NetOps WG · Recruit & support community validators

Community members note the active validator set has fallen below ~100 and ask whether Radix needs more validators. Decentralization and liveness benefit from a larger, healthier set — but new operators hit friction (e.g. corrupt ledger snapshots, long sync-from-scratch times).

Deliverables

• Assess target validator-set size and geographic distribution.
• Fix onboarding friction: reliable ledger snapshots and clear sync guidance.
• Stand up / point to a node-runner support channel.
• Consider incentives for new independent operators (tie-in to subsidy design).

Dependencies & cross-references

• Governed by Daffy's Radix DAO framework (repo Shadaffy/radix-dao); see the Governance Framework Reference Repo and Charter (Round 1).
• Interacts with subsidy design.

Sources

• Radix DLT Official — validator-count discussion