Foundation - pre Ingolstadt

overview at the conclusion of the herrenberg release within the south era (the second of xandeum's planned six innovation phases), xandeum has made significant progress in enhancing its storage layer and network capabilities the deep south era concluded with the rapid sale of 300 incentivized devnet pnodes , fully integrating the community into node development and operations this was followed by a dutch auction which added 50 pnodes to boost operational numbers deep south finished with the xandminer tool being introduced in freiburg, enhanced to streamline pnode management, with munich delivering the first fully operational pnode prototype by the end of herrenberg phase (v0 4), xandeum advanced its storage and network capabilities with the introduction of gossip protocols, prpc, and analytics, enabling real time insights this enhances storage handling , and smart contract integration via xandeum web3 js; gossip protocol for peer discovery, metadata exchange, and decentralized health ; expanded on chain prototype supporting read/write/delete and basic search capabilities erasure coding/reconstructability for redundancy, fault tolerance , and efficient data reassembly ; enhanced monitoring with real time metrics , logging, and diagnostics for optimal pnode performance key achievements pre herrenberg scalable, tamper proof pnode storage implemented erasure coding, enabling exabyte scale capacity with blockchain grade security and low latency data handling efficient data offloading from solana validators addressed critical aspects of the blockchain storage trilemma scalability, smart contract native integration, and random access supported high performance web3 operations with minimal overhead on chain storage prototype expanded to support complex operations including read/write/delete and basic search functionality for stored data, enabling more sophisticated storage enabled dapps (sedapps) pnode prpc interface pnodes are equipped with a modified pnode remote procedure call (prpc) interface for seamless interaction with solana’s blockchain this enables efficient handling of storage requests and integration with smart contracts via xandeum web3 js erasure coding and reconstructability integration of erasure coding for data redundancy and fault tolerance , along with reconstructability , allows data to be reassembled efficiently even in cases of node failures enhanced pnode management via xandminer web gui delivered real time monitoring , streamlined updates, and simplified administration for optimal uptime basic pnode analytics via pod monitor provided insights into storage efficiency, network health, data distribution, and redundancy , ensuring reliable operation enhanced monitoring tools for real time pnode monitoring, performance metrics , logging, and diagnostics to help operators maintain optimal node performance gossip protocol allowing pnodes to discover each other, exchange metadata, share status updates , and maintain network health in a decentralized manner this ensures reliable data access and coordination across the network community & ecosystem engagement the herrenberg release showcased enhanced real time operations of pnodes , leveraging new features for a more robust, globally distributed, community operated infrastructure these advancements enhance the key prototype sedapps decentralized file sharing platforms ai governance applications these examples highlighted the platform’s potential for data intensive applications , ranging from social platforms to research hubs , and illustrated how the xandeum ecosystem could support high performance, web3 native services with improved scalability and integration the project has also transitioned rewards governance to the xandeum dao on october 30, 2025, after season 4, empowering $xand holders to vote on future allocations and parameters, fostering a community driven approach summary by the end of the herrenberg release, xandeum had established a robust foundation for scalable storage on solana, enhanced with erasure coding for data redundancy and fault tolerance operational, community driven pnodes with advanced features, including rpc interfaces for blockchain interaction and gossip protocols for peer discovery and network coordination tools for developer and operator engagement , including enhanced monitoring, analytics, real time performance metrics, logging, and diagnostics prototype dapps showcasing the potential for complex, high performance web3 applications , now supporting read/write/delete operations and basic search functionality seamless smart contract integration via xandeum web3 js, enabling efficient storage request handling reconstructability features allowing efficient data reassembly even in cases of node failures this pre ingolstadt foundation set the stage for next generation features such as pnode performance metrics, credits based rewards, and enhanced dao governance , forming the basis of xandeum’s ingolstadt release and future innovation phases xandeum has exabyte scale capacity and random access the ecosystem supports decentralized validators (vnodes), storage providers (pnodes), and liquid staking (xandsol), with ongoing incentives for participation the $xand token enables governance through the dao, and with mainnet approaching in late 2025, xandeum is ready to enable next generation web3 applications in ai, defi, and beyond