Validators

Le réseau des validateurs

Validator set

Osage Network is a sovereign L1/L2 chain in the Lux consensus family. The validator set at mainnet launch is composed of eleven nodes, geographically distributed across three jurisdictions, operated by Osage Group, the Osage Foundation, independent academic operators, and standing-partnership infrastructure.

Consensus and security

• Family. The chain implements the Lux consensus family with the strict end-to-end post-quantum profile enabled by default (HIP-0077 LUX_STRICT_E2E_PQ).
• Hash suite. SHA3-256 / SHAKE256 throughout; no BLAKE3, no legacy SHA-2.
• Signatures. ML-DSA-65 (FIPS 204) for all on-chain authentication. ML-DSA-87 for high-value paths. SLH-DSA recovery primitives held by validators.
• Key exchange. ML-KEM-768 P2P handshake (ML-KEM-1024 for validator-to-validator).
• Finality. Pulsar-M-65 threshold finality witness.

Operating discipline

• Standing key custody in Hanzo KMS (kms.osage.id); plaintext signing keys do not exist anywhere on the network.
• Quarterly key rotation; independent audit annually.
• Validator slashing for double-sign, unavailability, and protocol-rule violations; published slashing-event ledger.
• Operating-companies prohibited from running both validator and bridge nodes on the same address — separation enforced at registration.

Becoming a validator

The validator set is closed at mainnet launch and is expanded by invitation as the chain accrues throughput. Standing prospective operators — tribal nations, academic institutions, partner-family offices — may register their interest at [email protected].

Public dashboards

• Block explorer: explorer.osage.network (mainnet) · explorer.test.osage.network (testnet)
• Validator metrics published quarterly in the Foundation’s annual report.
• Documentation: docs.osage.network

Engagement

Validator operations: [email protected]. Security disclosures: /security.