's our region. So we are going to do very cool things in Latin America.
So thank you, guys.
And we are Mexico.
Thanks.
Thanks, Abraham, to share that.
We are happy.
We are happy to help.
Maybe Rika, I don't know if she got the chance to join but well uh let's see if there
is another question in the comments and if you want to jump to talk here feel free to ask, request the microphone. Hola. Hello.
Hola.
Saludos. Vengo a representar Habla Hispana.
Buenos días a todos.
Un gusto.
Feliz de poder
ampliar
conocimientos,
experimentar nuevas cosas,
de poder formar parte de la primera corte y también estar
presente ahí viendo cómo las cortes siguen llegando y las personas siguen aprendiendo y teniendo el
apoyo de Metapool. Y pues feliz de ser parte de esto. Saludos desde Guatemala. Hablo poco inglés,
por eso en español, pero ya sé que muchos, veo a muchas car many people see a lot of hispanic faces here.
So I say, here we are.
It's a pleasure, guys, and go ahead with the work.
They do everything excellent.
Thank you very much, Mart.
So, Mart shared her good vibes here from Guatemala.
Thanks to Jump here, Mart. Now, Rika, you got the mic.
Yeah, thank you. Can you guys hear me?
Yeah, loud and clear.
Okay, awesome. Wow. Yeah, sorry about that. Twitter was having all sorts of issue on my phone.
Anyway, hey, everyone. I'm Rika. I run a validator node called Arteria nodes. We're part of cohort two. A couple of other people from Arteria nodes in here. We have Coffee Crusher and Heyer Sarah.
one and i met alan through house of stake both of us are delegates there so i got the experience
of what it's like to set up a validator in the first cohort and loved it so much decided to
do it again in cohort two um our terria nodes we are a women-led and women-founded uh validator
Teria Nodes, we are a women-led and women-founded validator.
So we're actually just getting started, and this is our first initiative.
I think it's awesome that I'm also a delegate, so there's a lot of synergy there.
I can be plugged in to both what is happening in House of Stake,
and then also what is happening in the validator side.
Yeah.
So just a lot of synergies.
And yeah, if anyone is looking to delegate where Ataria nodes that pulled up near, there's
a couple of awesome options now for how to do it.
And there's even a feature in the house of stake contracts, which enables you to choose a validator.
So that could be our Terranodes or any other one.
And at the same time, you can delegate to a delegate.
So it's kind of like 2x rewards
and then 2x the empowerment.
Thank you so much.
Thank you, Rika, to share your experience here.
We are happy to help.
Shout out to Web3Gals, Jesse, Nirvik, that is always here, sharing the Metapulse content, gem. And there are a lot of
members from Ultravioleta.
That's
cool, man. Thanks for
being
so participating.
Shout out
Cibeles, part of the team.
Higher.
I think it's a new face
here in our spaces. Hope hope see you in more spaces
in fitri joker mon 5am cryptable thanks to everyone for come here we are in the last
minutes of this space so if there is a any question that you want to share or any comment, this is your moment.
If not, I think we just finished this space.
It was a great time, but now it's time to go back to work.
time but now it's time to to back to work but probably a lot of more spaces like this will
will happen to solve your questions to talk with you and to share your experience with metapool
feel free to quote and comment this uh quote repost this space some more people new people can
Quote, repost this space so more people, new people can know about this opportunity and quote, repost this space with your experience.
I think that is the best way to reach more people and more new validators, more decentralization for Niro and more opportunities for everyone.
and more opportunities for everyone we wish to reach everywhere especially
where our heart is it's on the frontier markets like so this is South America
but we are not limited to only those parts we wish that being a node should be, we think being a node should be easier as just a stake.
That could be great that everyone could run out.
I think that should be the goal.
So we will be happy to put all our efforts
to make this growth.
And now we are very close to 500 validators.
And why not? Let's think to 1,000 validators.
Before the Node Studio program, there was not so many validators on here, I think.
So I think this effort is doing great success with NIR
and hope to make this bigger and bigger.
So thanks, everyone, to come to this space.
I think that is everything from my side.
Alan, maybe you can share some last words with the people.
Well, I think thank you everybody for joining and becoming part of these spaces.
I think it's the first of many things that we are going to do with trying to coordinate all the communities that has been contributing to NU-Studio.
Also, remember to start supporting your validator by contributing itself.
The activities that we have for this cohort, in case that you didn't know,
there is a competence that lasts for one year for the people that is interested to become part of this program.
So let's start contributing, let's start making activities,
and also tell us what can be improved in order that we can have a better experience for you.
No more than that, thank you everybody and see you soon.
See you soon everyone.
Just to close this space, share your hearts at the same time so we can end this space
with good vibes.
Let's see how many hearts we can reach.
Thanks. Thanks
Yeah friend you can you can start to close .
