What they bring
Operational history, network coverage, security controls, uptime evidence, and incident-response capability.
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Validators and node operators
Chain validators and infrastructure operators may participate as service specialists, while their chain duties stay distinct from a WCN participant Node.
ServiceEnhanced review
Typical participants
Validators, sequencers, staking operators, mining pools, and full-node operators.
Validator · sequencer · staking · full node
WCN role map
- Participant type
- validator_operator
- Primary role
- Service
- Supporting roles
- Project · Track
- Review path
- Enhanced review
- Phase 1 path
- May apply after acknowledging that WCN Nodes are not block-producing nodes.
PARTICIPATION FIT
What this participant brings—and what they may seek.
What they may seek
Infrastructure partnerships, scoped operations work, technical diligence, and attributable service records.
AI + HUMAN CONTROL
AI may prepare. People retain decision authority.
Infrastructure Operations Copilot
The workbench describes a bounded assistance pattern for intake, structure, checks, and drafts. It is not proof that a public AI product or integration is live.
Mandatory Human Gate
Block production, staking, custody of funds, security commitments, and production credentials.
PUBLIC BOUNDARY
Participation is reviewed, not automatic.
A WCN Node is an accountable participation seat, not a blockchain validator, mining license, or staking product.
- May apply after acknowledging that WCN Nodes are not block-producing nodes.
- Block production, staking, custody of funds, security commitments, and production credentials.
- These tags name evidence categories for future reviewed work. They do not create public Proof, acceptance, settlement, certification, or endorsement.
Evidence vocabulary: technical_proof · service_proof
Service