# Validators & Nodes

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## [About the Validators & Nodes category](https://www.9forum.org/t/about-the-validators-nodes-category/23)

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**Author:** [@daviddo](https://www.9forum.org/u/daviddo)\
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**Last updated:** [September 21, 2026, 11:57am UTC](https://www.9forum.org/t/about-the-validators-nodes-category/23 "2026-09-21T11:57:06Z")

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For people who run the network: setting up nodes, keeping them healthy, and helping each other when something breaks.

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## [Start here: running a node, and asking about one](https://www.9forum.org/t/start-here-running-a-node-and-asking-about-one/47)

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**Author:** [@daviddo](https://www.9forum.org/u/daviddo)\
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**Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 7:49am UTC](https://www.9forum.org/t/start-here-running-a-node-and-asking-about-one/47 "2026-09-23T07:49:30Z")

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This space is for the people who keep the network running, whether you operate one node or many. Post here Setup and upgrade experience: what you did, on what hardware, what happened. Monitoring, alerting and recovery…