PoC of PoS

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Node/Runtime

• [x] Add Babe and NPoS pallets to runtime and remove Aura
• [x] Update node for Babe and NPoS
• [x] Remove Aura stuff from pallet_admin_utils
• [ ] Update chain specs
  • [x] Localnet
  • [ ] Testnet
  • [ ] Finney
• [x] Producing blocks!
• [ ] Ensure bag thresholds are correct
• [x] Implement era_payout
• [ ] Check all new runtime apis implemented correctly
• [ ] Look into Treasury pallet or similar to collect Slashes, RewardRemainder, etc
• [x] Look into ensuring chilling/slashing works correctly
  • Validators going offline should not cause chain lag!
• [ ] Generate pallet weights

Parameters

• [ ] Check EPOCH_DURATION_IN_SLOTS value
• [ ] Decide on SessionsPerEra
• [ ] Decide on BondingDuration
• [x] Decide on REWARD_CURVE (and where to take the reward from)
  • Discussed with Pineal team that we will start small (3%) and a large stake from OTF (or other trusted party) and then increase only if we need to to attract a more diverse validator set
• [ ] Decide on MaxNominators

Auxiliary

• [ ] Look into running the Staking Miner
• [x] Look into NPoS UI options
  • Best option seems to be https://staking.polkadot.cloud/
• [ ] Decide if we want Nomination Pools
• [ ] Lazy enabling of freezes for subnet validator stakes (to allow using it for node validators)
• [x] Figure out swap from Aura to Babe without stopping the chain (or if we just do decentralised NPoS Aura)
  • Safest way is re-genesis, Const is in support
  • https://github.com/paritytech/substrate/issues/7458

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Runtime is not crashing anymore!

Next steps:

• Fix consensus (not producing blocks)
• Figure out swap from Aura to Babe without stopping the chain

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Mining blocks now!