As the day of the private hybrid funding round of Catacomb Crawlers nears, we thought it would be a good time to review what Catacomb Crawlers means to Humanode and why the Humanode team is excited about it.

Here are 5 reasons why: https://blog.humanode.io/5-reasons-why-humanode-is-excited-about-catacomb-crawlers/

The Dawn of Proto-Vortex

Humanode proved that true decentralization is possible with one unique human running one validator, delivering Sybil-resistant services across Web3 and beyond.

We brought Sybil-resistant access to the web with BotBasher and OAuth 2.0, with 2.2M+ bioauthentications.

We built Biomapper and launched Nonlinear LP Staking so rewards stay fair.
Biomapper is now cross-chain, so any dApp can go Sybil-resistant.

Now we begin coding Vortex, the Humanode DAO, with Formation for grants, investments, and project teams after votes.

In Vortex, every validator can participate. Every governor has equal voting power.
The Vortex GitHub will open for public tracking, with code gradually opened over time.

Vortex aims to become a one human = one vote foundation for Humanode, other chains, and beyond.

And as the Dev team begins coding, we start proto-Vortex and proto-Formation initiatives from next week, so validators can get hands-on.

Learn what it is: https://blog.humanode.io/the-dawn-of-proto-vortex/

It's Humanode fireside time again!

This week, we’re joined by Lonis, VP of Growth at Prospera, for a conversation that’s been a long time coming.

We’ll talk governance, network states, and how things shift as communities grow from early chaos to structured coordination and more.

Dato and Victor will be joining the conversation as well.

🗓️ Friday, Nov 7
🕑 2PM UTC
📍 Live on Humanode socials

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Time for this week's validator poll.

If you’ve linked your validator address to your bio-authenticated Discord, just head to ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠human-node-polls and vote. If not, you can still do it.

Remember, voting is part of the deal under Proof-of-Polls to be eligible for full validator rewards.

As always, the poll will be open for 3 days. Jump in and cast your vote.

For more information: https://blog.humanode.io/upcoming-changes-to-the-validator-fee-distribution/

Guide: https://link.humanode.io/guide/validator-address-submission

More activity → more fees → more human validators → more decentralization.
A simple loop with big implications for how a blockchain should work.

Here’s what fees mean for human nodes: https://blog.humanode.io/what-fees-on-humanode-mean-for-human-nodes/

Biomapper is now live on Somnia.

Somnia gives builders the canvas to create connected worlds and digital communities.
Biomapper makes sure those worlds are actually filled with real humans, instead of bots pretending to play along.

Developers building on Somnia can add private biometric Sybil resistance with just a few lines of code. No KYC. No personal data required.

One human = One evm wallet

So if you’re building a world, a marketplace, or a metaverse economy on Somnia, now you can keep it human from the start: rewards, access, and interactions all verified to come from real people.

For integration, check it out:
Biomapper App: https://biomapper.hmnd.app
Biomapper Docs: https://link.humanode.io/docs/biomapper
Biomapper SDK: https://link.humanode.io/docs/biomapper-sdk

As we start coding the Humanode DAO (Vortex), we’re opening Proto-Vortex: trial run of governance before Vortex goes fully on-chain. A place where active human nodes can step in and propose an idea that pushes Humanode forward. A dApps, research, UI/UX fixes, community pushes, tools, and content. Anything that actually helps the network.

Every two weeks:

* Proposals get reviewed and voted on
* funds will be allocated to the projects
* If no proposal passes, the pool rolls into the next round

If your proposal gets through:

* You get funded to build it (milestone by milestone)
* The core team supports you through the process
* You earn a vote in the next rounds of governance

If you want a say in the future of this network, start here.

Guidelines: https://blog.humanode.io/invitation-to-the-proto-vortex/
Proposals: https://link.humanode.io/proto-vortex/rules

Live now. Dato joins Filecoin to dig into transparency in decentralized AI.

Tune in!

https://x.com/filecoin/status/1984243854829081041?s=46

Fireside Friday is almost here 🔥

We will be joined by Lonis, VP of Growth at Prospera, along with Dato and Victor, to talk governance, network states, and what changes as things scale.

🗓️ Friday, Nov 7
🕑 2PM UTC
📍 Live on Humanode Socials

Fireside in 2 hours!

We’re going live with Lonis, VP of Growth at Próspera, for a conversation on how governance evolves as network states grow from early coordination to complex systems.

If you haven’t heard of it, Prospera is a special zone in Honduras where they’re building a new kind of city. One that mixes real-world rules with crypto tools to test better ways of living and working together.

Dato and Victor will be hosting.

🗓️ Today, Nov 7
🕑 2PM UTC
📍 Live on Humanode socials

📣 Campaign Extended! More Time to Complete Your Tasks

Looks like the catacombs weren’t done with you just yet...
The Rise of the Crawlers campaign is getting one more week of extra time!

Why? 🤔
Because many of you were confused about the Discord tasks (yep… you do need to chat for 3 consecutive days in both the Humanode and Catacomb Crawlers servers on Discord to complete them). This also means there are still plenty of winner slots waiting to be claimed! So here’s your second chance 💪🏼

✅ Tons of winner slots STILL up for grabs
✅ $300 worth of HMND waiting to be claimed
✅ Extended until November 16th
✅ Tasks are simple: follow, support, engage, and join the fun

If you haven’t completed your tasks yet, now’s the perfect time.
If you haven’t joined yet, now’s the perfect moment.

Join the campaign: https://app.galxe.com/quest/Humanode/GCHhZt8Weo

Let’s wrap this up strong.
The catacombs are still calling… ⚔️

To all human nodes. Just in case you missed it, the application for proto-Vortex projects is open, and this round will be open until the end of this week.

The allocated budget for round 1 is $500 worth of HMND.

In case you missed the original announcement, and you are a human node (running a validator node), this is what proto-Vortex is all about.

Every two weeks:
* Proposals get reviewed and voted on
* funds will be allocated to the projects

Submit your proposals in the human-node-proposals chat in the proto-vortex session of the Humanode Discord.

If your proposal gets through:
* You get funded to build it (milestone by milestone)
* The core team supports you through the process
* You earn a vote in the next rounds of governance
* You will gain the know-how that will be needed once Vortex launches

If you want a say in the future of this network, start here.

Guidelines: https://blog.humanode.io/invitation-to-the-proto-vortex/
Basic Rules: https://link.humanode.io/proto-vortex/rules
Submit proposals: https://link.humanode.io/proto-vortex/proposals

Everyone says decentralization. But look closer and you see same wallets eating all the fees, rewards.

More transactions, more activity, more money but for the same group.

On Humanode network, this isn’t the case. It works completely differently. Every activity onchain contribute to someone somewhere keep their node online. Here, more activity doesn’t make a few people richer. It brings more people in. It keeps the system alive.

Imagine Solana’s 50 million+ daily transactions happening on Humanode, it could sustain ~ 1 million human nodes. Yes one million real humans who would not only secure the chain but also take part in one human = one vote governance.

That’s decentralization that grows with use.
That’s what Humanode was built for.

When people use it, it decentralizes.
When it decentralizes, it lives.

Here’s what activity on Humanode would mean: https://blog.humanode.io/what-activity-on-humanode-really-means/

📰 Humanode Biweekly vol.110 is live!

This round brings:
🌀 The Dawn of Proto-Vortex, our first step toward the Humanode DAO

📜 Invitation to the Proto-Vortex (get involved early)

⛓️ Biomapper C2 deployed on Somnia

🧬 What activity on Humanode really means

💸What fees mean for human nodes, and for decentralization

🎙 Fireside chat with Lonis, VP of Growth at Prospera

🕹 Catacomb Crawlers campaign extended + 5 reasons we’re excited about it


Stay human.
👉 Read the full update: https://blog.humanode.io/humanode-biweekly-vol-110/

Time for this week's validator poll.

If you’ve linked your validator address to your bio-authenticated Discord, just head to ⁠ ⁠⁠⁠human-node-polls and vote. If not, you can still do it.

Remember, voting is part of the deal under Proof-of-Polls to be eligible for full validator rewards.

As always, the poll will be open for 3 days. Jump in and cast your vote.

For more information: https://blog.humanode.io/upcoming-changes-to-the-validator-fee-distribution/

Guide: https://link.humanode.io/guide/validator-address-submission

Biomapper now on Ethereum and BNB chain

This past half a year or so, Humanode has focused on spreading Biomapper to various chains, providing developers the ability to create Sybil-resistant dApps or projects utilizing the Humanode Biomapper on the chain they work with.

And now, to wrap up the mission of spreading Biomapper with crossbridge functionality, we now announce that Humanode is also available on Ethereum and the BNB chain.

So, if you are a developer on either of these chains, you now also have the ability to create dApps and Web3 projects that utilize Humanode Biomapper for Sybil-resistance with just a few lines of code.

Yes, this is the grand finale of the “campaign”, but it is not to say that we will not make Biomapper available on other chains as the need arises. For now, though, the Humanode Dev team will be all hands on deck to build the Humanode DAO, Vortex, to fulfill one of Humanode’s main goals and one of its core purposes, a one human = one node = one vote blockchain.

We have realized the one human = one node part so far. We have also expanded that so that blockchains across the globe can create one human = one account systems or “proof of existence” tools. Now it is time for us to focus on paving the rest of the way to create the “one vote” portion of our system.

For more information on Biomapper:

Docs: https://link.humanode.io/docs/biomapper
SDK: https://link.humanode.io/docs/biomapper-sdk

For information on Vortex:
Whitepaper: https://gitbook.humanode.io/vortex-1.0