Q：Any plans to integrate with Axelar Network?
it's not in the pre-launch plan, but sounds like it's something solved first from the community. anyone can create a gno vm blockchain (it is free software).
Q：After vetoing in prop82, will there be a second snapshot for the airdrop?
No plans for it, but maybe in a testnet we can conduct a survey to ask if a second snapshot is wanted from the existing token holders.
Q：Community related question Is Discord the sole official communication platform?
The current official tools are Discord (general chat), GitHub (dev chat) Twitter (announcements, debates).
Later we'll have official on-chain communication tools too. But we'll probably always keep this Discord (or setup an IRC server) for fast discussions without wallet transactions.
Q：What will be the official name of the coin, gno or gnot?
The current plan is (may change):
Main native token: gnot or ugnot. Future shares token: gnosh.
Q：How many validators will gno.land have?
Originally we thought we'd have 334 members, some of those validators, perhaps 100. Recently we've been discussing an open membership system with tiers.
The top tier will be a completely flat and equal. At the bottom tier are new recruits. If people are morally and technically (in the general sense) competent and aligned, and have contributed to the system, then they should be allowed to join, right?
We don't know yet how many members or validators we will have. Likely, all validators will be members persons or member entities. We will most likely have 100 or less validators -- all validators will be equal weight, and so our nakamoto coefficient would be high. We do want reasonably fast block times (6 sec sounds about right) and moderate overhead.
IMO the difference between hub validators and gno.land validators is that the former is scaling out ICS (each validator runs many chains), whereas gno.land is owned primarily by member individuals (not entities, though they are also represented), and should aim to be validated by them too.
Q： When interacting with Gnoland we need to create a user name on user contract, my question is like "system/names" or "/r/demo/users" will one of these contracts that is built be a domain name services to identify all users on gnoland space?
A：manfred
It's possible to interact with Gnoland without registering a username. Some contracts and some features can be restricted to username owners.
The plan is to use system/names to reserve namespaces for users or teams, like a GitHub handle. This contract will be simple because the blockchain will call it when someone tries to add a new package. Contract developers can decide to import/depend on "system/names" in their contracts. Note: the registration may be more limited/verified/slower than other contracts to prevent spam and impersonation.
Everything contained in "r/demo/" is just a demo or a proposal. It may become an official tool at some point, but it will be a community choice.
"r/demo/users" was the first example of a name service. One of the main goals was to demonstrate how easy it is from another contract (i.e., "r/demo/boards") to integrate a name service. IMO, it makes sense to extend r/demo/boards to provide a global name service.
Allowing other Gno chains to use it will require that: IBC2 is finished and allows to synchronize of data or to use of another synchronization mechanism. That the other chains decide to use this user database
Q：Bitcoin checkpointing to reduce bonding time. aka Babylon chain?
BLS multisig from gno.land validators (which will be equal in weight) to checkpoint onto Bitcoin sounds useful, though I'm not sure how much. When there is a reason to consult the Bitcoin chain committed info, there is probably more to consider from a political point of view, and/or, there was a major bug. Just because something got committed to the Bitcoin chain doesn't mean it's right. So, this isn't something we'll consider for a while. The name though. Reminds me of MolochDao.
Q：Can i build a custom blockchain with Gno?
We're updating the license to make Gno free software. -> https://github.com/gnolang/gno/pull/397
Once merged, anyone, can build anything on Gno while respecting the license.
Q：what is the best way a normie can prepare to get eligibility for the airdrop?
Is there anything I can do now to prepare to earn $GNOSH tokens in the future?
The best way to earn tokens is by contributing.
The best moment to start is certainly during Game of Realms event. There will be various official missions for non-developers.
With Proof-of-Contributions, consider that in general, the best ways to make a notable contribution that rewards is to participate to an open bounty, or to propose a new contribution.
Q：
Is the airdrop calculator floating around the true amount? Will CEXes be pulled out?
It is a work in progress. The amount may change slightly, it is a work in progress.
There may also be issues that are causing wildly incorrect figures.
Please check
https://github.com/gnolang/independence-day
and inspect the source to see if there are any questions or issues.
Q：
Are you going to create something like school for not devs. For people who would like to start using your smart-contract platform but don't have a skill for it.
I love this idea! It could be the next evolution of the current community-based tutorials. It may also be an excellent way to reward content-writer, teachers (and participants?) with Proof-of-Contribution rewards.