Introducing the #SendNodes Contest with Kusama and Avado
Join the competition on Vyper
Introduction to Kusama, AVADO and Nodes
What is Kusama?
Many of you may be aware of Kusama, but for those of you who are new, welcome! Kusama a scalable, multichain network for radical innovation. The network is a development environment for teams who want to move fast and innovate, or prepare for deployment on Polkadot. Some of these teams building on Kusama include Acala, building a custom blockchain for DeFi; and Chainlink, building a blockchain dedicated to its Oracle network. Kusama was founded in 2019 by Gavin Wood, co-founder and original CTO of Ethereum, and is maintained by the same teams that are behind Polkadot. Kusama is a project of Web3 Foundation, a Swiss foundation that funds research and development teams building the technology stack of the decentralized web. Web3 Foundation works with best-in-class entities such as Parity Technologies to build Kusama and foster development of the services and applications that will run on it.
What is AVADO?
AVADO is a pre-configured blockchain computer. Our focus is to make it as easy as possible to run your plug and play blockchain node. AVADO is hardware equipped with an operating system allowing you to deploy a Kusama node, Sentry node, or a node on the Westend testnet with a click of a button. You can even run them all at the same time if you’d like. In addition, we created the Run Your Own (RYO) Cloud, allowing every AVADO user to participate in and give others access to the packages running on your AVADO. You can see on status.cloud.ava.do which packages are available. In other words, a decentralized AWS.With many different hardware alternatives and prices, AVADO makes sure everyone can find what best suits their needs. See below for the #SendNodes prizes from AVADO!
What are nodes used for on Kusama?
Kusama is constructed and operated by a large network of nodes. These nodes, similar to nodes on the bitcoin network, help to provide decentralization and stability to the network. Nodes can be “full nodes”, which host a full record of the Kusama blockchain but do not participate in validating the transactions of the network. On the other hand, nodes can also be run as “validators”, which help contribute to running the network and verifying the accuracy of transactions. Validator nodes require much more technical knowledge to operate, so we highly encourage you to run a full node unless you’re an advanced software developer. This contest is meant to help you learn how to participate in Kusama as a full node or validator node, and thus, begin owning and operating a true piece of the network!
Contest Overview
Introducing #SendNodes, Kusama’s and AVADO’s social media competition for spinning up nodes, tweeting screenshots of your nodes and asking friends to “#SendNodes” back. Don't know how to spin up a node? Below are links to guides and tutorials you can use. For this contest there is also a #SendNodes Telegram channel where you can ask questions or you can ask questions on Kusama’s subreddit. For #SendNodes, you can spin up a full, validator or sentry node. See options and tutorials below.
Contest Options:
Option 1 - Spin up a full node (Technical Level: Low-Medium)
Follow these directions carefully:
https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/en/maintain-sync
Option 2 - Spin up a validator node (Technical Level: Very Advanced). In addition to your validator node, you can spin up a sentry node and connect it to your validator node.
Follow this guide: https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/en/maintain-guides-how-to-validate-kusama
OR
Watch this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejgPSwdLj5o&feature=youtu.be
OR
Follow this workshop: https://github.com/wpank/KusamaValidatorWorkshop
For questions, please go to our #SendNodes Telegram: https://t.me/joinchat/FdnVPhrxoshwV7an5fohLA
Prizes
GRAND PRIZE
Prize: i5 Avado computer
AND
1000 $KSM
2ND PLACE
Prize: 50% off coupon for an Avado box of your choice
AND
500 $KSM
3RD PLACE
Prize: 25% off coupon for an Avado box of your choice
AND
250 $KSM
4TH PLACE
Prize: 25% off coupon for an Avado box of your choice
AND
100 $KSM
5TH to 30TH PLACE
Prize: 50 $KSM
How Will Prizes be Awarded?
You will accumulate points for completing tasks in Vyper. At the end of the competition, Viper’s random winner selector will select a first place, second place, third place, forth place, and 25 additional winners. Although the winners will be randomly selected, the API is set up to award those who have completed the most tasks and accumulated the most points.
Timeline
Start: Today (April 9th, 2020)
End: All submissions are due at 00:00 UTC on May 6th, 2020.
Winners will be announced from Kusama's Twitter on May 7th.
Rules
DO NOT CHEAT! If you are caught cheating you will be disqualified.
Have fun
Make sure to tweet your node(s) before the end of May 6th.
Twitter Submission Guidelines
Every eligible entry is required to submit their node on Twitter.
Please tag both #SendNodes, u/Kusamanetwork and u/avadocloud in your submission tweet.
If you have any questions, please ask them in the #SendNodes Telegram channel.
Compete for Points and Prizes on Vyper
During this competition all points will be accumulated on Vyper. Besides deploying nodes you can receive points for completing other tasks like attending a crowdcast, liking someone elses node, asking someone to send you a node, etc. At the end, 29 winners will receive $KSM and swag. Check out the tasks on Vyper: https://vy.lc/124563jvqwg&email=EMAIL
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