New Node Provider Resource Available

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New Node Provider Resource Available

We’ve launched a canister https://2g62z-zaaaa-aaaao-qj6ta-cai.icp0.io/ to streamline node provider onboarding through transparency. The platform:

  • Stores all node provider PDFs
  • Validates document hashes
  • Lists rewards from recent cycles
  • Identifies missing documentation
  • Acts as the source of truth

New providers can simply upload their required files to this system.

Code repository: GitHub - internet-computer/node-providers (by @1eo and myself)

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What should be added next?

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I think just launch a SNS, call it “Tokenised Truth” or something. Make sure to max out the neuron fund. I’m no good with names that’s why I am working on Dragginz.

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I really like this!!! Thanks for working on this and for sharing the work!

I think it would be AWESOME (although may not be very easy) to add a link to additional information on the providers. In particular:

  1. Social networks and contact information (could be multiple links)
  2. Links to proofs that the provider is invested into the ICP ecosystem: making games on the ICP, making some apps, staking (please share verifiable information), active in NNS proposal reviews, active elsewhere…
  3. Links to proofs of technical skills (X years of experience with FILL_THE_GAP, certificates, …)
  4. Statement of links to other providers (fully independent or have connections to X, Y, Z)
  5. Links to the additional information the provider might want to share.

Many of these could be some additional resources in the git repo, if showing them in the UI wouldn’t be practical.

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It would be nice to have a list of NNS proposals associated with each node provider. At least including all their past Participant Management and Node Admin proposals, but possibly even including all subnet management proposals associated with their nodes.

It would also be nice to list their forum username, matrix channel user name, email, Twitter, etc (whatever is agreeable as expected contact info).

Another feature that would be nice to see is any self proclaimed relationships they have with other unique entries in the node provider list. For example, if they have nodes registered under different names or if they are married, have siblings, or are business partners to other node providers. This would also be a good place to list any people or organizations they use to provide hands on or remote maintenance support for their nodes. It seems this could easily start as a self proclaimed list, but it would also be nice if the community could somehow propose additional relationships that the node providers could accept or deny. Eventually I’d like to see the NNS bless or reject these relationships (especially if any concerns arise) and for that type of proposal (which doesn’t exist yet) to also be listed here. Basically, I think this kind of tooling could be used to formally define any relationship clusters for each node provider.

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The date of first reward and thereby the total reward figure will not be accurate in some cases because some NPs will have changed their principal ID at some point, fyi, and this will also be the case again for some NPs in the future.

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