Proposal 134976 Review | LORIMER Known Neuron
VOTE: YES
TLDR: Decentralisation stats are slightly improved (see Decentralisation Stats below) and there is a clear public declaration for the cordoned node which is referred to in the proposal summary. 1 cordoned node in Europe replaced with an unassigned node in Asia.
Country Discrepancies (2)
Decentralisation Stats
Subnet node distance stats (distance between any 2 nodes in the subnet) →
| Smallest Distance | Average Distance | Largest Distance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXISTING | 104.032 km | 6044.448 km | 16654.257 km |
| PROPOSED | 224.918 km (+116.2%) | 6586.338 km (+9%) | 16654.257 km |
This proposal slightly increases decentralisation, considered purely in terms of geographic distance (and therefore there’s a slight theoretical increase in localised disaster resilience). 
Subnet characteristic counts →
| Continents | Countries | Data Centers | Owners | Node Providers | Node Operator | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EXISTING | 3 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| PROPOSED | 3 | 11 (+9.1%) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
This proposal slightly improves decentralisation in terms of jurisdiction diversity.
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 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PROPOSED | 7 (-12.5%) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
See here for acceptable limits → Motion 132136
The above subnet information is illustrated below, followed by a node reference table:
Map Description
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Red marker represents a removed node (transparent center for overlap visibility)
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Green marker represents an added node
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Blue marker represents an unchanged node
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Highlighted patches represent the country the above nodes sit within (red if the country is removed, green if added, otherwise grey)
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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)
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Black dotted line connects to a small black marker that shows where the IP address indicates the node is located (according to
api.ip2location.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 |  |
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| Add | qtcl6 | UNASSIGNED | |
Asia | Korea (the Republic of) | Seoul 3 (kr1) | KT | Pindar Technology Limited | iubpe |
Other Nodes
| Node | Status | Continent | Country | Data Center | Owner | Node Provider | Node Operator | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ek3yy | UP | |
Europe | Belgium | Brussels (br1) | Digital Realty | Allusion | mjeqs |
| hgvcj | UP | |
Europe | Switzerland | Geneva 2 (ge2) | SafeHost | Archery Blockchain SCSp | 5atxd |
| lkrgq | UP | |
Europe | Switzerland | Zurich 2 (zh2) | Everyware | DFINITY Stiftung | wqyl3 |
| 2mmpk | UP | |
Europe | Spain | Madrid 3 (ma3) | IPCore | Maksym Ishchenko | wtsc7 |
| jemyk | UP | |
Asia | Hong Kong | HongKong 1 (hk1) | Unicom | Wancloud limited | z6cfb |
| tfw5b | UP | |
Asia | Japan | Tokyo (ty1) | Equinix | Starbase | cqjev |
| ax6zb | UP | |
Europe | Lithuania | Vilnius 1 (bt1) | Baltneta | Ivanov Oleksandr | y3du2 |
| wihnn | UP | |
Europe | Romania | Bucharest (bu1) | M247 | Iancu Aurel | c5ssg |
| 3fgii | UP | |
Asia | Singapore | Singapore (sg1) | Telin | OneSixtyTwo Digital Capital | d4bin |
| dnorv | UP | |
Europe | Slovenia | Ljubljana 2 (lj2) | Anonstake | Anonstake | eu5wc |
| eu2gw | UP | |
North America | United States of America (the) | Allentown (aw1) | Tierpoint | Bigger Capital | codio |
| i7u4k | UP | |
North America | United States of America (the) | Orlando (or1) | Datasite | Giant Leaf, LLC | redpf |
*This comment references the latest comment in the Subnet Management - General Discussion thread only to generate an automated cross-link from the general thread (to improve topic navigation).
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Note that this analysis involved data provided by the IC-API, which is not open source. I’m in the process of switching over to more verifiable sources of this sort of information for future proposal reviews. See here for related discussion.