# THE FRAMELESS MANIFESTO
By Luis, Founder of Mawari
Since Stonehenge, humans have gathered in shared spaces to tell stories, connect, and make meaning. The campfire. The theater. The cinema. The screen.
With each generation, the experience grew more immersive, more intimate, more shared. The frame around us expanded, until it began to dissolve.
We are the generation that makes the frame disappear.
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Digital presence will transform how we learn, how we connect, how we celebrate, how we work, and how we love.
My co-founder Takeo once said: “I want my kids to be able to see my grandfather, even after he’s gone.” That is not a technology pitch. That is the reason this company exists.
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The internet is about to go through its most profound transformation since the browser. From flat to spatial. From framed to frameless. From passive consumption to active presence.
With each generation, media has become more immersive and more immediate, from text to image, from image to video, from video to spatial. The shift to frameless is the next step in that same arc. Not a disruption, but an evolution toward deeper connection.
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Today, you press play on Netflix and a 4K movie appears instantly on any device. You don’t think about it. It just works.
For the 3D internet, that infrastructure does not exist. You cannot run a bullet train on railway tracks built for steam engines.
This is the elephant in the room: the devices are arriving, but the infrastructure to power them at scale does not exist. And no hyperscaler is going to invest trillions to build it before demand is proven.
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XR glasses will be the most transformative device since the smartphone. Just as the smartphone needed cellular networks, app stores, and cloud infrastructure to reach its potential, XR glasses will need edge compute, spatial streaming, and AI inference delivered at near-zero latency.
In the very near future, your glasses will not just display information, they will understand your world. They will translate languages in real time. They will summon a digital guide in a foreign city. They will let your children meet a character they love as if that character were standing in their bedroom.
None of this works without infrastructure purpose-built for spatial computing.
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And now, AI changes everything again.
AI confined to a text box is like cinema confined to a radio. Powerful, but fundamentally incomplete. AI deserves a body. XR is where AI comes alive.
XR is the body. AI is the mind. One without the other is incomplete. Together, they create something neither can achieve alone: digital beings that feel real.
We understood this in 2018, six years before the world discovered ChatGPT. When a Japanese telecom giant asked us to stream an AI-powered digital human to a smartphone, the concept didn’t even have a name yet. Today, the industry calls them “AI agents.” We have been building the infrastructure to power them for nearly a decade.
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The next era of computing is not AI or XR. It is AI through XR.
Every AI assistant will need a face. Every virtual companion will need a digital body. Every digital worker replacing a labor shortage will need to stand in a physical space and interact with real humans. This is not a future prediction, it is already happening in Japan, where aging demographics have made AI-powered workforce solutions an urgent social necessity, not a luxury.
The compute required to power this convergence will dwarf anything the AI industry has seen so far. Running a large language model is expensive. Running one that simultaneously renders a photorealistic avatar, processes spatial awareness, generates real-time lip sync, and streams it all to lightweight glasses at 30 milliseconds of latency, that is an entirely different magnitude of compute. And it must happen at the edge, close to the user, not in a data center on the other side of the planet.
This is the bottleneck no one is talking about. The AI industry is scaling inference. The XR industry is scaling devices. But almost no one is building the infrastructure where these two demands converge.
The same infrastructure that powers XR glasses also powers AI agents in the physical world. One network, serving the full spectrum of spatial AI. That intersection, spatial AI infrastructure, is where Mawari lives. It is where we have lived since the beginning.
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So we built it ourselves.
In 2017, three co-founders - Luis, Takeo, and Aleksandr - started Mawari in Shibuya, Tokyo. The name means “your surroundings” in Japanese. We named the company after the future we wanted to build.
In 2018, a telecom giant challenged the entire industry to stream an AI-powered digital human in full 3D to a smartphone. The world’s largest tech companies competed. A three-person startup won. That was our moment of clarity.
Over eight years, we created patented 3D streaming technology that dramatically reduces bandwidth. We deployed dozens of commercial projects worldwide. We hit the wall with centralized cloud providers and chose to build a decentralized network instead of waiting for permission. We built a community-powered infrastructure of 180,000 nodes, not through hype, but through shared conviction.
We did not follow the Web3 playbook. We did not chase speculation. We built real technology to solve a real problem, and people showed up because they understood the mission.
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We believe in Techno Satoyama.
Satoyama is the Japanese principle where mountain and village sustain each other, a living ecosystem in balance. Mawari is the digital equivalent. Our technology is the mountain. Our community is the village.
We built the only ecosystem that spans every layer, and our community powers it:
Infrastructure → 180,000 nodes and enterprise partners powering a global compute network.
Network → the Mawari Network, orchestrating compute, storage, and bandwidth in real time.
Technology → our patented 3D streaming engine, the core that no one else has built.
Platform → ARAWA, where creators and fans meet in the immersive world.
Content → original IP that proves the model and drives the flywheel.
Five layers. Each feeds the others. Remove any one and the system breaks. Together, they form something no competitor can replicate, because the moat is not one technology alone. It is every layer, working as one. And no one else has built anything close.
The Mawari team and community did it, together.
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The companies defining the 3D internet will be built in the next 36 months, not the next 36 years.
AI and XR used responsibly will augment humanity, not replace it. AI augments intelligence. XR augments presence. Together, they augment what it means to be connected.
This technology must be built with intention, with craft, and with respect for the people it serves.
Japan, where virtual culture, aging society, and technological ambition converge, is where this future begins. Not because it is easier. Because it is necessary.
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We are not a Web3 company.
We are not an XR company.
We are not an AI company.
We don’t belong to any single category. We created our own.
AI powers the intelligence.
XR delivers the presence.
Blockchain provides the trust.
Community provides the will.
No label contains what we built. No competitor occupies the space we created.
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We have been building for nearly a decade. We have survived three hype cycles. We have earned the trust of the world’s largest telecoms, device makers, and enterprise partners, the kind who do not bet on vapor. No other ecosystem spans every layer, from the compute infrastructure to the original content. Ours does.
The devices are real. The AI is real. 180,000 nodes stand ready. And we are just getting started.
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The internet will be frameless and immersive - for everyone, everywhere.
Digital presence will be as effortless as pressing play - for anyone, anywhere.
This is our declaration. This is our time.
From framed to frameless.
This future is not ours alone. It belongs to everyone who builds it with us.
Onward.\
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\- Luis, Shibuya, 2026.
# THE TECHNO SATOYAMA
The philosophy behind the Mawari Network
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In Japan, there is a word for the landscape where mountain and village sustain each other. Where the forest provides, the community tends, and neither survives without the other. That word is Satoyama.
Satoyama is not a conservation project or a park with a fence around it. It is a living system. A mosaic of farms, forests, waterways, and settlements, each one feeding the others. The mountain gives wood, water, and shelter. The village gives back through care, cultivation, and attention. The balance is not accidental. It is maintained, deliberately, through generations of shared effort. Because people choose to show up.
Take away the village, the mountain becomes overgrown and its trails disappear. Take away the mountain, and there is nothing left to sustain the village.
Mawari is the digital equivalent.
Our technology is the mountain. Our community is the village. Together, they form what we call the Techno Satoyama. A digital ecosystem where extraction has no place. Where the infrastructure gives back to those who tend it, and everything that flows through the network circulates rather than concentrates.
This is how we designed the network. It is how we think about every decision we make.
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### Five Layers. One Ecosystem.
A traditional Satoyama is a mosaic. Croplands, forests, ponds, grasslands, all functionally linked. The system defines it, no single element does.
The Mawari ecosystem works the same way. Five layers, each feeding the others. Remove any one and the system breaks. Together, they form something no single competitor can replicate, because the strength lives in all of them working as one.
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### **Layer 1: Infrastructure**
A global compute network powered by Guardian Nodes, Spatial Streaming Nodes, Pulse Nodes, and enterprise partners.
The foundation of every Satoyama is the land itself. In the Techno Satoyama, the land is compute. Distributed globally, operated by a community that chose to power what Mawari built.
180,000+ Guardian Nodes form the verification backbone. They produce Quality of Service attestations that inform routing, reputation, and the overall health of the network. Spatial Streaming Nodes deliver the rendering power for real-time 3D experiences. Pulse Nodes extend reach through mobile participation. Enterprise partners contribute trusted, high-capacity infrastructure that anchors the whole system.
This is purpose-built infrastructure for the convergence of XR and AI. The kind that lets a 3D experience reach lightweight glasses at 30 milliseconds of latency. No hyperscaler was going to build this before demand was proven. So Mawari built it. And the community powers it.
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### **Layer 2: Network**
The Mawari Network → orchestrating compute, storage, and bandwidth in real-time.
In a physical Satoyama, water follows channels shaped by generations of knowledge. It reaches where it is needed, in the quantity the landscape requires. Nothing flows randomly.
The Mawari Network is the irrigation system of the Techno Satoyama. It orchestrates compute jobs across the entire node infrastructure. Routing rendering tasks, balancing load, managing bandwidth so that resources reach the right place at the right time. Operations are recorded on-chain. The system is transparent, auditable, and self-correcting. No single entity controls the flow. The network coordinates it.
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### **Layer 3: Technology**
Our patented 3D streaming engine → the core of the system, and it keeps evolving.
Every Satoyama has a technique that makes it productive. A way of tending the forest passed down through centuries, a method of managing water that turns raw land into something alive. Without the technique, the land is just land.
Mawari's patented 3D streaming technology reduces bandwidth consumption dramatically, making it possible to stream high-fidelity 3D content to lightweight devices in real-time. This is the technique that turns raw compute into spatial experience. And it does not stand still. The technology continues to evolve as new challenges emerge at the intersection of XR and AI.
XR+AI glasses are arriving. Every one of them will need edge compute → spatial streaming and AI inference at near-zero latency. The technology layer is what makes the Mawari Network capable of serving them.
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### **Layer 4: Platform**
ARAWA → where creators and fans meet in the immersive world.
The Satoyama is more than infrastructure and technique. It is the life that inhabits it. The farmers, the artisans, the communities who turn raw landscape into culture. Without them, the system has no purpose.
ARAWA is the platform layer where creators build, perform, and connect with audiences in immersive experiences. VTubers streaming as 3D avatars in real-time. Characters brought into spatial worlds. AI-powered influencers reaching audiences in ways that did not exist before. As the technology matures, new forms of digital presence will inhabit this layer too.
Japan is where virtual culture meets the future of entertainment. The VTuber economy alone is worth billions. ARAWA is where the Techno Satoyama becomes alive. A production economy where the crop is interactive content and the village is the creator community that cultivates it.
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### **Layer 5: Content**
Original IP that proves the model and drives the flywheel.
A healthy Satoyama produces. It is a working landscape that generates value for the people who tend it, season after season.
The content layer is where the ecosystem proves itself. Original IP partnerships, entertainment productions, immersive experiences that demonstrate the full stack in action → from infrastructure through network, through technology, through platform, to the content that reaches audiences.
Content brings demand to the network. That demand activates nodes. Active nodes strengthen the infrastructure. Stronger infrastructure attracts more creators and more content. The cycle feeds itself, and every layer plays a role in sustaining it.
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### Who Tends the Digital Satoyama
A Satoyama without tending becomes wilderness. The trails disappear, the irrigation fails, the balance collapses.
In the Mawari ecosystem, "work" has a specific meaning. It is reserved for those who meaningfully contribute to the growth and health of the Techno Satoyama.
Operating a Guardian Node. Validating quality, anchoring trust, keeping the network honest. That is work.
Running a Spatial Streaming Node, delivering the rendering power that makes real-time 3D possible. That is work.
Contributing through a Pulse Node, extending the network's reach from a mobile device. That is work.
Locking tokens to strengthen the foundation of the network. A commitment to the long-term health of the Techno Satoyama. That is work.
Creating on ARAWA will open yet another layer of participation → bringing audiences into immersive experiences, producing the content that feeds the flywheel. That, too, is work.
The Techno Satoyama grows because its participants do the work. Mawari's ecosystem is designed to recognize those who contribute meaningfully to the growth of the ecosystem. Not spectators. Contributors.
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### Built in Japan. For the World.
Mawari was founded in Shibuya, Tokyo in 2017. The name means "your surroundings" in Japanese. We named the company after the future we wanted to build.
Japan is where this begins. Virtual culture is mainstream here. The ambition for XR+AI runs through the telecom and device landscape. And the traditions of communal stewardship, the very principles that shaped the original Satoyama, run deep in the culture that surrounds us.
The community that arrived first did so naturally. For over a year, they have been showing up at community-led events to celebrate their passion and commitment for Mawari. They are the ones who understood what was being built before anyone else did. They understood the potential. And they chose to be part of this future.
Every network is fragile at birth. The way a child needs protection in its earliest days, the way Satoshi guarded Bitcoin's infancy before gradually widening the circle. First the founders. Then the true believers who will protect the network, nurture it, and make it strong enough to grow. That is the stage we are in. And the people who showed up first know exactly what that responsibility means.
渋谷から世界へ。
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前へ。
# Immersive Compute Network
Realizing the vision of an immersive internet outlined earlier demands a new kind of infrastructure. This next stage in digital interaction—the Immersive Compute Network—is specifically designed to merge physical and digital realities seamlessly through spatial computing and decentralized infrastructure.
### A New Era of Immersive Digital Interactions
The age of passive, flat-screen interactions is drawing to a close. We stand at the threshold of a transformation where boundaries between digital and physical worlds are dissolving. Spatial computing revolutionizes our interactions, inviting us into environments where digital and physical coexist seamlessly.
At the forefront of this revolution is the Mawari Network. By embracing the concept of Decentralized Physical Infrastructure Networks (DePIN), Mawari is setting the stage for a new kind of computing. One that enables faster, more efficient 3D content rendering and streaming to support immersive experiences previously considered beyond reach.
### What is Spatial Computing?
Spatial computing is transforming the way we interact with technology. It goes beyond the limitations of 2D screens by integrating the digital and physical worlds. Using advanced technologies like sensors, artificial intelligence, computer vision, and extended reality, spatial computing allows us to blend digital objects into our physical environment in a way that feels natural and immersive.
It's not just about new interactions—it's about creating entirely new experiences. Instead of passively consuming content through flat screens, spatial computing brings entertainment, information, and social interactions directly into our physical spaces, making them interactive and deeply engaging.
However, realizing this vision fully requires infrastructure far beyond today's capabilities. High-quality, real-time 3D experiences demand advanced, low-latency solutions, precisely where Mawari's infrastructure plays a crucial role.
### The Importance of low-latency Distributed Compute
Rendering and streaming high-quality 3D content in real-time poses significant challenges to traditional infrastructure. Although centralized cloud systems are powerful, they often fall short in delivering the necessary speed and efficiency required for spatial computing, resulting in latency and bandwidth constraints that limit user experiences. Overcoming these limitations demands an infrastructure that is significantly more distributed. Scaling centralized networks to meet the widespread adoption requirements of spatial computing would entail hundreds of billions of dollars in capital expenditures, rendering rapid deployment virtually impossible.
Mawari addresses these critical challenges pragmatically through a decentralized approach. By leveraging blockchain technology, Mawari effectively bootstraps a globally distributed network driven by community participation. Computational tasks are distributed across numerous GPU nodes worldwide, significantly reducing latency and boosting performance. This blockchain-driven model facilitates rapid scaling by aligning community incentives, ensuring immersive, real-time 3D experiences can be delivered swiftly and seamlessly to users everywhere—from bustling urban centers to remote rural areas.
This decentralized, community-powered approach isn’t merely advantageous; it’s the only practical way to achieve the speed, scalability, and global reach needed for spatial computing’s future. Mawari’s infrastructure unlocks vast possibilities for immersive applications—such as virtual retail experiences, next-generation gaming, and innovative educational tools—making spatial computing universally accessible and sustainable.
# Use Cases: the Next Wave of Immersive Experiences
Spatial computing is opening doors to unprecedented new forms of engagement, and Mawari Network is essential to unlocking their full potential. Here’s a closer look at what the future holds:
### Location-Based, Immersive XR
Imagine walking down the street, and as you move, virtual elements, like characters, objects, or interactive environments, seamlessly integrate into your surroundings. This is the future of augmented reality (AR), powered by Mawari’s infrastructure. By drastically reducing latency, Mawari can stream dynamic content directly into the real world, turning any location into a stage for immersive digital experiences.
### Real-Time Digital Humans
The future of avatars and AI-driven characters is far beyond simple gaming interactions. Mawari enables digital humans to exist in the real world, interacting with users in real-time. Whether it's a virtual assistant in your home or an AI guide during your commute, Mawari ensures that these avatars can exist in the real world, responding and adapting to human interactions in life-like ways.
### Virtual Influencers in the Real World
Virtual influencers are already shaping the future of social media and advertising. With spatial computing, these influencers can step out of the digital world and into physical spaces, engaging with fans through augmented reality. Imagine attending an event and having a virtual influencer appear live, interacting with you just as a human might. Mawari’s infrastructure enables these kinds of experiences by providing the low-latency, high-performance environment required for real-time interactions.
### Immersive Story Worlds That React to You
Imagine stepping into a story that knows you’re there. Not just a passive narrative, but a living, breathing world that shifts based on your choices, mood, or even movement. Think location-aware, AI-driven environments that evolve in real-time, like walking through a fantasy world layered over your neighborhood, where characters remember your past decisions and plots adapt to your actions. This is more than entertainment, it’s storytelling you can walk through and shape as you go. Mawari’s low-latency infrastructure makes it possible to stream rich, interactive worlds that respond to the individual, not just the crowd.
### Laying the Groundwork for the Unseen
Just as smartphones enabled revolutionary services like Uber, Spotify, and Instagram—tools unimaginable before the technology existed—Mawari’s infrastructure lays the groundwork for future innovations. Spatial computing is the new canvas, but the truly transformative applications have yet to be created. From real-time AR marketplaces to city-scale mixed-reality social networks, Mawari is constructing the invisible rails future creators will use to invent and deploy the next wave of groundbreaking experiences.
Real-world **use cases** already in motion
# Mawari Network Architecture
The Mawari Network is architected from the ground up to meet the rigorous demands of AI powered, immersive, real-time 3D content delivery, particularly with regard to high levels of interactivity. Traditional internet infrastructure and cloud systems are not optimized for the streaming of high-fidelity interactive content required by Extended Reality applications. These applications depend on a continuous stream of low-latency data to deliver responsive, context-aware experiences, particularly those involving Augmented Reality and real-time interaction with the physical environment.
At the core of the Mawari architecture is the Mawari Engine, a proprietary streaming technology that enables the real-time orchestration of 3D content delivery. The system dynamically allocates computational, storage, and bandwidth resources based on proximity to the end user and real-time network conditions. This is accomplished through a distributed orchestration layer that interfaces with a global network of compute and storage nodes, removing single points of failure and increasing both scalability and resiliency.
By being distributed by design, the Mawari Network eliminates the bottlenecks typical of centralized content delivery systems. It allows for hyper-localized compute aggregation, enabling near-instant rendering and delivery of content to XR devices across any geography. This architecture supports a new paradigm of the embodied internet, where physical and digital experiences are seamlessly integrated in real time.
# Node Ecosystem Roles
### Guardian Nodes
Guardian Nodes serve as the validators and auditors of the network, playing a crucial role in maintaining operational transparency and trust across the Mawari ecosystem. These nodes are CPU-based and are responsible for verifying the quality of the streaming tasks completed by Spatial Streamer Nodes. They ensure the accuracy of rendering and delivery by comparing results against expected benchmarks.
In addition to validating jobs, Guardian Nodes continuously monitor the health of the network by analyzing metrics such as latency, bandwidth, packet loss, jitter, and 3D/video quality. This ongoing assessment helps identify areas where the network needs optimization and ensures that only reliable nodes are rewarded for their performance. The data collected by Guardian Nodes contributes to a verifiable ledger of network activity, increasing transparency for all the participants.
### Spatial Streamer Nodes
Spatial Streamer Nodes are the workhorses of the Mawari Network, responsible for performing the compute-intensive tasks of rendering and streaming immersive 3D content. These GPU-powered nodes receive job assignments from the Mawari orchestration layer and execute them with precision, adapting to the real-time network and user conditions.
These nodes must respond dynamically to fluctuations in bandwidth, latency, and user movement to maintain a smooth XR experience. To do so, Spatial Streamer Nodes employ adaptive bitrate streaming and real-time telemetry reporting to adjust the rendering pipeline as needed. The distribution of these nodes is strategically planned to meet the latency-sensitive demands of XR applications, often deployed through partnerships with telcos, edge providers, and data centers.
As the network expands, more GPU capacity is onboarded through regional partnerships, ensuring global coverage and responsiveness. This setup allows developers and brands to deploy high-fidelity 3D content without investing in or maintaining expensive hardware infrastructure.
### QoS Nodes
Quality of Service (QoS) Nodes focus on the macro-level monitoring and performance validation of the Mawari Network. Operating on CPU-based systems, these nodes are tasked with running specialized monitoring jobs that ensure network-wide service reliability, particularly around latency thresholds, geographic availability, and node responsiveness.
Initially limited in number, QoS Nodes are operated by vetted institutional partners under an allocation period. This ensures a high level of consistency and trust during the early stages of network growth. By centralizing QoS evaluations in a limited set of highly reliable nodes, the network ensures that baseline performance standards are upheld even during periods of rapid growth and diversification.
### Pulse Nodes
Pulse Nodes represent a community-driven initiative to crowdsource the real-time testing and optimization of the Mawari Network. These app-based nodes run on user devices, generating critical telemetry data such as latency, packet loss, jitter, bandwidth, and visual performance indicators like frames per second (FPS) and video bitrate.
More information about Pulse Nodes coming soon.
# Roadmap
Mainnet is live. The Techno Satoyama has begun. This is what comes next.
The next three months are not about announcements. They are about activation. The network goes from architecture to operation. Layer by layer, program by program, each one building on the last.
Here is the path from mainnet to October 2026.
### May → Foundation.
The Mawari Network mainnet is live. Guardian Node Licenses are claimable through the Members Portal. The portal is open globally.\
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If you hold a Guardian Node License, May is when your work begins.\
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DIO Season 2 opens globally. This is the next entry point into the Mawari ecosystem for those who were not part of the original Guardian Node sale.
### June → Expansion.
This month, Guardian Nodes go online. Activation begins. The verification backbone of the Techno Satoyama starts producing Quality of Service attestations, establishing trust and reputation across the network.
The Activation Rewards program (available for DIO Season 1 license holders) and the Locking Program also go live this month, exclusively for the Guardian Node community. These are the first work streams. Earning begins. Locking begins. The rhythm of the Techno Satoyama takes shape → earn, lock, recommit, tend. Month after month.
For those who participated in the Mawari XR Credits campaign → your early engagement is recognized. XR Credits and XR Chip achievements translate into benefits on DIO Season 2, including tiered discounts based on your level of participation. They also unlock a booster on your locking multiplier once you enter the ecosystem.
This is how the Techno Satoyama works. There are no free tokens. But early effort is not forgotten. Your XR Credits are a bridge → they give you a better entry point into the network. What you do once you arrive is what counts. The same rules apply to everyone. Operate. Lock. Contribute. Earn through work.
If you participated in the campaign and you are ready to do the work, the path is open. If you are waiting for a free distribution, there is nothing to wait for. That is not how this ecosystem operates. The Techno Satoyama rewards contributors. That principle does not change.
### July → August → Growth.
The network is operational. Nodes are running. Locking is compounding. Content is flowing through ARAWA. Commercial activations with enterprise partners are underway.
During this period, the Locking Program expands beyond the Guardian Node community. Broader participation opens. New entrants can lock $mawari tokens and begin contributing to the foundation of the network. The circle widens.
This is also when the ecosystem begins to prove itself through real-world output. XR activations. Live deployments. Partnerships in action. The content layer starts feeding the flywheel. The Techno Satoyama moves from infrastructure to production.
Details on milestones will be shared as they land. We do not pre-announce what we have not built. We ship, then we talk.
### October → Tokyo.
Mawari hosts its own event in Tokyo this October.
This will be the moment. Not a side stage at someone else's conference. Our stage. Our story. Our ecosystem, presented to the world on our terms.
What gets announced there will be worth the wait.
More details in the coming months. For now, mark October. Tokyo.
What to focus on right now.
If you are a Guardian Node holder → claim your license, prepare to operate, understand the Activation Rewards and Locking programs. Your work starts now.
If you hold XR Credits → DIO Season 2 is your entry. Watch for the announcement in June. Your credits give you an advantage, but the ecosystem requires work. Understand what that means before you enter.
If you just arrived → read the Techno Satoyama. Read the Frameless Manifesto. Understand what this project is. This is not a quick trade. This is infrastructure being built for the next decade. The people here are here because they understand that. If that resonates, you are welcome.
If you are waiting for something free → there is nothing free in the Techno Satoyama. Everything is earned. That is the design. That is the point.
**The mountain stands. The village is growing.**
渋谷から世界へ。
前へ。
# MAWARI On-Chain Information
Official contract addresses, chain parameters, and token details for the Mawari Network. Always verify addresses against this page before interacting with any contract or sending tokens.
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### **Protect yourself from scams**
Mawari will never ask you to send tokens to an address via DM(direct message), email, or social media. Always cross-check contract addresses on this page and on the official block explorer before approving any transaction. If something looks suspicious, report it to the team immediately.
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### MAWARI Token - Arbitrum One (Canonical)
The canonical MAWARI token deployed on Arbitrum One.
| Field | Value |
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| **Token Name** | mawari |
| **Symbol** | MAWARI |
| **Standard** | ERC-20 |
| **Chain** | Arbitrum One (Canonical) |
| **Chain ID** | `42161` |
| **Contract Address** | `0x0101bb150d4Ad6A7D19f705D1dee0E0BF4C413ab` |
| **Total Supply** | 1,000,000,000 MAWARI |
| **Decimals** | 18 |
| **Explorer** | [View on Arbiscan ↗](https://arbiscan.io/token/0x0101bb150d4Ad6A7D19f705D1dee0E0BF4C413ab) |
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### Mawari L3 Chain
The Mawari application-specific L3 rollup, purpose-built for the decentralized streaming network. Deployed on top of Arbitrum One.
| Field | Value |
| -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Network Name** | Mawari Network |
| **Chain ID** | `1576` |
| **Architecture** | Arbitrum Nitro (AnyTrust) |
| **Settlement Layer** | Arbitrum One (L2) |
| **Infrastructure** | Caldera Roll-Up |
| **RPC Endpoint** | [*https://rpc.mawari.net/http*](https://rpc.mawari.net/http) |
| **Block Explorer** | [*explorer.mawari.net*](https://explorer.mawari.net/) |
| **Native Gas Token** | *MAWARI* |
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### Guardian Node Licenses
Guardian Node Licenses are on-chain NFTs representing the right to operate a node in the Mawari Network. Subject to a 365-day transfer lock from date of purchase.
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### Smart Contract Security
All production smart contracts undergo independent security audits before deployment.
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Smart contract security audit covering token contracts and dApp systems:
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### Official Links
Only trust links from these official sources. Mawari will never reach out via unsolicited DMs.
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### Verification Checklist
Before interacting with any Mawari contract or sending tokens, verify the following:
* The contract address matches **exactly** what is listed on this page, compare every character.
* You are on the correct network (Mawari Mainnet - id: 1576).
* You reached this page via an official Mawari link, not through a DM, email, or social media post.
* No one from Mawari has asked you to send tokens to an address or share your seed phrase. **This will never happen.**
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# 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.
# Purchasing the Guardian Node License
To participate in the Mawari Network as a Guardian Node operator, you’ll need to acquire a license using USDT or USDC on the Arbitrum One
This guide provides a quick overview of how to bridge your stablecoins (USDC or USDT) to Arbitrum using Squid Router, and how to proceed with purchasing the Guardian Node license once your funds are ready.
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## Step 1: Bridge USDT or USDC to Arbitrum
If your USDT or USDC is currently held on another chain (e.g., Ethereum, Polygon, BNB Chain, etc.), you’ll need to bridge it to Arbitrum before you can use it on the Mawari Node Sale platform.
🟢 Watch the video tutorial below to follow the step-by-step process using [Squid Router](https://app.squidrouter.com/), a cross-chain bridge built for speed, simplicity, and reliability.
> ✅ Supported chains and tokens may vary depending on network liquidity. Make sure to select USDT or USDC, and Arbitrum as the destination chain.
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## Step 2: Purchase a Guardian Node License
Once your stablecoins are available on Arbitrum, you’re ready to buy your Guardian Node license through the Mawari DIO website: [https://dio.mawari.net](https://dio.mawari.net/)
🟢 Watch the second video below to see how to:
* Connect your wallet
* Select a Guardian Node license tier
* Confirm the transaction
> 💡 After your purchase, the Mawari Network will deliver your Guardian Node license to the same wallet used for the transaction within 7 days.
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# DIO Extended FAQ
What is the DIO exactly?
The Decentralized Infrastructure Offering (DIO) is how Mawari is expanding its global network and providing early supporters with opportunities to play meaningful roles in that expansion. \
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License purchasers acquire the right to operate a Guardian Node within the Mawari Network. \
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Guardian Nodes oversee and help optimize and ensure the performance of Mawari’s real-world XR streaming network. \
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Guardian Nodes can earn rewards for their contributions to the network’s success, and as the network grows, active node operators will have access to increasing opportunities to contribute to the network and earn rewards.
What are purchasers acquiring when buying a Mawari Guardian Node License?
Guardian Node License purchasers are acquiring a key to a node license, giving the holder the right to operate one Guardian Node. Running a node allows the holder to earn rewards based on their contributions and the network’s actual usage. Actual reward opportunities are determined by the specific plan(s) an individual purchases. One year after the network launches node licenses will become transferable, and the acquiring holder will then be able to operate that license and earn rewards.
How do Guardian Node Rewards Work?
Guardian Node operators play an active role in monitoring and ensuring the optimized performance of the Mawari Network and are rewarded for their contributions. As the network streams immersive content, a portion of the revenue is shared directly with active Guardian Node licenses.
Up to 20% of all Mawari Network revenue will be distributed to active Guardian Node operators who are helping monitor the network and optimize its performance. This means that as real businesses stream AI powered immersive content, apps, and spatial experiences through Mawari’s network, Guardian Node license holders can earn alongside that demand.
In 2024, the Mawari Network streamed more than 50,000 hours of immersive content. But that’s just the beginning. The network is scaling to support billions of hours in the years ahead. With every new partner and every new stream, Guardian Node Licenses are exposed to increasing work, and reward, opportunities.
To reward Guardian Node License operators, Mawari has created the Early Operator Incentive program. This program distributes 11% of Mawari’s token supply over the first three years of network operations to active Guardian Node operators. It’s designed to support and reward the participants helping us build the foundation of the network.\
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Additional incentives for early adopters will be revealed soon. When is the DIO?
The DIO opens in July 2025.
How many Guardian Node Licenses are being sold in the DIO?
A total of 300,000 licenses will be available:
| Plan | Licenses |
| --------- | -------- |
| Visionary | 165,000 |
| Balance | 60,000 |
| Catalyst | 75,000 |
How are Guardian Node Licenses purchased?
Guardian Node licenses can be acquired for $333, using USDT or USDC on the Arbitrum network. Instructions and a full tutorial will be available soon.
Is technical experience necessary to run a Guardian Node?
No. Node license holders can choose to run nodes themselves (with easy-to-follow documentation coming soon), or delegate them to one of Mawari’s trusted infrastructure partners.
Is a GPU required to run a Guardian Node?
No. Guardian Nodes only require CPU resources. They are designed to be lightweight and do not need an expensive GPU.
What are the recommended hardware requirements?
CPU: 1 x86\_64 core at 1GHz
RAM: 8GB DDR4
Storage: 2GB SSD
Can license holders pay a third-party to run their Guardian Node Licenses?
Yes. Mawari will offer infrastructure delegation options through verified hosting providers, so users will be able to delegate their licenses and participate without managing any hardware.
Do license holders receive the same reward no matter how many nodes are sold?
Each license from each tier has a dedicated number of Early Operator Incentives associated with it. These rewards will not vary, and are not dependent upon the number of licenses sold, and are only influenced only by the uptime of each license. Longer-term Network Monitoring Rewards, the 20% of Mawari Network revenue allocated for Guardian Nodes, will be distributed amongst active nodes. In that regard, rewards per node can be a function of overall network activity, as well as the number of active nodes.
Can Guardian Node Licenses be resold?
Yes. Licenses become transferable one year after their mining date, which should correspond with Mawari’s TGE. Ownership and the right to earn rewards will move to the new holder when licenses are transferred.
Can a license holder switch plans later?
No. Node licenses cannot be switched between plans
Are rewards paid in stablecoins or tokens?
Rewards will be paid in Mawari’s native token. More details will be released closer to the TGE.
What if my node goes offline or underperforms?
Nodes that fall below minimum performance standards or go offline will stop receiving rewards. To maintain work and reward eligibility, nodes must meet uptime and quality benchmarks. Node performance standards will be clearly communicated and are not intended to be difficult for ordinary users to satisfy.
Will license holders have access to a dashboard to manage their nodes?
Yes. Guardian Node license holders will have access to a dashboard that tracks the performance of their nodes, including uptime, earnings, and the overall participation of Guardian Nodes throughout the network.
Can license holders switch between self-hosting and delegation?
Yes, license holders can switch between self-hosting and delegation of licenses at any time, through the operator dashboard.
Do license holders earn rewards immediately after purchasing a license?
No. Rewards begin only once Mawari moves to mainnet and launches its token, and when nodes are activated and contributing to the network.
How long will license holders receive rewards?
Guardian Node operators will be eligible to earn rewards throughout the lifetime of the network, with license renewals required periodically (expected to be around five years) for a very small fee for licenses that have met performance requirements. The earnings an individual license generates depend on the license tier, network activity, and the node’s uptime and performance.
Will there be more earning opportunities later?
By operating a Guardian Node, users contribute to the optimization of Mawari’s core infrastructure, but are also plugging into a broader, evolving ecosystem of spatial computing projects.
Ecosystem opportunities may include:
* Eligibility for airdrops and token distributions from third-party projects building on top of the Mawari infrastructure.
* Access to exclusive network opportunities, pilots, or beta test programs from XR startups and partners.
* Priority positioning in future infrastructure expansions or decentralized services.
# Allocations
# Activation Rewards
In the Techno Satoyama, there are no free tokens. Everything is earned through work.
The Activation Rewards program is designed to recognize eligible DIO Season 1 license holders who complete the required activation process and prepare their licenses for network participation.
#### **What is The Work?**
Acquiring a Guardian Node License. Setting up a wallet. Navigating the system. Preparing to operate. These are the first acts of participation in the Mawari Network. They are the foundation upon which everything else is built.
In the Techno Satoyama, this is cultivation. Before a single node goes live, the people who hold licenses are already contributing. They are learning the terrain, preparing the soil, and getting ready for the seasons ahead. This preparation is work. And the ecosystem recognizes it.
**This is not an airdrop.** Tokens are not scattered to generate attention. They are not handed to exchanges or passive followers. Activation Rewards go to the people who are doing the work of preparing to run the network.\
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Activation Rewards are not the network's primary rewards. They are a one-time recognition program, exclusively for Guardian Node License holders from DIO Season 1. Gratitude to the supporters who showed up first.
Activation Rewards are separate from any ongoing network participation incentives. Ongoing incentives, if available, are subject to separate program terms and are expected to depend on qualifying network participation, technical requirements, network conditions, governance, and applicable law.
#### **How it Works.**
Activation Rewards are calculated by reference to the number of eligible Guardian Node Licenses associated with a qualifying wallet, according to the schedule below.
Licenses
Tokens per License
1–9
10
10–24
25
25–34
50
35–49
80
50–99
90
100–199
100
200–299
125
300–399
150
400–499
175
500~
200
#### How Rewards are Earned.
Activation Rewards begin after mainnet launch. They are earned monthly over 12 months in equal amounts. The total earned is determined by the number of licenses held and the work performed, provided all program rules and eligibility requirements are met.
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Month
Cutoff Date — Rewards Available (17:00 UTC)
Month 1 - Activation Program Kick-Off
June 7, 2026 (start date)
Month 2
July 7, 2026
Month 3
August 6, 2026
Month 4
September 5, 2026
Month 5
October 5, 2026
Month 6
November 4, 2026
Month 7
December 4, 2026
Month 8
January 3, 2027
Month 9
February 2, 2027
Month 10
March 4, 2027
Month 11
April 3, 2027
Month 12
May 3, 2027
#### The Commitment.
Earning is not passive. To remain eligible for subsequent monthly Activation Reward tranches, participants must satisfy the applicable program requirements, including locking at least 70% of previously claimed eligible rewards where required by the program rules. This includes Activation Rewards, node operation rewards, and locking rewards.
This is a deliberate requirement. Every month, participants make an active decision to recommit to the long-term health of the network. It is the digital equivalent of replanting after every harvest. You take what you need. The rest goes back into the soil.
This is how the Techno Satoyama protects itself in its earliest and most fragile stage. The people who earn are the same people who strengthen the foundation. And by building this discipline from month one, the ecosystem trains its participants to think long-term from the very beginning.
#### Why This Structure.
Twelve months of earning, not a single drop. A 70% lock requirement, not a free pass. Because the Techno Satoyama is built on consistent work and consistent commitment, season after season. You earn over time. You recommit over time. The structure reflects the principle.
Every project talks about putting the community first. We are directing funds that many spend on listing fees to committed supporters.
Details are reflected in the Mawari documentation.
前へ。
# Locking Rewards
How Commitment Becomes the Foundation
In the Techno Satoyama, commitment is not a word. It is an action you repeat.
Locking mawari tokens is one of the most direct ways to strengthen the foundation of the Mawari Network. It is work. And starting at mainnet, it opens exclusively to the Guardian Node community.
### Why Guardian Node Holders First.
Every network is fragile at birth. The people who protect it in those earliest days are the ones who determine its trajectory. Guardian Node License holders made their commitment before mainnet existed. They are the first villagers of the Techno Satoyama, and it is their hands that tend it first.
The Locking Program opens to Guardian Node holders at launch. The broader community will gain access later this year, when the network has matured and the foundation is strong enough to support wider participation.
This is the same logic that has governed every stage of the Mawari Network. Japan first, then global. Guardian Node holders first, then everyone. The circle widens as the ecosystem grows. Never before it is ready.
### What Locking Does for The Network.
When a participant locks mawari tokens, they are placing them into the foundation of the network for a defined period. Locked tokens go to work. They strengthen the base on which the entire ecosystem operates.
Locking also activates governance participation. Participants who lock receive increased voting power in the direction of the ecosystem, and the longer the commitment, the more weight that voice carries. The people who commit most deeply to the Techno Satoyama have the greatest say in how it evolves.
### The 70% Principle.
Earning and locking are connected. To unlock the next month’s Activation Rewards, participants must lock a minimum of 70% of all earned rewards. This includes Activation Rewards, Node Operation Rewards, and Locking Rewards.
This is not a penalty. It is the rhythm of the Techno Satoyama. You harvest. You replant. You take what you need and return the rest to the soil. Every month is an active decision to recommit to the long-term health of the network.
This discipline protects the ecosystem in its most vulnerable stage, and it builds the instinct that sustains it for years to come. The strongest networks were built by communities who learned this early.
### Three Tiers. Root, Grove, Canopy.
In a Satoyama, the landscape has layers. The roots anchor everything underground. The grove grows the living canopy above. And the canopy itself shelters and protects the entire ecosystem below.
The Locking Program works the same way. Three tiers, each reflecting a deeper level of commitment.
**Root** → Lock any amount of earned rewards. Your locking power grows daily. This is the foundation. Everyone who locks participates at this level.
**Grove** → Lock 85% or more of all earned rewards. Your locking power grows faster. You are actively cultivating the ecosystem.
**Canopy** → Lock 100% of all earned rewards. Your locking power grows at the highest rate. You are sheltering the network with everything you have earned.
The difference between tiers may seem modest on any given day. It is not modest over time.
### How Locking Power Works.
When you lock mawari tokens, your effective locking power grows daily. This weight determines your share of the available reward pool, and the longer you lock, the larger your proportional share becomes.
Think of it as soil that becomes more fertile the longer it is tended. A participant who locks consistently for months will have a significantly larger locking power than someone who locked the same amount yesterday. Time and consistency are recognized.
The three tiers accelerate this growth. A participant at the Canopy tier sees their locking power grow meaningfully faster than someone at Root. Over the course of a year, the gap compounds. The charts below show what this looks like in practice.
**Example 1: 100 tokens locked at launch.**
A participant locks 100 tokens on day one and holds for a full year. The three curves show how the effective locking power diverges depending on tier.
\[Chart 1: Locking Tiers Single Lock]
At Root, the effective weight reaches approximately 617 after one year. At Grove, approximately 888. At Canopy, approximately 1,276. Same tokens. Same starting point. The difference is the level of commitment.
**Example 2: 100 tokens locked monthly over 12 months.**
A participant locks 100 tokens each month as Activation Rewards are earned, maintaining their tier throughout the year.
\[Chart 2: Locking Tiers Monthly Lock]
The divergence is even more pronounced. Root reaches approximately 3,705. Grove reaches approximately 4,776. Canopy reaches approximately 6,208. Each monthly addition compounds on top of the months before it, and the tier multiplier amplifies every layer.
### Moving Between Tiers.
Tiers are evaluated daily. You move between them based on your locking ratio at any point. If you are at Canopy and your locking ratio drops below 100%, you move to Grove or Root. If you are at Grove and drop below 85%, you return to Root. You can always reclaim a higher tier in any subsequent period by increasing your locking ratio.
This is intentional. The Techno Satoyama does not lock you into a permanent path. It recognizes your commitment day by day, season by season. The ecosystem meets you where you are.
### Why This Matters.
Most projects treat tokens as something to hold or sell. In the Techno Satoyama, tokens are something to put to work. Locking is how you tend the digital landscape. It is how the network distinguishes between those who participate and those who watch.
This work is recognized, and the network allocates rewards to sustain it. At first, those rewards come from a dedicated portion of the community rewards. Over time, as the network matures, the same work will be sustained by the value the network itself generates, the way a healthy ecosystem sustains the infrastructure that supports it. The principle does not change. Rewards follow work. No contribution, no reward.
The Guardian Node community has earned access first. The broader community will join when the time is right.
Details are reflected in the Mawari documentation.
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***Legal Disclaimer***
*Nothing in this document should be read or interpreted as a guarantee or promise of how the mawari token price will increase or decrease, or of how any floor price is determined.*
*All rewards described here are compensation for work performed in support of the Mawari Network. They are not investments, securities, dividends, interest, or passive income, and no reward is earned without the corresponding work. Reward rates, pool sizes, schedules, and program rules may change as the network develops. Participation is at your own discretion. This document is provided for information only and is not financial, legal, or tax advice. Consult your own advisors before participating.*
*These programs are designed to support network operation, onboarding, and security. They are not savings, lending, deposit, staking-as-a-service, or investment programs. Locking mawari tokens does not guarantee any return, income, profit, token price, liquidity, or resale value. Rewards, if any, depend on protocol rules, user actions, network conditions, eligibility, and compliance.*
# In Detail: Guardian Node Rewards & Locking Program
A user guide to claiming, locking, and earning on the Mawari Network.
## Who this guide is for
If you hold a Mawari Guardian Node License, this guide is for you. It walks through the rewards you can earn, how token locking works, and the actions you need to take, and when, to make the most of the program.
#### **At a Glance**
As a Guardian Node License holder you can earn from three programs: **Node Operation Rewards, Activation Rewards,** and **Locking Rewards**. Locking what you earn opens a daily reward pool, and the more you lock, and the longer you keep it locked, the faster your share grows.
**The single number to remember: 70%.** If you have ever claimed Activation Rewards, keep at least 70% of all the mawari tokens you have ever claimed locked. That keeps your monthly Activation Rewards flowing and qualifies you for Locking Rewards.
#### ***Legal Disclaimer***
*Nothing in this document should be read or interpreted as a guarantee or promise of how the mawari token price will increase or decrease, or of how any floor price is determined.*
*All rewards described here are compensation for work performed in support of the Mawari Network. They are not investments, securities, dividends, interest, or passive income, and no reward is earned without the corresponding work. Reward rates, pool sizes, schedules, and program rules may change as the network develops. Participation is at your own discretion. This document is provided for information only and is not financial, legal, or tax advice. Consult your own advisors before participating.*
*These programs are designed to support network operation, onboarding, and security. They are not savings, lending, deposit, staking-as-a-service, or investment programs. Locking mawari tokens does not guarantee any return, income, profit, token price, liquidity, or resale value. Rewards, if any, depend on protocol rules, user actions, network conditions, eligibility, and compliance.*
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## 1. The Reward Programs
As a Guardian Node License holder you may be eligible for rewards from three programs. Each has its own rules, schedule, and eligibility.
Program
What It Is
Schedule
Who is Eligible
Node Operation Rewards
Compensation for operating, or delegating, a compliant Guardian Node. It is paid in two forms:
Early Operator Incentives
(a token allocation per license for reliable operation during the network’s early years) and
Network Monitoring Rewards
(compensation for ongoing network-health monitoring work).
Early Operator Incentives: daily, across the first 3 years of operation. Network Monitoring Rewards: ongoing, once network revenue begins.
All Guardian Node License holders operating a compliant node.
Activation Rewards
A fixed allocation of mawari tokens for early supporters, in recognition of the onboarding work of getting ready to operate. Paid out in 12 monthly portions.
Monthly, across the first 12 months after mainnet.
DIO Season 1 holders only (Season 1 ended December 2025).
Locking Rewards
A daily reward pool shared among everyone holding locked mawari tokens, weighted by locking power.
Daily, ongoing.
Guardian Node holders with locked tokens.
This guide focuses on the two programs that depend on active decisions you make month to month: **Activation Rewards** and **Locking Rewards**. Node Operation Rewards arrive automatically as long as your node meets the network’s uptime and verification standards.
### Node Operation Rewards in brief
**Early Operator Incentives** reward the work of running reliable nodes through the network’s bootstrapping years: a token allocation per license, earned daily by nodes that meet uptime and heartbeat-verification standards, across the first three years.
**Network Monitoring Rewards** compensate operators for the continuing work of monitoring network health and performance. The pool for this work is set at 20% of network revenue and scales as network activity grows. Operators are paid for verified monitoring work, in proportion to their contribution. Neither form is a payout for simply holding a license. Both require an operating, compliant node.
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## 2. Activation Rewards
Activation Rewards are a one-time, time-limited program for DIO Season 1 holders. They are paid in 12 equal monthly portions, but only if you meet the locking requirement each month.
#### **Are You Eligible?**
**Yes,** if you acquired your Guardian Node License during DIO Season 1, which ended in December 2025.
**No,** if you joined after DIO Season 1. You can still earn Node Operation Rewards and Locking Rewards.
#### **How much do you earn?**
Your total Activation Reward is based on the number of Guardian Node Licenses you hold. The more you hold, the higher the reward per license. Your total is then divided into 12 equal monthly portions.
Licenses Held
Tokens per License
1–9
10
10–24
25
25–34
50
35–49
80
50–99
90
100–199
100
200–299
125
300–399
150
400–499
175
500~
200
> **Example 1** If you hold 12 licenses, you fall in the 10–24 band and earn 25 tokens per license. That is 300 tokens in total, distributed as 25 tokens per month across 12 months.
### **The Locking Requirement**
To claim each month’s portion, you must keep at least 70% of all the mawari token you have ever claimed locked on the Mawari Network. Everything you have claimed counts: Activation Rewards, Node Operation Rewards, and Locking Rewards.
> **Example 2** You claim 100 tokens in Month 1. To claim your Month 2 portion, at least 70 of those tokens must still be locked. In Month 2 you claim another 100 tokens (200 claimed in total). To claim Month 3, at least 140 tokens, which is 70% of 200, must be locked.
### The 90-day grace period (Months 1, 2, and 3)
During the first three months you have a 90-day window to catch up, so that no one loses early rewards because of late onboarding. Here is exactly how it works:
* **Claim Months 1, 2, and 3 at any point within the 90-day window**, as long as you meet the 70% locking requirement at the time of each claim.
* **Claims must be made in order.** If you claim Month 1, skip Month 2, then claim Month 3, the Month 2 portion is lost. You cannot go back for it afterward.
After Month 3, the grace period ends. From Month 4 onward, any month you miss is permanently lost, even if you re-qualify later.
> **Important: do not skip months**\
> Even during the grace period, skipping a month forfeits that month’s reward once you claim a later one. Always claim Months 1, 2, and 3 in order, or claim all three before the 90-day window closes.
### What if I miss a month after Month 3?
You keep your place in the program. You can still:
* Claim the remaining future months, as long as you meet the 70% locking requirement at the time.
* Keep earning Locking Rewards on whatever you have locked.
But the specific month you missed is gone. It cannot be claimed later, even if you re-qualify.
### How to claim each month
1. **Check your locked balance.** Confirm at least 70% of everything you have ever claimed is still locked.
2. **Open the claim interface** during the month’s claim window.
3. **Confirm the transaction** from your wallet.
4. **Lock the new tokens (recommended).** Adding them to your locked balance maintains or grows your locking power and keeps you eligible next month.
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## 3. Locking Rewards
Locking Rewards are the heart of the program. Every day, a fixed pool of mawari token is shared among everyone holding locked tokens. Your share depends on your locking power: not just how much you have locked, but how long you have kept it locked, and at what tier.
### How your daily reward is calculated
Each day the system performs a simple proportional split:
| **Your daily reward = Daily pool × ( Your locking power ÷ Total locking power of all participants )** |
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So two things grow your share: increasing your own locking power, and being one of fewer participants in the pool. You only control the first.
### What is locking power?
Locking power is a virtual figure that starts equal to the amount you lock, then grows a little every day. Each day’s growth builds on the day before, so it accumulates faster the longer you stay locked at a higher tier. The daily growth rate depends on which tier you are in.
### The three tiers: Root, Grove, Canopy
In a Satoyama, the landscape has layers. Roots anchor everything below ground. The grove grows the canopy above. The canopy shelters the whole ecosystem below. The Locking Program works the same way: three tiers, each a deeper level of commitment. Your tier is recalculated every day from your locking ratio, which is how much you have locked compared with everything you have ever claimed.\
Tier
Locking Ratio
Daily Growth
What it Means
Root
Above 0%, below 85%
+0.5% per day
The foundation. Any amount of locking puts you at least here. Baseline growth for everyone who locks.
Grove
85% to 99%
+0.6% per day
Most of what you have claimed is locked. Faster growth.
Canopy
Exactly 100%
+0.7% per day
Everything you have ever claimed is locked. The highest growth rate.
Not locking
0%
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Nothing locked. No growth, and no Locking Rewards.
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Tiers are checked daily, not locked in
Your tier is recalculated each day from your current locking ratio. Drop below 100% and you move to Grove on the next cycle. Drop below 85% and you fall to Root. You can climb back at any time by locking more, and the higher growth rate applies again from the next day onward.
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### How tier changes feel in practice
* **Locking more.** Your locked amount rises immediately, and your tier and daily growth update on the next daily cycle.
* **Unlocking.** Your locked amount drops by the unlocked quantity, and you lose the locking power tied to those tokens. Your tier is reassessed on the next cycle.
* **Doing nothing.** Your locked amount stays the same, and your locking power keeps growing daily at your current tier’s rate.
### What the tiers add up to over time
Because locking power grows daily, the gap between tiers widens over time. Two illustrations, both starting from the same tokens:
* **Lock 100 tokens once and hold for a year.** At Root, your locking power reaches roughly 617. At Grove, roughly 888. At Canopy, roughly 1,276.
* **Lock 100 tokens every month for twelve months.** Root reaches roughly 3,705. Grove reaches roughly 4,776. Canopy reaches roughly 6,208. Each month’s locking compounds on the months before, and the tier rate amplifies every layer.
Same tokens, same starting point. The difference is the level of commitment.
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## 4. How it All Fits Together
The simplest way to think about the program: claim, lock, repeat. Here is the cycle most participants will follow.
### The monthly cycle
1. **Day 1 of the month: your Activation Reward becomes claimable** (Season 1 holders only). Before claiming, confirm at least 70% of everything you have ever claimed is still locked.
2. **Claim your Activation Reward.** The new tokens land in your wallet.
3. **Decide how much to lock.** To stay at Canopy, lock 100%. To stay at Grove, lock at least 85%. To stay eligible for next month’s Activation Reward at all, lock at least 70%.
4. Through the month, collect daily Locking Rewards. These accrue automatically from your locking power. Claim them daily, or whenever suits you.
5. Repeat next month. Each claim raises your total-ever-claimed figure, which raises the amount you need locked to hold your ratio above each threshold.
### The participation effect of staying at Canopy
Because locking power grows daily, the gap between tiers grows over time. A participant who stays at Canopy (+0.7% per day) for a year ends with substantially more locking power than one who stays at Root (+0.5% per day) on the same locked amount, and therefore takes a meaningfully larger share of every day’s reward pool.
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## 5. Common scenarios
**These examples show only relative allocation weight, not token returns, dollar value, yield, or expected profit.**
### Scenario A: highest participation
You are a Season 1 holder and want to maximize everything. Each month: claim your Activation Reward, lock 100% of it, and never unlock. You stay at the Canopy tier (+0.7% per day) the entire time, take the largest share of the daily Locking Reward pool, and qualify for every monthly Activation Reward portion.
### Scenario B: partial liquidity
You need some tokens available but still want strong rewards. After each claim, lock 85% and keep 15% free. You stay at the Grove tier (+0.6% per day) and remain eligible for the next Activation Reward. You give up the Canopy rate but keep the Grove boost.
### Scenario C: Activation eligibility only
You want enough locked to keep collecting Activation Rewards, with flexibility otherwise. Lock exactly 70% after each claim. You stay eligible for Activation Rewards and earn Locking Rewards at the Root tier (+0.5% per day), the baseline rate, with more tokens free to use.
### Scenario D: recovering from a missed month
You missed Month 5’s Activation Reward because your locked amount fell below 70% that month. Month 5 is gone for good. To resume from Month 6, lock enough to bring your ratio back above 70% before the Month 6 claim window. You can then claim Months 6 through 12 normally.
### Scenario E: briefly dropping out of Canopy
You unlock 10% of your tokens to handle a personal need, dropping from 100% to 90% locked. The next day you move from Canopy (+0.7%) to Grove (+0.6%). A week later you re-lock those tokens. The day after, you are back at Canopy and resume +0.7% daily growth. No permanent penalty, just the lower rate for the days you were below.
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## 6. Key Terms
**Reward Tokens** — The total of every $mawari token you have earned across all three programs: Node Operation Rewards (Early Operator Incentives and Network Monitoring Rewards), Activation Rewards, and Locking Rewards.
**Claimed tokens** — Reward Tokens you have actively claimed from the network into your wallet. Unclaimed accrued rewards do not count toward your locking ratio.
**Locked tokens** — Claimed tokens you have committed to the Mawari Network. Locked tokens build locking power and qualify you for the Locking Reward pool.
**Locking ratio** — The share of your total-ever-claimed tokens, net of gas fees, that you currently have locked. This is the number that sets your tier each day.
**Locking power** — A virtual figure, starting equal to your locked tokens, that grows by 0.5% / 0.6% / 0.7% per day depending on your tier. Your share of the daily Locking Reward pool is calculated from your locking power, not your raw locked balance.
**Daily participation rate** — The percentage by which your locking power grows each day, set by your current tier (Root, Grove, or Canopy).
**Grace period** — The 90-day window covering Months 1, 2, and 3, during which Activation Reward claims may be made out of order in time, but must still be claimed in sequence (Month 1 before Month 2, and so on).
***
## 7. Frequently Asked Questions
**Q: Do I need to claim Locking Rewards daily?**
A: No. They accrue continuously, and you can claim them whenever you like. They do not grow further until claimed and re-locked, so claiming and re-locking frequently grows your position faster.
**Q: If I miss a daily Locking Reward claim, do I lose it?**
A: No. Your share of each day’s pool accrues to your unclaimed balance and stays there until you claim it. Only Activation Rewards have time-limited claim windows.
**Q: Can I unlock at any time?**
A: Yes. Locked tokens can be unlocked at any time. The trade-off is that unlocking reduces your locked amount, which reduces your share of future Locking Rewards and may move you to a lower tier, or below the 70% Activation Reward threshold.
**Q: What happens if I sell some of my unlocked mawari tokens?**
A: Selling tokens that are not locked does not directly change your tier. What matters is the ratio of currently-locked tokens to your total-ever-claimed amount, and selling unlocked tokens does not change that ratio. But tokens you sell instead of locking are tokens that do not raise your ratio either.
**Q: Why does my total-ever-claimed figure keep rising even when I do not lock?**
A: Because every claim, including Locking Reward claims, adds to it. So the absolute amount you need locked to stay above 70%, 85%, or 100% grows over time. To hold a tier, you generally need to lock new claims as you receive them.
**Q: Can I be in a different tier on different days of the same month?**
A: Yes. Tiers are evaluated daily. If you start the month at Canopy, unlock partway through, and re-lock at the end, you will see different daily growth rates applied across those days, and your final locking power will reflect the blend.
**Q: What counts toward the 70% Activation Rewards threshold: Reward Tokens earned, or only those claimed?**
A: Claimed tokens. The threshold is measured against the total you have actively claimed into your wallet, net of gas fees. Unclaimed accrued rewards do not yet count.
**Q: I joined after Season 1. Am I shut out of the program?**
A: Not at all. You are not eligible for Activation Rewards, but you can fully participate in Node Operation Rewards and Locking Rewards, at all three tiers (Root, Grove, Canopy), based on how you lock.
***
## 8. Quick Reference
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Key thresholds
70% locked: minimum to claim each month’s Activation Reward (Season 1 holders only).
85% locked: lifts you to the Grove tier (+0.6% daily locking power).
100% locked: required for the Canopy tier (+0.7% daily locking power).
Any amount locked: puts you at the Root tier (+0.5% daily locking power) and into the daily Locking Reward pool.
Activation Rewards: 12 monthly portions, DIO Season 1 holders only (Season 1 ended December 2025).
90-day grace period: covers Months 1, 2, and 3. Claim them in order; skipping a month and claiming a later one forfeits the skipped month.
After Month 3: any missed month is permanently lost, though you can continue with later months as long as you stay at 70% locked.
Locking Rewards: daily, ongoing, with no expiry on unclaimed balances.
Early Operator Incentives: daily, across the first 3 years of network operation.
Network Monitoring Rewards: ongoing, beginning once network revenue begins.
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Additional details can be found in the Mawari documentation.
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***Legal Disclaimer***
*Nothing in this document should be read or interpreted as a guarantee or promise of how the mawari token price will increase or decrease, or of how any floor price is determined.*
*All rewards described here are compensation for work performed in support of the Mawari Network. They are not investments, securities, dividends, interest, or passive income, and no reward is earned without the corresponding work. Reward rates, pool sizes, schedules, and program rules may change as the network develops. Participation is at your own discretion. This document is provided for information only and is not financial, legal, or tax advice. Consult your own advisors before participating.*
*These programs are designed to support network operation, onboarding, and security. They are not savings, lending, deposit, staking-as-a-service, or investment programs. Locking mawari tokens does not guarantee any return, income, profit, token price, liquidity, or resale value. Rewards, if any, depend on protocol rules, user actions, network conditions, eligibility, and compliance.*
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# Run Your Nodes
To activate your Guardian Node license and start earning rewards, you have two options — choose the one that best fits your situation.
### Option 1: Assign to an Ecosystem Partner
Assign your licenses to a trusted Mawari Network ecosystem partner, such as [**Depin.Tokyo**](https://depin.tokyo), and let them handle everything.
**How it works:**
* You assign (delegate) your staked licenses to the partner's node infrastructure.
* The partner operates and maintains the compute on your behalf — no hardware, no setup, no maintenance required from you.
* **All rewards are distributed directly to your holder wallet.** The partner never holds or controls your rewards.
**Best for:** Holders who want a hands-off experience with zero technical setup.
[👉 How to Assign Your Licenses to a Partner](/mawari-economy/run-your-nodes/assigning-your-licenses-to-an-ecosystem-partner)
***
### Option 2: Run Your Own Node (Self-Hosted)
Run a Guardian Node on your own hardware. You provide the device, complete the setup, and keep it running.
**How it works:**
* You allocate your own hardware (a modest computer or server is enough - Guardian Nodes are CPU-based and lightweight).
* You install Docker, start the node, and assign your staked licenses to it.
* You are responsible for keeping the node online and maintained.
* Rewards are distributed directly to your holder wallet.
**Best for:** Guardian Holders comfortable with basic technical setup who want full control over their node.
[👉 How to Run Your Own Guardian Node](/mawari-economy/run-your-nodes/run-your-own-guardian-node)
***
### Which Option Should I Choose?
| | Assign to Partner | Run Your Own |
| --------------- | ----------------------- | ----------------------- |
| Hardware needed | None | Your own device |
| Technical setup | None | Basic (Docker) |
| Maintenance | Handled by partner | You |
| Rewards | Directly to your wallet | Directly to your wallet |
Whichever path you choose, your licenses remain yours, and rewards always flow directly to your holder wallet.
# Assigning Your Licenses to an Ecosystem Partner
Assigning your licenses to a Mawari Network ecosystem partner is the simplest way to put your Guardian Node to work. The partner runs the node infrastructure; you simply delegate your license to them.
**What you'll do (high level):**
1. Decide how many licenses of your portfolio you want to assign
2. Follow partner instruction on how to assign the License to their infrastructure
3. The partner's infrastructure accepts the assignment and begins operating on your behalf. Then you can check the Assignment status on Guardian Node Console at (tab Assign Operator)
**What you get:**
* No hardware, setup, or maintenance required.
* The partner is responsible for keeping the node online and performing.
* **All rewards are sent directly to your holder wallet** — the partner never touches your rewards.
### Supported Partners
| Partner | Status |
| -------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| [**Depin.Tokyo**](https://depin.tokyo) | **Available** |
| More partners | Coming soon |
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Only assign your licenses to officially listed ecosystem partners. Always verify partner node addresses through official Mawari Network channels before assigning.
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# Run Your Own Guardian Node
This guide walks you through setting up and running a Guardian Node on your own hardware. The whole process takes about 15 minutes or less.
### Before You Start
Make sure you have:
* ✅ **Docker installed** on your machine (Step 2 below shows you how)
* ✅ **Be a holder of at least one license** to be able to assign to your node address(device/server)
***
### Step 1 — Check System Requirements
Guardian Nodes are lightweight. Most modern computers can run one.
| Requirement | Minimum |
| ----------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
| **OS** | Windows 10+, macOS 10.15+, or Linux (Ubuntu 20.04+) |
| **Docker** | Docker 20.10+ |
| **Memory** | 2 GB RAM minimum, 4 GB recommended |
| **Storage** | 5 GB free disk space |
| **Network** | Stable internet with outbound HTTPS access |
***
### Step 2 — Install Docker
If you don't already have Docker installed, download it here:
* **Windows / macOS:** [Docker Desktop](https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop/)
* **Linux:** [Docker Engine](https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/)
To confirm Docker is installed and running, open a terminal and run:
bash
```bash
docker --version
```
***
### Step 3 — Start Your Node
Run the command below in your terminal. Replace `` with the wallet address that holds your staked licenses.
bash
```bash
docker run -d \
--name mawari-node \
--restart unless-stopped \
-v mawari-data:/home/node/.mawari-node \
-e DELEGATOR_ALLOWLIST= \
us-east4-docker.pkg.dev/mawari-chain-prod/mawari-client/guardian-node:0.3.2
```
The node automatically generates its own wallet (a "burner wallet") on first run. This is your **node address** — you'll need it in the next step.
To find your node address, run:
bash
```bash
docker logs mawari-node 2>&1 | grep "Burner wallet"
```
***
### Step 4 — Fund Your Node & Create an Assignment Offer
Copy your **node address(burner wallet)** from the logs in Step 3, then complete these two actions:
1. **Fund the node:** ideally send **0.1 $MAWARI** token to your node address, or at least 0.05 $MAWARI. This covers gas fees on the network.
2. **Create an Assignment Offer:** Go to the **Assign Operator tab** and create an Assignment Offer from your license to your node address.
That's it — the node will **automatically accept** the assignment offer and start submitting heartbeats once the assignment is active. No further action is needed. This might take a few minutes.
***
### Step 5 — Monitor Your Node
Useful commands for day-to-day operation:
bash
```bash
# View live logs
docker logs -f mawari-node
# Check that the node is running
docker ps | grep mawari
# Stop the node
docker stop mawari-node
# Restart the node
docker start mawari-node
```
A healthy node will show regular heartbeat activity in the logs.
***
### Important Notes
* Your node's burner wallet needs **$MAWARI** to pay gas fees on the L3 network. If it runs out, heartbeats will stop — keep it topped up.
* The node only auto-accepts assignment offers from addresses listed in **`DELEGATOR_ALLOWLIST`.** Make sure you set this to your holder wallet in Step 3.
***
### Troubleshooting
**My node stopped working after an internet outage or DNS issue**
If your connection dropped, the container may still be running but unable to reach the network. Check the logs first to see what's happening:
```bash
docker logs -f mawari-node
```
If you see repeated connection or DNS errors even after your internet is back, force a clean reconnect by restarting the container:
```bash
docker restart mawari-node
```
Then re-check the logs to confirm it reconnects without errors (press `Ctrl+C` to stop following the logs).
**My node didn't come back after my device restarted**
Your node runs with `--restart unless-stopped`, so Docker should bring it back automatically after a reboot, but only if the Docker service itself is set to start on boot. If your node is missing from `docker ps` after a restart, start it manually:
```bash
docker start mawari-node
```
If you have to do this after every reboot, make sure Docker starts automatically:
* **Linux:** `sudo systemctl enable docker`
* **Docker Desktop (macOS / Windows):** enable *Start Docker Desktop when you sign in* under **Settings → General**
**I need to fully restart or update my node**
Use this if a simple restart doesn't fix the issue, or to move to the latest client image (current version: `0.3.2`). Stop and remove the existing container, then re-create it:
bash
```bash
docker stop mawari-node
docker rm mawari-node
docker run -d \
--name mawari-node \
--restart unless-stopped \
-v mawari-data:/home/node/.mawari-node \
-e DELEGATOR_ALLOWLIST=XXXXXXXXXX \
us-east4-docker.pkg.dev/mawari-chain-prod/mawari-client/guardian-node:0.3.2
```
Replace `XXXXXXXXXX` with your holder wallet address.
Your node data, including its burner wallet, is stored in the `mawari-data` volume, so removing and re-creating the **container** is safe and keeps the same node identity. So do not delete `mawari-data` volume.
Finally, watch the logs to confirm the node comes up healthy:
```bash
docker logs -f mawari-node
```
**The node isn't appearing in `docker ps`**
```bash
docker logs mawari-node
```
Run the command above to check for errors, then restart it:
```shellscript
docker start mawari-node
```
**I can't find my node address (burner wallet address)**
Re-run the log command from Step 3:
```shellscript
docker logs mawari-node 2>&1 | grep "Burner wallet"
```
**My assignment isn't being accepted**
Confirm that: 1. the Assignment Offer was created to the correct node address, 2. your holder wallet is set in `DELEGATOR_ALLOWLIST`, and 3. the node's burner wallet has $MAWARI for gas.
*Prefer a hands-off setup instead? See* [*Assign Your Licenses to an Ecosystem Partner.*](/mawari-economy/run-your-nodes/assigning-your-licenses-to-an-ecosystem-partner)
# Channels
Mawari Network official website and socials
Website: [https://mawari.net ](https://mawari.net)
Blog: [https://blog.mawari.net](https://blog.mawari.net/)
X:
Discord:
Telegram:
Linkedin:
Japanese Blog: [https://jp.mawari.net ](https://jp.mawari.net/)
Japanese X Account:
# Mawari Guides
# Mawari Members Portal Onboarding Guide
Watch the onboarding walkthrough to create your Mawari email account and complete KYC:
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# Locking Guide
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# Run Your Node Guide
This video guide provides a step-by-step walkthrough for running your Guardian Node License on your own computer.
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