ChainCatcher news, news, Hyperliquid published a post on X, saying that in response to the recent misunderstanding of the community about the validator mechanism, the project party made the following clarifications:
All validators are qualified based on testnet performance, and the claim of “buying a seat” is not true and is unfair to serious validators. As the network grows, the validator set will gradually expand;
The previously announced Foundation delegation program will support high-performing validators and further decentralize the network;
Anyone can run an API server pointing to any node, and while the sample client code sends requests to a specific API server, this is not a fundamental requirement for the network;
The black market trading behavior on the testnet HYPE is unacceptable, and the project team will continue to optimize the testnet user experience;
The current node code is in a closed-source state, and it will be open-sourced in the future after development is stable and secure;
Currently, there is only one binary file, and even for mature networks like Solana, most validators run a single client.
Hyperliquid indicates that the project will iterate at a faster pace and larger scale, and will continue to listen to community feedback and improve the ecosystem in the future.