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Over the weekend, node operators were still absorbing the higher Silver tier threshold. Global risk assets were under heavy pressure, and XAI reached USD 0.046. Yesterday the question was whom the new parameters would affect; today operators faced the practical problem of keeping people together.
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Over the weekend, node operators were still absorbing the higher Silver tier threshold. The Night Watchman had seen small pools gather keys through personal connections. Now he needed to learn whether the withdrawals were a temporary retreat from risk or a sign that a pool could no longer hold together.
Global risk assets were under heavy pressure, and XAI reached USD 0.046. Raising the Silver threshold from 30,000 esXAI to 450,000 esXAI made it harder for small pools to gather enough participants. Someone in the group asked why nearby keys were leaving pools one by one. Rather than guess at anyone's motives, the Night Watchman asked people to check their own pool's threshold and plans.
Yesterday the question was whom the new parameters would affect; today operators faced the practical problem of keeping people together. The Night Watchman planned to speak with pool owners he knew, separating those merely waiting from those preparing to leave. Even with those answers, no ready solution existed for getting a small pool across the new threshold.