# Sovrin Announces MainNet’s ‘Likely Shutdown’

**URL:** <https://bgin.discourse.group/t/sovrin-announces-mainnet-s-likely-shutdown/572>\
**Category:** IAM, Key Management & Privacy (IKP)\
**Created:** [October 24, 2024, 5:46am UTC](https://bgin.discourse.group/t/sovrin-announces-mainnet-s-likely-shutdown/572 "2024-10-24T05:46:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![nat](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/bgin.discourse.group/nat/32/12_2.png) [@nat](https://bgin.discourse.group/u/nat)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2024, 5:46am UTC](https://bgin.discourse.group/t/sovrin-announces-mainnet-s-likely-shutdown/572/1 "2024-10-24T05:46:16Z")

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Quote: “Without an incentive to keep operating nodes, eventually the network would break down”

> **[‘The Community Moved On’: Sovrin Announces MainNet’s ‘Likely Shutdown’](https://idtechwire.com/the-community-moved-on-sovrin-announces-mainnets-likely-shutdown/)**
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> The Sovrin Foundation has announced that after seven years, it is now preparing for "the likely shutdown" of its platform by March 31, 2025 "or sooner".

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**Author:** ![leonmol](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/cdc98d/32.png) [@leonmol](https://bgin.discourse.group/u/leonmol)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2025, 10:56am UTC](https://bgin.discourse.group/t/sovrin-announces-mainnet-s-likely-shutdown/572/2 "2025-01-14T10:56:41Z")

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Hey @nat  
That is really interesting.  
In particular, the article mentions these reasons:

- A decline in the use of its MainNet.
- Regulatory uncertainty with respect to decentralized identity.
- Strained resources as various technical issues had to be resolved.
- Limited involvement from the Steward community.

And finally, as you say:  
Hughes also pointed out the importance of incentives in decentralized systems. “Without an incentive to keep operating nodes, eventually the network would break down,” he observed.

This just proves the point that maintaining an ecosystem business model is not easy and economic aspects are often underestimated/ignored by the collective.

This is exactly the topics we (want to) discuss at FASE !

Leon