This latest article is about something prediction market builders usually feel before they can explain it.

Markets that converge too early. Liquidity that shows up too clean. Prices that move before reality does.

This piece looks at how Sybils and cheap identities quietly bend prediction markets, why decentralization alone doesn’t fix it, and what changes when participation maps to people instead of accounts.

Read here: https://blog.humanode.io/what-prediction-market-builders-are-missing-about-sybils/

🎉 Congratulations to the winners of the first Humanode AI Generated Video contest! 🎉

We were all excited about the quality of many of the videos that were submitted, and especially about how you all did an excellent job in trying to convey our core message.

The whole contest gave us ideas for further utilization of video content, and gave us more learning into how to better do contests in the future. But as of now, the community has spoken, and here are the winners of the contest.

🥇1st Place: https://x.com/EMMANUELEJIRO11/status/1994763023706460588
🥈 2nd Place: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RL7_hixUtY
🥉 3rd Place: https://x.com/Tr01618/status/1998858853849641106?s=20

The following videos, along with those selected to be shared on our social media, will receive a special reward from the Humanode Core Team for their excellence.

▶️ https://x.com/rockrocketzzz/status/2000896394564132874
▶️ https://x.com/sheisidara/status/2001016622367256767
▶️ https://x.com/lonerogue8/status/1999802368557224245
▶️ https://x.com/viccweb3/status/2001059285409690081

We will be contacting the winners and sending their well-deserved rewards.

We live in a world where laws and systems often only matter when they serve the powerful. And we think it’s time to build something better.

A world where success isn’t measured only by money or power - but by ideas, collaboration, and helping others bring their visions to life.

A world of true decentralization: a shared “ledger of truth” owned by everyone, not dominated by big money, old power, or industrial miners.

A world where governance belongs to the people - direct participation, or delegation to experts you trust, not distant politicians or corporations.

A world where finance is a public good, not a weapon of inequality. Systems built for the 99% - where participation and uniqueness matter.

As we enter the new year, let’s continue to engage, build trust, and develop systems that serve the many - not just the few.

We’re looking forward to keep on building this future together with you.

We blinked… and the world aged another year.
While the holidays passed, Proto-Vortex leveled up - nearing full functionality and real testing.

Can’t share everything yet, but exciting updates are coming.

In the meantime, here is where you can find the detailed progress of proto-Vortex: https://blog.humanode.io/proto-vortex-update-jan-5/

Proto-Vortex reminder

Each day, Proto-Vortex continues to show us how ideas move from early thoughts into structured decisions. As the process unfolds, it is worth taking a moment to remind everyone how proposals flow and where we currently stand.

At the moment, there are two proposals in the Deliberation Ready phase, and one proposal has already passed. This is exactly what this proof-of-concept phase is meant to surface: real proposals, real discussion, and real learning.

For anyone new, or for those thinking about submitting a proposal, the process follows three simple phases.

The flow is simple:

Draft → Deliberation Ready → Voting Ready

• Draft is for early feedback. Feel the room. Test the idea.
• Deliberation Ready is where governors engage, question, and challenge.
• Voting Ready is the soft-lock. Voting happens. ⅔ approval passes.

If a proposal doesn’t pass, that’s not failure. It freezes until the context meaningfully changes. No spam. No reruns. Learn, refine, come back stronger.

You can browse existing proposals, see how they evolved, and use them as references for your own. That’s part of the process.

Proto-Vortex is ongoing, and proposals can be submitted at any time. All draft proposals are currently created and discussed in the ⁠proto-vortex-rules channel on Discord.
We’re genuinely happy to see proposals already moving through deliberation, and we expect more to come.

Small heads-up: Proto-Vortex will eventually move from Discord to the Vortex website. Discord is the proving ground. The website is where this is headed.

In the meantime, the system is working.
Ideas are flowing. Proposals are live. Happy proposing.

Vortex Demo | Github repo | Feedback

Fireside Friday 🔥

We’re starting the year with something simple but really significant: a look at what’s ahead.

This Friday, Dato and Victor will walk through the Humanode roadmap for 2026. A deep dive into what the team’s building, what’s changing, and what the priorities are this year.

If you're wondering where things are headed, what’s on the horizon, or why certain decisions are being made, this is where we talk about it.

🗓️ Friday, Jan 16
🕑 2PM UTC
📍 Live on Humanode socials

Bring your questions. We’ll see you there. 

Proto-Vortex moved from “does this work?” to “how does this actually work in practice.”

The second dev log focuses on tightening the proposal flow, clarifying the phases, and documenting how Proto-Vortex is being adjusted as a live governance experiment rather than a finished system.

If you’re following Vortex closely, you can find the detailed progress since the first dev log here:
https://blog.humanode.io/proto-vortex-update-jan-14/

Humanode 2025 Recap is live.
More humans, fewer shadows.

Read: https://blog.humanode.io/humanode-2025-recap/

Reminder: Humanode Fireside tomorrow 🔥

Dato and Victor will be going over the Humanode 2026 roadmap: what’s planned, what’s changing, and why.

If you’ve been wondering where things are headed this year or want to understand the direction more clearly, this is the time to tune in and ask.

🗓️ Friday, Jan 16
🕑 2PM UTC
📍 Live on Humanode socials

We’ll see you there.

We spent 2025 turning “one human = one node = one vote” from an idea into infrastructure.

This video is the overview. The blog has the full story.

UPD: Fireside will be in our Discord - Radio Channel https://discord.gg/humanode-819836895739248700?event=1461712695647670536

AI safety debates keep asking the wrong question.

Instead of:
“What should AI be allowed to do?”

Ask:
“Who is responsible when AI is used this way?”

Just published a deep dive on why anonymity breaks accountability and how we fix it without neutering AI.

Read it here: https://x.com/humanode_io/status/2013246032797442059

Fireside Friday 🔥

This week, we’re joined by Rich Robinson, Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Animoca Brands, known for building some of the most recognizable digital asset platforms in Web3, like The Sandbox, Moca Network, and Open Campus.

They’ve backed over 600 Web3 projects and helped shape what digital ownership looks like from user-owned worlds to institutional-grade assets.

Rich has spent decades building and mentoring in Asia’s startup scene, and somehow also found time for stand-up comedy, cycling across Africa, and writing children’s books.

We’ll talk about what it means to build for humans in a world of digital ownership, assets, and AI and whatever else comes up when you put Humanode and Animoca in the same room.

Dato and Victor will be hosting.

🗓️ Friday, Jan 23
🕘 9:00 AM UTC
📍 Live on Humanode socials

Community Call Announcement : Launch of Proto Vortex

Dear Humanode Community,

This Friday, we’re hosting a community call to begin something we’ve been working toward for a long time: the launch of Proto Vortex.

At the heart of it is the idea of the Humanode Charter: a shared foundation for what this network stands for and how it grows. We’ll be discussing the values, principles, and responsibilities that can guide Humanode as it enters its next stage.

This is a call to everyone who’s been part of this journey so far, and to those just joining in, to help shape the core of what we’re building together.

The whole Humanode team will be there, ready to share, to listen, and to work through it alongside the community.

If you are a human node (Humanode validator), this will be the opportunity to learn about how Humanode governance will be launched, and how you will play a role.

🗓️ Friday, Jan 23
🕓 2:00 PM UTC
📍 Humanode Discord

We’re looking forward to it. See you there.