Today, the Compute Substrate mainnet is live.
From this point forward, the network operates as a system without central authority. There are no privileged actors, no admin keys, and no mechanism for unilateral control.
I initiated the project and am participating as an early contributor, but I do not possess any special rights over the network. Like anyone else, I run nodes, submit transactions, and follow the same rules enforced by the protocol.
In the early stages, I will act as a steward in practice: helping debug issues, improving tooling, and supporting network health. This is not a position of control, but one of responsibility during bootstrapping.
The long-term goal is simple: the network must become self-sustaining.
Over time:
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infrastructure should be operated by independent participants
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development should emerge from multiple contributors
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decisions should be social and voluntary, not enforced by authority
If I disappear, the network should continue without interruption. That is not a failure mode, it is an expected property of the system.
Any future changes to the protocol must preserve this principle. Upgrades that introduce centralized control, privileged roles, or hidden authority should be rejected by participants.
The responsibility of maintaining a neutral, permissionless system belongs to everyone who chooses to use it.
This is the beginning.