Subnet Management - 2fq7c (Application)

Proposal 135990 Review | Lorimer - CO.DELTA △

VOTE: YES

TLDR: Offline node replaced by unassigned node. There’s a slight reduction in the average distance between nodes, as well as continent diversity, but the formal IC Target Topology isn’t impacted.

The proposal summary also links to discussion with the node operator which is useful.

Country Discrepancies (1)

Hi @Gabriel_Rodriguez, could you clarify/confirm the location of this node please?

Node Data Center Claimed Country According to ipinfo.io
2grd6 Toronto 2 Canada United States of America (the)
Decentralisation Stats

Subnet node distance stats (distance between any 2 nodes in the subnet) →

Smallest Distance Average Distance Largest Distance
EXISTING 543.415 km 8887.568 km 18504.433 km
PROPOSED 543.415 km 8483.401 km (-4.5%) 18504.433 km

This proposal slightly reduces decentralisation, considered purely in terms of geographic distance (and therefore there’s a slight theoretical reduction in localised disaster resilience). :-1:

Subnet characteristic counts →

Continents Countries Data Centers Owners Node Providers Node Operator
EXISTING 5 13 13 13 13 13
PROPOSED 4 (-25%) 13 13 13 13 13

This proposal slightly reduces decentralisation in terms of jurisdiction diversity. :-1:

Largest number of nodes with the same characteristic (e.g. continent, country, data center, etc.) →

Continent Country Data Center Owner Node Provider Node Operator
EXISTING 4 1 1 1 1 1
PROPOSED 5 (+25%) 1 1 1 1 1

See here for acceptable limits → Motion 135700

The above subnet information is illustrated below, followed by a node reference table:

Map Description
  • Red marker represents a removed node (transparent center for overlap visibility)

  • Green marker represents an added node

  • Blue marker represents an unchanged node

  • Highlighted patches represent the country the above nodes sit within (red if the country is removed, green if added, otherwise grey)

  • Light grey markers with yellow borders are examples of unassigned nodes that would be viable candidates for joining the subnet according to formal decentralisation coefficients (so this proposal can be viewed in the context of alternative solutions that are not being used)

  • Black dotted line connects to a small black marker that shows where the IP address indicates the node is located (according to ipinfo.io). This is only displayed if it conflicts with where IC records indicate the node is located. See Country Discrepancies section above for more info.

Node Changes
Action Node Status Continent Country Data Center Owner Node Provider Node Operator
Remove jys4w DOWN :bar_chart: Africa South Africa Gauteng 3 (jb3) Xneelo Wolkboer (Pty) Ltd ymenq
Add gsvxv UNASSIGNED :bar_chart: Asia Hong Kong HongKong 1 (hk1) Unicom Wancloud limited z6cfb
Other Nodes
Node Status Continent Country Data Center Owner Node Provider Node Operator
6wnv3 UP :bar_chart: Oceania Australia Queensland 1 (sc1) NEXTDC ANYPOINT PTY LTD srrm2
2grd6 UP :bar_chart: North America Canada Toronto 2 (to2) Cyxtera Blockchain Development Labs 4lp6i
vudfj UP :bar_chart: Europe Switzerland Zurich 6 (zh6) Green.ch Sygnum Bank ciprs
aqbno UP :bar_chart: North America Costa Rica San José 1 (cr1) Navegalo GeoNodes LLC eqv2i
fh6lp UP :bar_chart: Asia India Panvel 2 (pl2) Yotta Krishna Enterprises 7rw6b
asad5 UP :bar_chart: Asia Japan Tokyo (ty1) Equinix Starbase cqjev
wgigf UP :bar_chart: Asia Korea (the Republic of) Seoul 3 (kr1) KT Pindar Technology Limited iubpe
m34r6 UP :bar_chart: Europe Romania Bucharest (bu1) M247 Iancu Aurel c5ssg
ptzzn UP :bar_chart: Europe Sweden Stockholm 1 (sh1) Digital Realty DFINITY Stiftung lgp6d
ux7wu UP :bar_chart: Asia Singapore Singapore 2 (sg2) Telin OneSixtyTwo Digital Capital qffmn
zxxo4 UP :bar_chart: Europe Slovenia Maribor (mb1) Posita.si Fractal Labs AG 3xiew
buqsd UP :bar_chart: North America United States of America (the) Sterling (st1) CyrusOne MI Servers tcn4t


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