The Guardian Node License

The Guardian Node License is the exclusive gateway to becoming an active operator in the Mawari Network. It authorizes individuals and organizations to run Guardian Nodes, which are essential for maintaining the integrity, performance, and transparency of the network. Only licensed operators are eligible to receive rewards for their contributions, making the license a crucial asset for those who wish to participate in the decentralized infrastructure that powers high-fidelity spatial streaming and immersive content delivery.

To ensure fairness and long-term alignment with the network’s goals, each Guardian Node License is non-transferable for 12months from its minting date. This lock-up period is designed to discourage short-term transfers and promote genuine commitment to the operational stability and bootstrapping of the network. By focusing on long-term operators, the Mawari Network ensures a solid foundation for growth and performance consistency during its most critical early phases.

Guardian Node Licenses are structured in three plans:

• Plan 1: Visionary

• Plan 2: Balance

• Plan 3: Catalyst

Each plan offers a distinct combination of short and long-term rewards for participation in the network activity program. During the initial three-year early operator incentive period, licenses from each plan receive different token reward allocations. Plan 1 licenses are structured to prioritize ongoing participation and alignment with long-term network growth while Plan 3 licenses provide higher initial participation benefits to encourage active operation during the network’s early bootstrapping phase.

Complementing these near-term participation, users can also enjoy long-term exposure to the Mawari Network’s growth. Plan 1 licenses, which received the smallest number of near term alignment per license, enjoy the largest exposure to the network’s long-term success. Plan 3 licenses, with the largest exposure to near-term success of the Mawari token, also have the smallest exposure to the network’s long-term growth. Plan 2 licenses sit in between the two other plans, with balanced exposure to guaranteed early-stage rewards and long-term opportunities. These differentiated exposures are reflected in the chart below, where Plan 1 licenses have the smallest number of near-term rewards, but potentially larger rewards as the network grows and activity increases. Plan 3, with a higher short term alignment but also lower long-term reward potential. Plan 2 balances both rewards opportunities. Together, these three Guardian Node Plans allow differentiated exposures to work and reward opportunities within the network.

The differentiated exposures of these plans determine opportunities for contributions and rewards as the network scales and demand for decentralized rendering and validation increases by determining how frequently nodes are selected for jobs within the network activity distribution systems.

During the bootstrapping phase, all licensed Guardian Nodes must operate continuously over each 24-hour period and complete a minimum of 8 distributed availability verification cycles (“heartbeat tasks”) within that window to qualify for daily rewards. These tasks are scheduled at various intervals to validate continuous availability and should not be interpreted as allowing limited-time operation (e.g., only 8 hours online). Nodes are expected to maintain consistent uptime throughout the day. This threshold is an initial baseline and will increase as network demand grows. This ensures that the network has enough consistent participation to validate and monitor streaming jobs at scale. The performance of each node is continuously tracked and validated through on-chain signals and telemetry, reinforcing trust in the ecosystem and enabling precise, transparent distribution of rewards.