LarOs

[LarOs @_lar0s]

@marrr_marina @FPvalidated @get_optimum As always, clean and beautiful, amazing artwork)

[LarOs @_lar0s]

Another week, another wave of Refined members🌊

14 more active contributors secured their Refined roles this week

Keep pushing forward, because there is plenty of work ahead to unlock future milestones

Congratulations to all who leveled up!🌟

[Optimum @get_optimum]

We're pleased to announce that @FPvalidated (a validator arm under @FourPillarsFP) is now testing mump2p.

Well known for their top tier research work, @FPvalidated recently expanded into ETH staking to serve the Korean institutional market.

Since Ethereum's network is less densely concentrated in regions like Asia, mump2p's latency reduction is especially valuable for node operators in the region to maintain high peering scores and performance.

[LarOs @_lar0s]

@_Tati_tata @get_optimum Predictable speed is highly important, especially for large-scale capital

[LarOs @_lar0s]

@LeshaPav Can validators ignore the advantages that Optimum brings and still stay competitive? I think the answer is obvious

[LarOs @_lar0s]

The core community does not stop growing⚡

14 more active contributors secured their Refined roles this week

It is amazing to witness such consistent recognition for hard work and dedication

Congratulations to everyone who leveled up!🌟

[LarOs @_lar0s]

5/5
That is the main point:
Flexnodes are not just more nodes on the same path.

They add more infrastructure dedicated to moving data across the network, which is very different from simply adding another participant to standard gossip.

[LarOs @_lar0s]

Adding more nodes to a blockchain does not automatically make data move faster.

Standard P2P propagation still has to move data through the existing peer network, and bandwidth limits and retransmissions still slow delivery.

More nodes alone do not fix the problem🧵

[LarOs @_lar0s]

4/5
And this does not require replacing the existing propagation layer.

With Turbo, the RLNC path runs alongside standard gossip,
so Flexnodes can add extra propagation capacity without forcing the network to abandon its default layer.

[LarOs @_lar0s]

@ada_pegasus @get_optimum true actor, the event is over, but he keeps on acting

[LarOs @_lar0s]

@get_optimum 👀

[LarOs @_lar0s]

The Refined tier keeps growing week after week🌊

15 new Refined roles were awarded to active contributors this week

It is great to see the core community expanding at such a steady pace

Congratulations to all who leveled up!🌟

[LarOs @_lar0s]

@LeshaPav @get_optimum i love riddles, but I have absolutely no idea what 32 could mean-_-

[LarOs @_lar0s]

The Refined tier keeps expanding🌊

This week, 17 new Refined roles went out to active contributors
This brings the total number of Refined role holders to exactly 238🙃

Big congratulations to everyone who leveled up!🌟

[LarOs @_lar0s]

@Lucky289x @get_optimum gmum bro
infrastructure needs to scale alongside transaction volume

[LarOs @_lar0s]

5/5
I like this way of thinking about network economics.

Speed is not just something users compete for.
It is something infrastructure itself can expand.

Muriel Medard(Optimum CEO) explains the idea really well here: https://t.co/JbeFIdnGa2

[Muriel Medard @MurielMedard]

The value of the work we're doing at @get_optimum is encapsulated quite well by the phrase "speed is money". In modern markets there are real economic advantages to latency reduction.

This is nothing new. Wall Street firms have long been optimizing on latency, primarily through colocation and top of the line hardware. However, when it comes to decentralized systems, expensive hardware and geographic concentration are antithetical to their purpose. Therefore we should optimize decentralized network latency through software, which I'm thrilled about because it's exactly what I've spent the better part of the past 2 decades working on with Random Linear Network Coding.

Now let’s talk about networking economics, the relationship between speed and money.

First, it's important to note that users will only pay for low latency if it can be consistently guaranteed.

Second, you can only make that latency guarantee for a certain number of users. This is a universal law of networking. We can model this relationship on a delay curve, shown below.

The delay curve is determined by the utilization rate of the network, meaning how much traffic is flowing through the network divided by the network's throughput. As you approach a level of traffic equal to the available throughput, latency trends infinitely higher.

On this delay curve we can impose some utility thresholds. These thresholds are the levels of latency which are important to different groups of users because of how that latency guarantee improves their economic outcomes. Finding the point on the curve where each threshold intersects will tell us what level of traffic we can guarantee that level of latency for.

Essentially, there exists a finite supply of speed on a network and the highest utility users of that speed are willing to pay more for it. I like to think of this similarly to expedited shipping options on Amazon. This is why we say speed is money, and why we can create a Latency Marketplace.

The only way to increase the supply of speed is to fundamentally increase network throughput. This is what we work on at Optimum by using Random Linear Network Coding. The same relationship between traffic and throughput still applies, but now the delay curve is shifted out further to the right. Now more traffic can be processed at the same latency, or the same traffic can be processed at a lower latency. More speed available to the network. More value unlocked for the network’s users.

Crucially, that value is no longer only reserved for those who can afford to sit closest to the machine. Expanding the supply of speed widens who can reach each latency threshold, keeping the network's advantage decentralized rather than concentrated in the hands of a few. When nodes join Optimum and participate, they reap the benefits, but they also add to the capacity. Rather than vying against each other in a zero-sum game, nodes help themselves and others.

[LarOs @_lar0s]

Low latency is not just a technical metric. It is a limited resource.
As network traffic grows, it becomes harder to guarantee fast delivery for everyone at the same time.
That is why access to low latency has real economic value🧵

[LarOs @_lar0s]

4/5
This is where RLNC becomes interesting.
By making data transport more efficient, it allows the network to carry more traffic before latency starts rising sharply.
That means low latency remains available for more participants.