Biomapper servers update and reset

Dear human nodes,

We have an important announcement to share with you regarding the Biomapper on the Humanode chain. There will be a reset to the servers for Biometric AI upgrades + Confidential Virtual Machine improvements sometime between 10:00 UTC to 18:30 UTC on Wednesday, December 6th, 2023.

For those who are participating in LP Staking, this update means that you will need to go through bioauthentication again to ensure that you continue to earn staking rewards.

One thing to note is that this server update will not affect BotBasher verification, nor will it affect the Mainnet BioAuthentication for validators. The update and server reset for BotBasher will happen on Friday (Dec 8), and if you are a validator, the reset happened on Thursday, November 30th, 2023 (so if you have not re-authenticated you should do so ASAP).

We understand that this reset is very time-sensitive, and we will make a quick announcement before the reset is initiated so that everyone is ready to re-authenticate as soon as possible, so you will not miss out on rewards.

Here’s a guideline for you to stay synced and ready:
i. Wait for the official announcement from the engineering team.
ii. Shortly before the reset, the engineering team will notify you when they start working on the reset and will keep you updated as the process goes on.
iii. Once the reset is completed, there will be an announcement so that you can start the authentication immediately.
iv. Please remember that you will need a small amount of eHMND (5 HMND) in order to Bioauthenticate.

We are happy to share with you that the fee for Biomapping has been reduced to 5 HMND from 20 HMND and that this upgrade brings a qualitative improvement to the face scan process. For those of us who were just too unique and had to “re-scan” our faces a few times just to get it right, look forward to a much higher chance of getting it scanned on the first try!

Thank you for your cooperation!