jl777's and Supernet assistance as the highest HEAT stakeholder and major forger have been indispensable in clearing up the early phases of the network. Any "priviliged" forging for a few hours that's technically required from one or a few large forgers to keep the network in order, needs to be limited in attendance otherwise it misses the purpose of stabilizing a fork and harms the project's progress by scattering the blockchain to numerous instances. Bold theoretical principles of equality and fairness can be speculated but unfortunately there's no middle ground there for any practical purposes. Testnet testing and ample preparation time for sizable maneuvers are impossible due to time restricted circumstances.
If required, I'll personally cover the costs of any such rewards being re-distributed to the stakeholders or community when appropriate.
I'm not asking you or anyone else to cover the costs of this episode. Or burn, or donate, etc.
I'm asking you to do better in the future. This approach to new releases is abysmal. Perhaps the circumstances dictated this procedure for now, but you
must come up with a better procedure and tools.
"Bold theoretical principles of equality and fairness". What a sloppy statement. You know people don't take kindly to ninja-mining in this space, right? Nothing theoretical about it, the PoS system performs quite well at choosing a forger by lottery.