XPlorerSourceLess SourceLess Midgard (testnet, public keys)
XPlorer following the chain as its own read-only node

height 2 of 2 on the network. 3 peer(s) connected, 4 known; 2 block(s) followed and 1 pulled in by sync since this follower started. Caught up: this follower holds every block any peer has claimed, so every panel below is the whole chain. Its own directory is /opt/sourceless/data/xplorer, held under its own Cerberus lease — no other node’s store is opened, touched or stopped. Seeds: 127.0.0.1:63001. Genesis 102d584830e181f4…, producers genesis, node id STR.40136D574FFA.

Nodes

Peers in session3
Encrypted3handshake completed
Known, not in session1
Node classes3

This node

Node id
STR.40136D574FFA
Address
zk13str_40136d574ffa7789eb19104eed14e598d7f497dd_c082
Class
quasar
Advertised as
str://STR.40136D574FFA@tcp/127.0.0.1:36971
Listening on
36971

Peers (3)

NodeAddressClassEndpointEncryptedTheir headConnected for
STR.8544FE14E8FCzk13str_…a83_9b0fquasarstr://STR.8544FE14E8FC@tcp/92.205.25.236:63001yesunknown5215s
STR.646D68D895D3zk13str_…523_9dbfquasarstr://STR.646D68D895D3@tcp/127.0.0.1:63003yesunknown5210s
STR.FA91E997B8A9zk13str_…13a_0c4bquasarstr://STR.FA91E997B8A9@tcp/127.0.0.1:63002yesunknown5210s

1 more address(es) known and not in session.

Discovery — Praeco

Protocol
praeco-v1
A record lives for
30 minutes
Quarantine after
5 failed dials
Quarantine holds
32 addresses
Seeds
127.0.0.1:63001

A node learns peers from the ones it already has. It needs no registry and no server: a seed is a starting point, not an authority, and a node with no peers still verifies everything it holds.

STARW classes

ClassRetentionMax peersBlocks keptFull stateProducesServes syncRuns contractsPower
pulsar1 MB24none — follows by proofnononono10
quasar256 MB1284096yesyesyesyes50
supernova4096 MB5129007199254740991yesyesyesyes100

Hostless

There is no server in this design and no coordinator to go down. Every node keeps its own chain, verifies every block it accepts against its own genesis, and reaches the others directly. What a seed gives a new node is somebody to ask; what makes the answer trustworthy is that the node checks it rather than that the seed said it.