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Slot Reduction Proposal

Current

  • Slots for internal validators 100 (49% voting power)
  • 20 internal validators (5 nodes per shard = 20 nodes total)
    • 5 slots per node = 25 slots per shard = 100 total
Harmony
External
Signing Slots
100
900
Voting
49%
51%

Plan

  • Slots for internal validators 48 (26% voting power)
  • X internal validators
    • Y slots per node = 12 slots per shard = 48 total
Harmony
External
Signing Slots
48
952
Voting
26%
74%

Introduction

Harmony commits to decentralizing the network. Currently, the candidates for the internal validators are the 20 internal validators ran by Harmony internal team.