BTC Clears USD 30,000 as the Contributor Cutoff Comes Into Focus
The Odyssey had entered its phase of daily task resets, and the testnet was under sustained load. BTC rose above USD 30,000, and this time nobody in the group called it fake news. The price and testnet traffic stirred conversation, but eligibility rested on an earlier ranking; doing more tasks today could not change the first-phase result.
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The Odyssey had entered its phase of daily task resets, and the testnet was under sustained load. The Night Watchman followed its transaction count while keeping an eye on the requirements for the first-phase contributor role.
BTC rose above USD 30,000, and this time nobody in the group called it fake news. The testnet was also one step short of one million transactions in a day. Officials repeated the rule: anyone seeking the contributor role had to rank in the top 15% of the first phase. When one member confused participation with meeting the cutoff, the Night Watchman helped him reread the finalized leaderboard.
The price and testnet traffic stirred conversation, but eligibility rested on an earlier ranking; doing more tasks today could not change the first-phase result. The Night Watchman planned to explain that distinction to later arrivals. When the role could be claimed, and what claiming would require, still awaited official instructions.