[Documentation] V0 Knowledge Transfers

[jessicadaugherty]

Objective

Disseminate V0 knowledge to the broader protocol team.

Origin Document

Knowledge Transfer Requests

Goal

• Document key V0 functionality to present to the team and reference that covers:
  • Forcing Tendermint into specific states
  • Triaging corrupted DBs
  • Persistence Replacement Review to date
  • Misc. Node Running FAQs
    • The claim and proof lifecycle
    • Pocket’s profiling mode endpoint (e.g. given chain ID → get # of nodes stacked)
    • How hostname resolution works with Geomesh

Deliverable

• Provide an example PR of how to force Tendermint into a specific state
• Instructions on determining if/how the db is corrupted
• An overview of block size experiments that have been started
• A step-by-step of how persistence replacement was reviewed
• Workshop/Document on Node Running FAQs
  • Claim/Proof lifecycle presentation
  • How to use the profiling mode endpoints
  • Example(s) of how hostname resolution works with Geomesh
• Attach all the above deliverables to this issue

Non-goals / Non-deliverables

• Formally documenting in code

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Creator: @jessicadaugherty

[jessicadaugherty]

Presentations: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1t-t0n7uMyvx-wBraDWBKVRLh532ZfD-c

[oten91]

• Provide an example PR of how to force Tendermint into a specific state:
  • https://github.com/pokt-network/tendermint/tree/directToRound
• Instructions on determining if/how the db is corrupted
  • https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1swFg6pzJSKXz9JnWkoQx5NegPnzuDWHnS4s25t7djt8/edit?usp=share_link
• A step-by-step of how persistence replacement was reviewed
  • https://www.notion.so/pocketnetwork/Release-0-9-3-Guide-dfaf1d7182134cf0aa3b6f92ba1fdcd3
• Workshop/Document on Node Running FAQs
  • https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ftD1B_HTah1rzcO2yOqVZLsPtmIKKWunoAm7WvDpFPQ/edit?usp=share_link
  • https://www.notion.so/pocketnetwork/Debug-mode-Tips-cd678a46c33244b5860f2b177561f859
  • https://www.notion.so/pocketnetwork/Node-Knowledge-Dissemination-f30dec375b384699a151b5095a9dfddc#0612ddac28754d1a94693eafaee00565

[oten91]

• An overview of block size experiments that have been started
  • No specific experiments carried out yet, feature was tested for the 0.9.0 release.

[oten91]

@jessicadaugherty let me know if you need anything else