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  • 🧠 Philosophy
  • 🔍 What Are Hidden Nodes?
  • 🚨 What Happens When a Node Is Hidden?
  • 🛑 Current Reasons for Being Marked as Hidden
  • 🛠️ How to Remove the Hidden Status
  • 🛡️ Building a Smarter Risk Assessment System
  • ⚖️ Visibility ≠ Restriction

Hidden Nodes

🧠 Philosophy

RUNEBond is a product built to evolve rapidly based on real-world usage and needs. This new feature is part of our commitment to ensuring that THORChain grows strong and secure, while keeping both Node Operators (NOs) and Bond Providers (BPs) safe.

🔍 What Are Hidden Nodes?

Hidden Nodes are nodes listed on the platform that do not meet certain minimum safety or reliability checks defined by RUNEBond. Their visibility is intentionally reduced as a protective measure, but they remain accessible to users who are willing to take the risk of bonding with them.

🚨 What Happens When a Node Is Hidden?

  • These nodes appear at the bottom of the node list.

  • They are collapsed by default—users must click to expand and view their details.

  • A warning message is displayed explaining why the node has been marked as Hidden.

  • This is not censorship or a ban: users can still bond RUNE with these nodes at their own discretion.

  • Node operators can remove the Hidden status by updating their node information and resolving the issues.

🛑 Current Reasons for Being Marked as Hidden

A node is flagged as Hidden if it meets any of the following conditions:

  1. Fee mismatch:

    • The fee listed on RUNEBond does not match the actual fee configured on the THORChain network.

  2. Insufficient bond:

    • The node has less than 300,000 RUNE in bond.

    • This threshold reflects the dynamic parameter MINIMUMBONDINRUNE, defined by the network itself.

    • This rule discourages operators from running a node without having skin in the game, which reduces the risk of malicious behavior.

🛠️ How to Remove the Hidden Status

Node operators can update their node's listing on RUNEBond to fix the issues flagged. Once the conditions are corrected, the node will be re-evaluated and may regain full visibility.

🛡️ Building a Smarter Risk Assessment System

This is just the beginning. Over time, our node evaluation system will become more sophisticated, intelligent, and impartial. We aim to provide proactive tools that protect the network and everyone involved.

⚖️ Visibility ≠ Restriction

Remember: being a Hidden Node only affects visibility. It does not prevent bonding. Users with higher risk tolerance are still free to interact with these nodes.

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