Update to Altair Collator Selection Process

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Thank you to everyone who has indicated interest in becoming an Altair collator! :dizzy: We are now moving to the next steps of the collator selection process. A call is planned on Monday May 16th with the Altair councillors to discuss the first set of collators. Once a consensus is reached, this post will be updated with a council proposal for the first set of five! Please stay tuned and thank you for your patience :slight_smile:

Link to original post for collator selection guidelines: Information regarding collators on Altair

Edit 17/5/2022:

Hello all! After some discussion, the council will propose the following initial set of five collators:

  • Polkadotters
  • Good Karma
  • Pathrock Network
  • Staking4All
  • Staker Space

The primary criteria used for selection was a good reputation in the Centrifuge, Dotsama, and validator communities as well as a high number of era points indicating stable block production. Applicants who applied before the April 1st deadline were given preference as long as they met the primary criteria.

(@Yarosl6 was also an applicant within this deadline, however he has decided to relinquish his spot in the first batch)

A collator onboarding guide will be communicated shortly, which will include details of minimum AIR self bond and prerequisite steps collators must take. For other applicants, Altair will continue to add more collators to the network after this first five so please stay tuned!

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Thanks Ash! Looking forward to this call, and moving the process forward.

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Great to hear this news, can’t wait to see the outcome! (and Polkadotters being one of the selected validators hopefully :slight_smile: )

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Hello all! After some discussion, the council will propose the following initial set of five collators:

  • Polkadotters
  • Good Karma
  • Pathrock Network
  • Staking4All
  • Staker Space

The primary criteria used for selection was a good reputation in the Centrifuge, Dotsama, and validator communities as well as a high number of era points indicating stable block production. Applicants who applied before the April 1st deadline were given preference as long as they met the primary criteria.

(@Yarosl6 was also an applicant within this deadline, however he has decided to relinquish his spot in the first batch)

A collator onboarding guide will be communicated shortly, which will include details of minimum AIR self bond and prerequisite steps collators must take. For other applicants, Altair will continue to add more collators to the network after this first five so please stay tuned!

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Nice team! congrats guys

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Absolutely. This is the first batch of collators. Thanks to everyone else who submitted their candidacy

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Wow. This is fantastic. On behalf of the Good KarMa team, thank you! We appreciate your trust in us operating a collator for Altair. We’re humbled and grateful for the opportunity.

:raised_hands: :pray:

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very grateful to being selected

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thanks team for selecting us, looking forward to the journey

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Re: the collator onboarding guide, will that be sent to collator operators directly? Or perhaps shared in this thread? Wondering the best way to communicate this info to all of us. Perhaps on Discord…??

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Most likely will create a new forum post with all the details!

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Thank you, that’s amazing! Polkadotters are excited to jump on :slightly_smiling_face:

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Collator Onboarding Guide
Congratulations to those selected to the first set of collators! Below is a collator onboarding guide that explains prerequisite steps for new collators and governance actions that the council will need to make, at this stage the minimum self bond will be 100,000 AIR. Collators in the first set must report to telemetry by May 27th.

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