January 7, 2026

Network Protection and Access Control (v0.2.7)

Temporary Guardian protection, access restriction, new node registration pause, compensation for Epoch 117.

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Genesis Guardian — temporary protection for the young network

The protective mechanism for the early stage of the network has been reactivated. Guardian nodes have been given the right to intervene in case of threats. The mechanism will automatically deactivate when the network reaches maturity (power ≥15M and block height ≥3M).

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Restricting developer access

Access to inference is temporarily restricted: only developers from the allowlist can send requests. This is protection against abuse in the early stages. The restriction applies until block 2,294,222.

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Pause in new node registration

Registration of new participants (SubmitNewParticipant) is temporarily blocked until block height 2,222,222. This gives the team time to stabilize the network before a mass influx of hosts.

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Filtering outdated PoC transactions

Filtering of delayed PoC transactions has been added at the protocol level. Outdated batches and validations are rejected before entering the mempool, which reduces network load.

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Rewards for Epoch 117 and bounties

Rewards have been distributed to nodes active during Epoch 117 that did not receive their rewards due to a failure. All active nodes received an additional payout proportional to the downtime.

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