I can't wait for the Alpha. I hope it's next week. Will it be open to everyone?
Alpha this week?
Definitely not this week, take a look here:
so who can participate in the alpha ? stake holders or absolutely everyone ?
Current plan:
Phase 0: core devs
Phase 1: core team
Phase 2: absolutely everyone
No idea how long one phase lasts. It will depend on how well things work and on how much data devs want to collect.
unfortunately, we're not even at phase 0 yet. We're trying to workout PoI stuff - good news it's integrated, but needs some polishing.
Also there is some work needed on NIS - NCC link.