# Balancer Shortage Risk Early in the life of the protocol there may be a shortage of Balancers who compete to earn tips. To offset this risk, the Mimicry Foundation and several key partners will run Balancer nodes. Dockerized source code for running a balancer node will be open source and made available to anyone who wishes to compete for tips. --- # 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.mimicry.org/whitepaper/risks-and-mitigations/balancer-shortage-risk.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.