SEQUENCER INSTRUCTIONS1. Purchase the node and wait until it is deployed (online)
2. Wait until the node is fully synced. It might take up to few hours. You will see block-number and proof in the dashboard after the sync. 
If you don't see block number and proof this means that your node is not yet synced, please wait patiently.3. Go to Aztec official discord channel: 
operators | start-here4. Type in /operator start
5. Put in your EVM address, block-number and proof from your node dashboard
6. If everything is correct you will get an Apprentice role
7. Wait a few days. Your node should appear in explorer: 
https://aztec.nethermind.io/Please note that it might take a few days for node to appear in the explorer! Also, if your node is not found, please kindly check official Aztec discord for any updates before contacting us as 
the whole network might be down(this happened a few times already) therefore most of the nodes are undiscoverable.
8. Go to upgrade-role channel and use /checkip command to claim Guardian role. IP address is available on the right side in Node Data section. 
Please note that YOU WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE UNTIL THE SNAPSHOT IS MADE! Snapshot is usually made once in 1-2 weeks by Aztec team, you can read more details in their official discord. Criteria for Guardian role is not disclosed publicly and we don't know will you be eligible or not during next snapshot. The amount of distributed roles is usually less than amount of participants, so even if your node is working fine YOU ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO GET THE ROLE. Try again every day until the role is claimed. If your node shows healthy logs and block number is updating then you just have to wait, there is nothing else we can do to speed up this process.
9. You can optionally use telegram bot @azteccheck_bot to track your node. Please note that it might be delayed and it only shows uptime since last restart, so that if it shows uptime 24 hours but your node is launched one week ago it is normal.
VALIDATOR INSTRUCTIONS
Please only proceed if you purchased the Validator (higher-spec) tier. We do not recommend you to use low-spec tier for the next steps.
Step 1: Register validator
 1. Import wallet provided on node page into wallet like Metamask
3. Connect your wallet
4. Following instruction on the site pass KYC with ZKPassport
Step 2: Check validator
After completion of the first step you should wait for Aztec team to process the request.
After this - your node will be in active validator set and you can monitor its performance. Please note that queue is managed by Aztec team and we can not speed up or guarantee that you will be accepted.
If you got Slashed and your node status is 
Exited: fill the form again and wait until Aztec team will add you to active set: 
https://tally.so/r/mVWM7vPlease note that there are 21000+ validators in the network currently and only 48 are selected to participate in active epoch. According to official information you will participate in 1 epoch in 6-7 days on average (although not guaranteed, this is fully random).