Hotfix is out!

When our chain hit 16 validators, it got stuck and could not start the next session. Why? 3 weeks ago Substrate updated the API for managing state. It had a bug that started an infinite loop. Hotfix coming to all Substrate chains soon. https://github.com/paritytech/substrate/pull/11490/files/a5f349ba9620979c3c95b65547ffd106d9660d9d#r900488712

People who participated before the chain reset need to update the chain in the desktop app settings by doing "Check for peer Updates" and recreate the workspace.

Testnet 3 "Ramiel" Batch 2 is out!

Humanode Testnet 3 "Ramiel" Batch 3 is out!

50 validators mark crossed. The 4th batch of invitations to Testnet 3 "Ramiel" is out!

Hi Human nodes,
Here’s some food for the mind for y’all 👇

https://twitter.com/humanode_io/status/1540060996710154240?s=21&t=6_l39PCn61c8xJxBDG8-dg

Breakdown of Chainalysis Recent report 👉 https://twitter.com/humanode_io/status/1541459576926642179?s=21&t=spQGhupth4K9pTc0fZ6ojg

[Dev Updates]

Hello Human Nodes,


Here are development updates on the Humanode Network:


Humanode Network
👉Enabled format on save for everything
👉Separated EVM and Ethereum RPC params - This quick fix enables us to run the commands without crashing
👉Uncover some built environment information to the users - This update adds some built environment information to the code and uncovers them to the end-users in the version string printed in various locations
👉Properly tweaked the Manifest file formatting
👉Corrected the session identification handling - This update enables the correct storage of identities for the given session
👉Added an RPC endpoint returning the validator public key
👉Backported CI, CLO API, and all the utils to Testnet 2 - This will help in enhanced maintenance of Testnet 2 and 3
👉Used remove_all instead of bugged clear - This quick fix enabled avoiding an infinite loop caused by the broken substrate's storage API
👉Denied unsafe RPC calls in our RPC implementations



Humanode Web App

👉Added substrate mapping errors
👉Implemented RxJS-based peer API


Bio-auth

👉Integrated the ml package into the cryptography part - Includes refactoring code and fixing bug
👉Added inference code for quantized onnx model
Integrating vision transformer and attention block into liveness detection models
👉Verified decryption - This update includes verification of partial decryptions.
👉Fixed encoding of the feature vector
👉Verified subshares

Humanode Launcher

👉More features added to the dashboard
👉Fix-ds-store-manifest
👉Aligned new engine - Aligned 👉Launcher with new engine structure and refactored engine listener

Substrate
👉Merged New substrate updates in the Humanode network

Follow Humanodes on socials and join communities, if you haven’t already


1- Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/company/human-node/
2- Discord - https://link.humanode.io/chat
3- Twitter - https://twitter.com/humanode_io
4- Telegram - https://news.1rj.ru/str/humanode
5- Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/humanode_official/

Biweekly update on @Humanode vol.26

15th June — 29th June

Ramiel’s 125 validators mark crossed, EVM and Launcher upgrades, Interviews with Humanode co-founders Dato and Victor, The first-ever Humanode Hackathon ‘Hack The Sybil’ is live, and more!

TL;DR
Welcome back to Humanode biweekly! Can you believe we’re nearing the end of June already? A lot has happened over these two weeks. Let’s have a short overview of the news!
Keep in mind, that Humanode Testnet v3 — “Ramiel” is live and open for public testing. Ramiel is the next major step towards the launch of the Humanode Mainnet this summer. The team is focusing on brushing up the system, moving from permissioned Proof of Authority where nodes are supposed to trust each other, to a trustless permissionless system, and bringing EVM compatibility to the Humanode testnet. Be the first of human nodes to test it out. Apply now! Almost 4K applications have already been submitted. “Ramiel” hits 125+ unique validators, and the 4th batch of invitations to Testnet 3 is out.
During these weeks, Humanode teams were working tirelessly to make significant progress with current tasks. The progress was minutely shared in their regular development update.
As for the network development, the team enabled format on save for everything, separated EVM and Ethereum RPC params, uncovered some built environment information to the users, properly tweaked the Manifest file formatting, corrected the session identification handling, added an RPC endpoint returning the validator public key, backported CI, CLO API, and all the utils to Testnet 2.
As for the Web App, the team added Substrate mapping errors and implemented RxJS-based peer API.
Considering crypto-biometric search and matching and liveness algorithms, the team integrated the ml package into the cryptography part, added inference code for quantized onnx model, integrated vision transformer and attention block into liveness detection models, verified decryption, fixed encoding of the feature vector, and verified subshares.
As for Humanode Launcher, more features were added to the dashboard, and the team aligned the new engine, and launcher with a new engine structure, and refactored the engine listener.
The great news is that the signup for the Humanode Hackathon is live! “Hack The Sybil!” will include a series of educational workshops that teach participants to build decentralized applications on the Humanode network. After the hackathon, applicants will be able to apply for a grant through the Humanode Grant Program which will launch in Q3 2022 after the mainnet launch. Don’t forget to join Humanode Discord to team up with other participants and keep up to date with events during the hackathon!
An audio interview with Humanode co-founder Dato noscriptd ‘Sybil Resistance With Biometrics’ is out. It begins with an overview of Humanode, and how it solves the problem of Sybil attacks, before digging into how biometrics and liveness detection work in its system. The conversation goes on to recap the recently concluded Humanode conference which set the stage for the ‘Hack the Sybil’ Hackathon currently underway with over $30,000 in prizes up for grabs. And read the interview with Humanode’s co-Founder, Victor on HackerNoon. Know more about his entrepreneurial journey and see how his belief in True Decentralization lead to the creation of Humanode. A must-read!
That’s all for today! All the love, all the power!

#Humanode https://medium.com/paradigm-research/humanode-ramiels-125-validators-mark-crossed-evm-and-launcher-upgrades-interviews-with-898ba1f2475b

Batch number 5 was just sent out! So far 129 out of 249 invited joined the Humanode Testnet 3 Ramiel!

Huge batch of 2,000 invites for Ramiel Testnet participants number 6 is out. Check your emails!

📣 Humanode weekend community contest!

We heard you like contest. Let’s have some fun!
If you help people in launching Humanodes with general advises and troubleshooting on our Discord server, you will be rewarded.
https://link.humanode.io/chat

1000 USDT for 10 most active members.
The contest will be active starting this weekend until Monday, July 11th, 11:59pm UTC

Let the party begin!

We’ll be watching 👀
#troubleshooting-ramiel
#troubleshooting-shamshel

📢Humanode Dev Updates

Hello, Human nodes!
As you all know we are soon moving towards the launch of Humanode Mainnet, our dev team is continuously implementing and improving the network before the launch.

Here are bi-weekly dev updates about what we are working on


Humanode Network

🔺Fixed supply run-time tests
🔺Implemented Pot Accounts (Added temporary fee system)
🔺Introduced chain properties to properly manage ss58 prefix

Bio-Auth

🔺Set the default formatter for Python
🔺Removed Pylint invalid-names exemption
🔺Implemented public verification for the public key generated by the individual users
🔺Separated the verification system from the collective authority protocol.
🔺Fixed index in the execution time
🔺Improved the accuracy of passive liveness detection
🔺Fixed bug in tensorboard logging
🔺Updated test datasets for passive liveness detection

Others

🔺Added TPS metric
🔺Implemented Chain-state export


Follow Humanode on all platforms to keep yourself updated and never miss any announcements :))


1- Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/company/human-node/
2- Discord - https://link.humanode.io/chat
3- Twitter - https://twitter.com/humanode_io
4- Telegram - https://news.1rj.ru/str/humanode
5- Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/humanode_official/

Biweekly update on @Humanode vol.27

29th June — 13th July

Ramiel testnet hits 288+ unique validators, Dev updates are out, The Humanode Hackathon ‘Hack The Sybil’ is ongoing, Humanode weekend community contest winners soon, and more!

TL;DR
Hello to the amazing Humanode community! As usual, we are here to share a recap of the latest news and events from the network. These weeks were quite fruitful for teams, so let’s point out some of the key updates.
Keep in mind, that Humanode Testnet v3 — “Ramiel” is live and open for public testing. Ramiel is the next major step towards the launch of the Humanode Mainnet this summer. The team is focusing on brushing up the system, moving from permissioned Proof of Authority where nodes are supposed to trust each other, to a trustless permissionless system, and bringing EVM compatibility to the Humanode testnet. Be the first of human nodes to test it out. Apply now!
At the time of writing, “Ramiel” has 288 unique validators. Recently, a huge batch of 2,000 invites for Ramiel Testnet participants number 6 has been sent. Check your emails!
During these weeks, Humanode teams were working tirelessly to make significant progress with current tasks. The progress was minutely shared in their regular development update.
As for the network development, the team fixed supply run-time tests, implemented Pot Accounts (added a temporary fee system), and introduced chain properties to properly manage ss58 prefix.
Considering crypto-biometric search and matching and liveness algorithms, they set the default formatter for Python, removed Pylint invalid-names exemption, implemented public verification for the public key generated by the individual users, separated the verification system from the collective authority protocol, fixed index in the execution time, improved the accuracy of passive liveness detection and bug in tensorboard logging, and updated test datasets for passive liveness detection
The great news is that the signup for the Humanode Hackathon is still live! “Hack The Sybil!” will include a series of educational workshops that teach participants to build decentralized applications on the Humanode network. After the hackathon, applicants will be able to apply for a grant through the Humanode Grant Program which will launch in Q3 2022 after the mainnet launch. Don’t forget to join Humanode Discord to team up with other participants and keep up to date with events during the hackathon!
That’s a wrap! Stay in the loop!

#Humanode https://medium.com/paradigm-research/humanode-ramiel-testnet-hits-288-unique-validators-dev-updates-are-out-the-humanode-hackathon-26b53b4aade8

📣Hey, human nodes!

We recently had Humanode Weekend Contest on Discord:
https://discord.com/channels/819836895739248700/819836895739248703/994988997539545229

🥳Congratulations to all the winners!
@hbbkrgz
@rarik12344
@Shoni
@D831
@NakoTurk
@alex94
@StellaR

Winners get 100 USDT each.
DM me on Discord, please.

We thank you for your participation. We are glad that Humanode community members help each other out.
👀Hint: something big is coming your way. You don't want to miss anything, folks!

Stay tuned, stay human.

Dear Human nodes!

We are excited to declare that Testnet 3 "Ramiel" is now public.

Use the following link to partake: https://gitbook.humanode.io/humanode-testnet-3-ramiel/

Thank you for your continuous participation. The amount of various fixes and optimizations that the Humanode team was able to make with the support of our community is remarkable.

As of now we are making the final preparations to head to the public sale and the subsequent mainnet release in the upcoming months.

Hope you guys are ready to lead the web 3 to proper distribution of power.

Stay tuned, many updates to follow.

Sincerely,

Humanode Core

‼️IMPORTANT‼️


📣Hey, human nodes!👋🏽

There are two things that we have been noticing since testnet 3 has launched👀

1️⃣ There are MANY authenticated non-validator participants (this means you are authenticated but not a validator).

⚠️Please make sure you "Rotate and Set Session Keys" before authenticating, otherwise your node will not be validating any blocks.

2️⃣ There have been a huge number of participants reporting web app is stuck at "Connecting to the peer..." 💬

✅If you are one of them, kindly follow the instruction attached. When done correctly, it should resolve the issue.

We thank you for your endless support for us. More is coming.


Regards,

Humanode Core

Human nodes and friends!

We have come a long way since we have started this journey together. A bit more than a year ago there was an idea and a couple of hundred pioneers but as of today we are technologically ready to deploy version one mainnet in the upcoming months with more than 10k people that went through the testnets. For that we would like to thank you all. We know that folk in our community are quite enthusiastic about Humanode and idea-driven and have proven it many times over. Today we wanted to share some long-awaited news about where we are headed.

Whitelisting and address mapping

As you have already guessed from the banner to this post we are announcing the whitelist for our public sale on Tokensoft in the upcoming months. The whitelist spots are limited that is why we decided to have three different waves so that more dedicated ecosystem members could get into an earlier wave. Logically those who partook in the testnets will be allocated to the first wave.

To verify that one has indeed participated in the testnet we have created a special address mapper that will help to connect your substrate address used for testnets with your eth address that will be used for the public sale. Once your address is mapped you will be considered whitelisted for the sale, but only if you have participated in the testnets. Save the ETH address to use it on the day of the actual sale and claim your spot in the first wave.

To know more about various waves and eligibility read this guide.

Wave 1 for validators : https://link.humanode.io/public-sale-whitelist/testnet-validators
*Only if you ran a node on either of the testnets*

Wave 1 for non-validators : https://link.humanode.io/public-sale-whitelist/wave-1

Wave 2 for the community : https://link.humanode.io/public-sale-whitelist/wave-2

Wave 3 for the public : https://link.humanode.io/public-sale-whitelist/wave-3

Additional Info:
Public sale details
Whitelist details
Whitepaper

The Fire Element

As mentioned before we want to reward Testnet 1 “Sachiel” human nodes with a special NFT that will resemble their achievement in becoming the first wave of human nodes to run as validators.

To verify participation in the Testnet 1 we have created a mapper of addresses that will help to connect your substrate address used for Testnet 1 “Sachiel” with your eth address.

To claim NFT : https://link.humanode.io/fire-element-nft-claim

Every week the Fire Element will be sent out to those who mapped their addresses until everyone receives them.

Sachiel, Shamshel, Ramiel...

At Testnet 1 “Sachiel” we declared that validation wouldn’t be incentivized because we wanted only those who truly believe in the idea to risk engagement with our untested tech. Thus we expected a bit more than a hundred testers. To our surprise thousands joined in, went through biometric verifications, struggled with bugs in the bioauth, ran servers remotely and locally for months and did all of this with the Humanode team constantly repeating again and again that these testnets are non-incentivized.

We once again want to thank you for participating in the testnets. Without you Humanode wouldn’t be what it is today. It’s an honor to have such a dedicated community.

That is why we have decided to reward our testers with some HMND tokens for their efforts! They will be distributed randomly throughout the first month after TGE. But only to those who ran nodes on our testnets before this announcement was posted. If you are reading this without having participated in the testnets I am afraid you won’t be eligible for the reward even if you deploy a node right now.

To become eligible for the testnet rewards you must go through the Wave 1 whitelisting process and map your addresses through the mapper that was described above but here is an additional link just to be sure.

Let’s usher together in the new age of biometric sybil-resistance and bring proper distribution to crypto once and for all!

Sincerely,

Humanode Core

Humanode Bi-Weekly Dev Updates (27-07-2022)

Hello, Human nodes!
With the excitement for going to Public Sale and Mainet soon in the coming months, here are some dev updates to the Humanode:


1. Humanode Network
- Integrated the pots into the humanode runtime
- Moved crypto helper functions from chainspec to humanode-runtime crate as a separate mod
- Fixed Run-time supply
- Conducted tests for Fixed Run-time Supply
- Bumped rust to the latest version
- Converted the bioauth pallet events to the structured form

2. Humanode Webapp

- TestScan for FaceTec ( Dev tool for collecting face scan data)

3. Others
-Off-chain mapping of substrate addresses for Humanode Public Sale


Follow Humanode on all platforms to keep yourself updated and never miss any announcements :))


1- Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/company/human-node/
2- Discord - https://link.humanode.io/chat
3- Twitter - https://twitter.com/humanode_io
4- Telegram - https://news.1rj.ru/str/humanode
5- Reddit - https://www.reddit.com/r/humanode_official/