Phase 2 Validator Candidates

Dear Validators,

Thank you for your interest in participating as a validator on Initia. We have received 13,074 applications for our Pre-Phase form and 3,834 submissions for Phase 1. We appreciate your enthusiasm and dedication to Initia. We have reviewed the submissions and selected 370 candidates who are now eligible for Phase 2 participation. The selection criteria were as follows:

• Your validator address must be included in the Pre-Phase form, indicating that you submitted both the Pre-Phase and Phase 1 forms.
• You must have provided the correct Moniker and a domain that reflects your Moniker, proving that the domain belongs to the same person as the Moniker.
• You must have submitted proof that you have competency running nodes or validators elsewhere. We eliminated submissions that lacked information, used others' information, or provided invalid links.

Through this process, we have narrowed the submissions to 370 candidates. If you were not selected, please stop running your nodes immediately. We sincerely thank you for your efforts and encourage you to stay engaged with Initia for future opportunities. Your passion and commitment are invaluable to us.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IB5qloxfjDIyAwelAal9e-i7d0HKr88OpcnsG8x4hi0/edit?usp=sharing

Please note that the order in the sheet is sorted alphabetically and does not reflect any ranking.

The selected candidates will now proceed to Phase 2, where we will periodically check the RPC height and remove unhealthy nodes that stall for more than 1,000 blocks. Nodes missing 1,000 blocks in a row will be immediately disqualified. The validators who pass Phase 2 will be announced just before Phase 3.

As a reminder, this validator program is designed to help us decide who will make the genesis set on the mainnet. Please do not run a testnet validator under any other reward assumption. Thank you again for your participation and dedication.

Best regards,

The Initia Team