Ocean Protocol nodes are maturing, and this is a very good thing for the market. What do you think, will phase 2 be as successful as phase 1?

Anyone else keeping an eye on Ocean Nodes and the upcoming Phase 2 launch? Phase 1 wrapped up in July, and it’s crazy to think they already hit 1.7M+ nodes worldwide. That stage was all about testing uptime, stability, and whether the network could scale. Honestly, the community crushed it, and the reward distribution was way higher than most expected.

Now we’re in that awkward “in-between” stage before Phase 2 officially starts. September was mentioned as the target, but it’s not active yet — right now they’re running GPU benchmark tests on select nodes. The idea is to stress test setups with small compute jobs before opening things up to everyone. That’s smart in my opinion, because the next step is way more demanding.

Phase 2 isn’t just about uptime anymore. It’s shifting toward real GPU-powered compute: training AI models, fine-tuning, multi-stage workflows, basically jobs that matter in the real world. Rewards will change too, moving to a performance-based model where stronger nodes and more useful work equals better payouts. On top of that, they’re adding new dashboards, monitoring tools, and node configurability to make everything clearer and more flexible.

I like the direction because it feels like Ocean is moving from “proof of concept” to actual infrastructure. Big tech isn’t the only one who should own compute power. If Ocean pulls this off, it’s basically a community-driven AI cloud. We just have to be a little patient while they finish testing.

What do you all think — is the wait worth it? Or do you worry that delays could slow down adoption?