The people have spoken! It was a massively contentious vote, but people have spoken with their nodes, and the long-term referrals have been clearly voted against. With just over 50% of the node votes voting against maintaining long-term referrals, they will be removed in the next major update in January.
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The fourth vote will not be taking place, as there is no point in looking into the long-term referral depth if there are no long term referrals.
Therefore, the following governance votes over the past week have been presented to the nodes and will be implemented:
— Nodes will receive one point for every six hours of operation, rather than one point for six hours of operation regardless of how many hours they contribute.
— There will be a one-time referral bonus of 10 points (this is not a change)
— The long-term referral bonus will be removed
This is an important step in the development of the Gala Games Node Ecosystem. Keep watching for future votes!