Open Curu24 opened 11 months ago
Agree with the Proposal goals, but don't think the solution is to reduce the limit set. This action can in fact increase concentration if the outgoing validators are the individuals.
Agree with the Proposal goals, but don't think the solution is to reduce the limit set. This action can in fact increase concentration if the outgoing validators are the individuals.
my reasoning is this - if you reduce the number of slots, than a healthy competition can arise, but now there's simply too many slots for the 17 individual entities to fill. so it's natural the redundant slots will be taken by duplicates.
Proposal Due Date
29/09/2023
Proposal Overview
Blockchain networks are built upon the principles of decentralization, immutability, and security. One crucial element of decentralization in proof-of-stake (PoS) and delegated proof-of-stake (DPoS) blockchain networks is the active validator set. This proposal addresses the issue of insufficient number of individual entities engaged in validation of the SORA blockchain, leading to a less-than-optimal active validator set, and aims to ensure a more distributed and secure ecosystem.
Proposal Goals
The goal of this proposal is to mitigate various risks and challenges associated with insufficiently decentralized validator set in the SORA blockchain. Here is a list of some of the key risks for the SORA community associated with a lack of decentralization in the validator set:
Scope of Work
Reducing the number of validators in the active set.
Current Roadblocks and Barriers to Success
Lack of individual entities engaged in validation on the SORA blockchain. Current active set with 51 slots has the following composition:
Ehrab - 8 slots - 15.7% Avatar - 7 slots - 13.7% Dozenodes - 6 slots - 11.8% Validog - 6 slots - 11.8% Madrafrec - 5 slots - 9.8% <Unknown/System validators> - 4 slots - 7.8% Parliament - 3 slots - 5.9% Curu - 2 slots - 3.9% Cocote Node - 2 slots - 3.9% Xor Degens - 1 slot - 2% Polkadotters - 1 slot - 2% Ringround - 1 slot - 2% Dominodes - 1 slot - 2% F33ro - 1 slot - 2% Kairos01 - 1 slot - 2% Web3-Space - 1 slot - 2% Monoceros - 1 slot - 2%
Waiting list composition: Validog - 5 nodes Dozenodes - 3 nodes <Unknown/Council> - 3 nodes Madrafrec - 2 nodes
From the numbers above is clear that just the first 4 entities own more than half of the network, which should be very alarming. There are also no new entities in the waiting list right now.
Evaluation Metrics and Criteria
I suggest to bring the active set slots down from 51 to 36 until enough individual entities appear in the waiting list.
Submission Requirements
Bring down the number of active slots either to suggested above or to a number chosen in community discussion.
Submission Method
Blockchain: Mainnet
Project Due Date
02/10/2023
Budget Amount
No response