There’s a chat log of current Validator Circles, but these Circles happened as calls.

• Oct 3 - Jitsi audio call hosted by Gavin (Knowable) 43 mins

    [Namada Validator Circle - Oct 03 2024 audio.mp3](<https://prod-files-secure.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/41fc7ee3-d607-4b83-9dab-0ecd3ad8869b/81fd502a-c391-4dfa-a45c-fd6b1c4981a9/Namada_Validator_Circle_-_Oct_03_2024_audio.mp3>)
  

• Sep 19 - Jitsi audio call, hosted by Gavin (Knowable) 55 mins

    [Namada Validator Circle - Sep 19 audio only.mp3](<https://prod-files-secure.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/41fc7ee3-d607-4b83-9dab-0ecd3ad8869b/84e79de2-66c8-46c1-a879-75bfa3661485/Namada_Validator_Circle_-_Sep_19_audio_only.mp3>)
  

• Sep 5 - Jitsi audio call, hosted by Gavin (Knowable) 32 mins

    [Namada Validator Circle - Sep 5 audio only.mp3](<https://prod-files-secure.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/41fc7ee3-d607-4b83-9dab-0ecd3ad8869b/ae32b812-1387-455d-83a7-096e6b77f48d/Namada_Validator_Circle_-_Sep_5_audio_only.mp3>)
  

• Aug 22 -

  • Chat log

    Namada Validator Circle - Aug 22 2024 audio.mp3

• July 25 - Jitsi audio call, hosted by Gavin (Knowable) ~45 mins (first 15 mins of technical difficulties excluded)

  • Important points
    • new Namada release v0.41.0 is ready for testing! Knowable is gearing up to host another Housefire 🏚️🔥 canary-net; 15k NAM to halt the chain (should be launching July 26)
    • part of launching Housefire is testing the automation and the pre-genesis process as we gear up to launch mainnet
    • we’re still awaiting Anoma Foundation to publish balances.toml (thought that we’d have it a couple of days ago.. 🦗🦗)
    • join us in Campfire testnet channel in Discord to test governance and other functions as part of ensuring the software is ready and the docs are up-to-date
    • there may be other things i’m missing.. lmk know! (sorry!) you may have to listen to the recording below

  Namada Validator Circle - July 25 audio only.mp3

• July 11 - Jitsi audio call, hosted by Gavin (Knowable), not recorded (sorry!)

  • Important points
    • software readiness - CryptoSJ re-exploited a chain slow-down (thank you!) that will be important to fix (again?) before Knowable is ready to host Housefire, 🏚️🔥 the community red-teaming initiative
    • Heliax is working on a new software release to address the above
    • pre-genesis process overview to be proposed on Namada forum by Gavin (Knowable) for feedback; will be looking for help a) documenting and improving documentation for the process b) supporting those who need it in our community Discord server
    • assuming we agree that it makes sense to use the above-mentioned pre-genesis process (ie. coordinating using github), our understanding is that Heliax will make a simple CLI to be able to output pre-genesis validators and their pre-genesis delegations

• June 27 - Jitsi audio call, hosted by Gavin (Knowable) ~1 hour

  Namada Validator Circle - June 27 audio.mp3

• June 20 - Jitsi audio call, hosted by Gavin (Knowable) ~50 mins

  • Important points: wen mainnet? after client release candidate, and allocations and parameters are proposed and have reached rough consensus, validators will coordinate to decide when to launch. we intent to champion a parameters discussion with a forum post on Monday. who’s in the genesis set? decentralized launch: whoever has the most stake (but it shouldn’t be too hard if our community agrees to having an active set of 255). we will still have our

Namada Validator Circle - June 20 audio.mp3

• May 30 - Jitsi audio call, hosted by Gavin (Knowable) ~30 mins

  • Important points: (missing! sorry!)

  Namada Validator Circle - May 30 audio.mp3

• May 16 - Jitsi audio call, hosted by Gavin (Knowable) ~1 hour

  • Important points:
    • if all goes well, ideally mainnet in late June
    • Monday should be the v0.36.0 release, mainnet RC that will be used for Housefire Bountynet
    • Namada Campfire is getting an update when mainnet RC is released
    • nominations for outstanding Shielded Expedition submissions 📣 —> HERE

  Namada Validator Circle - May 16 audio only.mp3

  Chat log

• May 2 - Zoom audio call

  Namada Validator Circle - May 2 audio only.mp4

  Namada Validator Circle - May 16 transcript.vtt

  Namada Validator Circle - May 16 chat log.txt

• Apr 18 - Zoom audio call, ~45 minutes

  Namada Validator Circle - Apr 18 video.mp4

  Namada Validator Circle - Apr 18 transcript.vtt

  Namada Validator Circle - Apr 18 chat.txt

  • Important points ⬇️

• Apr 4 - Zoom video call, ~50 minutes

  • Gavin hosted, Gianmarco from Heliax joined. Ian (Spork) gave an update. Chris (Chainflow) provided feedback

  Namada Validator Circle - Apr 4 audio.mp4

  Namada Validator Circle - Apr 4 transcript.vtt

  Namada Validator Circle - Apr 4 chat.txt

  • important points ⬇️

• Mar 21 - Zoom video call, ~45 minutes

  • Gavin hosted, Ian mentioned that the Namada developer testnet Campfire will be upgraded to v0.32.0 ahead of the Shielded Expedition hard fork. S Class submissions in the Shielded Expedition are working much better (and faster) with the formatting standard. We discussed expectations for the hard fork and had a Q&A with Brent and Gian (Heliax) and Gavin (Knowable).
  • **ZEN’s Keynotes:**

  Namada Validator Circle - Mar 21 audio.mp4

  Namada Validator Circle - Mar 21 chat.txt