Proposal to apply for Invulnerable Collator node on Astar Network and deregister Invulnerable Collator node on Shiden Network

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To the Astar & Shiden community and collators,

I am writing this proposal to formally request to remove the invulnerable position on Shiden Network and, at the same time, to apply for the invulnerable collator on the Astar Network.

As an individual contributor, I have been actively maintaining a collator node on Shiden Network since 2022 and operated a collator on the Shibuya Network for four years, from 2020 to 2024. These years of hands-on operation across networks have given me the confidence, experience, and infrastructure knowledge to consistently deliver high-performance and reliable collator operation, which I now wish to apply to the Astar Network.

Background & Operation experience

  • Shiden Network collator (2022 - present)
    • Address: b1gtBwnLUzcxMfXBPAd8j5m9Xxj9W77cBUcnHcijw1CqiUM
  • Shibuya Network collator (2020 - 2024)
    • Address: W8yMxfPzQ7e2rct4MbzWA7abCDsB8YiqHk2qeFGEqhtMJCC
  • Other parachain collator nodes
    • Calamari Network from testnet to mainnet until network sunset
    • Mangata Finance from testnet to mainnet until network sunset
    • Khala Network, Amplitude
  • Other blockchain infrastructure
    • Operating nodes and validators on various non-Substrate networks
    • Experience with monitoring, high-availability setups, and secure key handling

Request to remove the invulnerable collator on Shiden Network
To fully commit my operational focus and infrastructure to the Astar Network, I respectfully request the removal of my current invulnerable collator role on Shiden Network. This is not a withdrawal from the Astar/Shiden ecosystem, but rather a strategic transition of support from the Kusama parachain to the Astar Network, where I hope to contribute to the network infrastructure.

Astar Network Collator Preparation Plan
If accepted, I will immediately prepare a dedicated server with a 1-month pre-launch operational window, including:

  • Full node synchronization
  • Integration of observability tools for real-time monitoring
  • Test scenarios for upgrades and version rollouts

This plan would ensure that I can deliver seamless and reliable block production from day one.

As a long-time operator and advocate of the ecosystem, I believe this proposed transition will give me another opportunity to contribute to the Astar Network. Please let me know for further clarification if necessary, then I would be happy to discuss this proposal in more detail.

Best regards,
pithecus

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I am in favor of this proposal, Pithecus has been a long term agent and reliable collator on Shiden, I had the chance to follow him up since his Shiden collator onboarding. He definitely deserves a whitelist spot of Astar collator to me.

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Thank you for your long-term and continuous operation of the collator.
I fully support the move from Shiden to Astar.

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I support your proposal to become a collator in the Astar ecosystem, your contributions speak for themselves.

Happy to see your proposal!

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Thanks for sharing this proposal. It’s clear you have strong experience across both Shiden and Astar ecosystems. The transition plan looks thoughtful and well-structured, WAGMI!

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Hi bLd, thanks for your support, and it was and is very pleasure to talk to you in general and specifically for collator :slight_smile: .

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Hi you, thanks for your support!

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Hi Carlos, thanks for your support!

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Hi Matt, thanks for your support. WAGMI!

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I support you 100%, Pithecus.
Thank you for your onchain contribution to Astar.

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