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@ -39,15 +39,15 @@ Downgrade warning
### Downgrade to a version < 0.14.0.3
Downgrading to a version smaller than 0.14.0.3 is not supported anymore due to
Downgrading to a version older than 0.14.0.3 is no longer supported due to
changes in the "evodb" database format. If you need to use an older version,
you have to perform a reindex or re-sync the whole chain.
you must either reindex or re-sync the whole chain.
### Downgrade of masternodes to < 0.16
Starting with this release, masternodes will verify protocol versions of other
masternodes. This will cause PoSe punishment/banning of out of date masternodes,
so it is not recommended to downgrade masternodes.
Starting with this release, masternodes will verify the protocol version of other
masternodes. This will result in PoSe punishment/banning for outdated masternodes,
so downgrading is not recommended.
Notable changes
===============
@ -60,12 +60,12 @@ formation of masternodes and was voted in by the network. The resulting allocati
will split all non-proposal block rewards 40% toward miners and 60% toward
masternodes in the end-state once the transition period is complete.
The reallocation will take place gradually over 4.5 years with a total of 18
reallocation periods between the start and end-state to avoid market volatility
and transition toward the new allocation with minimal network disruption.
The reallocation will take place over 4.5 years with a total of 18 reallocation
periods between the start and end state. The transition is being made gradually
to avoid market volatility and minimize network disruption.
Note that this is a hardfork which must be activated by miners. To do this they
should start creating blocks signalling bit 5 in `version` field of the block header.
should start creating blocks signalling bit 5 in the `version` field of the block header.
### Reallocation periods
@ -100,36 +100,36 @@ Dynamic Activation Thresholds
-----------------------------
In Dash we have used lower thresholds (80% vs 95% in BTC) to activate upgrades
via a BIP9-like mechanism for quite some time. While it's preferable to have as much
of the network hashrate to signal update readiness as possible, this can result in
of the network hashrate signal update readiness as possible, this can result in
quite lengthy upgrades if one large non-upgraded entity stalls
all progress. Simply lowering thresholds even further can result in network
upgrades being too fast which can potentially cause some chaos. This version
upgrades occurring too quickly and potentially introducing network instability. This version
implements BIP9-like dynamic activation thresholds which drop from some initial
level to a minimally acceptable one over time at an increasing rate. This provides
a safe non-blocking way of activating proposals.
This mechanism applies to the Block Reward Reallocation proposal mentioned above
for which the threshold will begin at an 80% level and decay down to 60% over the
course of 10 periods.
This mechanism applies to the Block Reward Reallocation proposal mentioned above.
Its initial threshold is 80% and it will decrease to a minimum of 60% over the
course of 10 periods. Each period is 4032 blocks (approximately one week).
Concentrated Recovery
---------------------
In the current system, signature shares are propagated to all LLMQ members
until one of them has collected enough shares to recover the signature. Until
this recovered signature is propagated in the LLMQ, all members will keep
propagating shares and verifying each one. This causes significant load on the
LLMQ, resulting in decreased throughput, which will be avoided with the new system.
until one of them has collected enough shares to recover the signature. All
members keep propagating and verifying each share until this recovered signature
is propagated in the LLMQ. This causes significant load on the LLMQ and results
in decreased throughput.
This new system initially sends all shares to a single deterministically selected node,
so that this node can recover the signature and propagate the recovered signature.
This way only the recovered signature needs to be propagated and verified by all
members. Each member, after sending their share to this node, waits for some
members. After sending their share to this node, each member waits for a
timeout and then sends their share to another deterministically selected member.
This process is repeated until a recovered signature is finally created and propagated.
This timeout begins at two seconds and increases exponentially up to ten seconds
(ie. `2,4,8,10,10`) for each node that times out. This is in order to minimize the time
taken to generate a signature in the case that the recovery node is down, while also
(i.e. `2,4,8,10,10`) for each node that times out. This is to minimize the time
taken to generate a signature if the recovery node is down, while also
minimizing the traffic generated when the network is under stress.
The new system is activated with the newly added `SPORK_21_QUORUM_ALL_CONNECTED`
@ -138,14 +138,14 @@ Recovery for every LLMQ and `1` excludes `400_60` and `400_85` quorums.
Increased number of masternode connections
------------------------------------------
To implement "Concentrated Recovery", it is now required that all members of a LLMQ
connect to all other members of the same LLMQ. This significantly increases general
connection count for masternodes. These intra-quorum connections are less resource
demanding than normal p2p connections as they only exchange LLMQ/masternode related
messages, but the hardware and network requirements will still be higher than before.
To implement "Concentrated Recovery", it is now necessary for all members of a LLMQ
to connect to all other members of the same LLMQ. This significantly increases the general
connection count for masternodes. Although these intra-quorum connections are less resource
intensive than normal p2p connections (as they only exchange LLMQ/masternode related
messages), masternode hardware and network requirements will still be higher than before.
This change will at first only be activated for the smaller LLMQs (50 members) and
then may later be activated for larger quorums (400 members).
Initially this change will only be activated for the smaller LLMQs (50 members).
Eventually it may be activated for larger quorums (400 members).
This is also controlled via `SPORK_21_QUORUM_ALL_CONNECTED`.