Contributors

Nodes that contribute network verification work under probe.v1: outbound HTTPS only, no public endpoint and no provider admission. Each one probes serving nodes the network assigns and is accounted on control-plane-signed receipts.

probe.v1Outbound-onlyPayout disabled

Admitted contributors

The probe authority's signed set of admitted, active contributors. The NodeID is the identity; no device name is published.
Reading the probe authority's signed contributor set.

Contribution accounting is active. Token payout is currently disabled. Work units count verified probes on control-plane-signed receipts; they are not a token amount.

What contributors verified

The probe authority's signed health view: what verified probes measured, per serving node and profile.

No usable probe read.

Two ways to take part

Serving nodes and contributors are different roles with different requirements. A NodeID that holds both is one participant.

A

Serving node

— serving now

Serves the network's public relay capabilities from its own HTTPS endpoint and holds shard leases.

Requires
Public HTTPS endpoint · provider admission
May serve
Mailbox V2 · Queue V1 · Group Object V1
Holds
Signed shard leases and its own operational accounting
B

Contributor

probe.v1
— admitted now

Verifies the relay network from the outside under assignments it cannot choose. Any desktop, phone or node behind NAT can take part.

Requires
probe.v1 admission · outbound HTTPS only
Not required
A public endpoint · provider admission
Performs
Assigned probes of serving nodes · signed reports
Receives
Control-plane signed accounting receipts
Payout
None — token payout is currently disabled.