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Set backing group size to 3

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2 years ago
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The backing group size on Kusama (and Polkadot) has been set to 5 (configuration->activeConfig->maxValidatorsPerCore). This proposal is aiming at reducing the group size to 3. Currently, when a parachain produces a block, it requires 2 out of 5 backing validators to verify and sign it in order to back it and move forward. With 2-of-3, we'd guarantee that backing quorum is a group supermajority, so there're not two competing 2/5 backed candidates. And one extra validator is allowed to be slow. Smaller backing groups should also contribute to distributing the load of approval-checking more evenly. There's a small risk, however, that with slow/unresponsive validators, parachain slots might be skipped more often with 2/3 instead of 2/5. This should not be an issue in practice since validator groups rotate every minute.

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2 years ago

ChaosDAO would like to provide the following feedback from our community. We offer this feedback voluntarily in the spirit of OpenGov, in order to help teams improve their proposals so we can all build the network together.

  1. Members acknowledged the risk but also metioned this is what Kusama is made for

  2. Members spoke highly of their experiences with the proposer

ChaosDAO votes as a collective based on the results of our anonymous internal voting procedures. Our members are not required provide any feedback about why they have voted in a particular direction. Similarly, to respect our members' right to anonymity, we will not be sharing names of individuals who have chosen to voluntarily provide feedback.

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