Back to collectionRewards Pause, Notice Arrives Late
The card game had just entered public beta, but node operators still had to watch their staking pools. Early in the morning, someone noticed that four pools had received no rewards for more than two hours. The maintenance notice explained the delay but left the late warning unresolved.
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The card game had just entered public beta, but node operators still had to watch their staking pools. For Night Watchman, the day's problem was how to explain rewards that had not arrived to the people waiting for them, while new players were busy discussing decks.
Early in the morning, someone noticed that four pools had received no rewards for more than two hours. Only in the afternoon did the team explain that Sentry nodes were undergoing maintenance and upgrades, so assertions would be briefly delayed before returning to normal. One operator objected: was it not too late to tell investors only after they had noticed and complained? The broader market warmed, but XAI did not move with it.
The maintenance notice explained the delay but left the late warning unresolved. Night Watchman decided that next time he would distinguish an unconfirmed cause from the known scope of the problem, rather than let silence suggest everything was fine. Operators were still waiting for normal service and for earlier communication.