# Introduction {% hint style="warning" %} The Overwatch Node documentation is under construction. Stay tuned for more information! {% endhint %} Overwatch Nodes are trusted and staked participants in the Hypertensor blockchain that evaluate subnets to influence their emissions weights. Overwatch Nodes currently perform 3 main tasks: ## Verify Decentralization * Ensures subnets have public and live bootnodes * Each subnet must have publicly available bootnodes online for both registered or activated subnet nodes, and for Overwatch Nodes * Ensures subnets are utilizing proof-of-stake * Overwatch Nodes will ensure subnets are PoS by verifying that randomly generated keys cannot get into the subnet. ## Consensus Accuracy Overwatch Nodes will verify that nodes in consensus on-chain are authenticated in the subnet. For example, if a subnet claims 1,000 nodes are in consensus on-chain and receiving weights and rewards, Overwatch Nodes will verify those nodes are present in the subnet by requesting communication with them. ## Benchmark Subnets Coming soon! #### What else can Overwatch Nodes do? * Check and verify a subnet's GitHub and activity * Verify a subnet template version --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.hypertensor.org/overwatch-nodes/introduction.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.