Update docs for LedgerView #514
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| @@ -435,10 +436,27 @@ instance (PBftCrypto c, SimpleBlockCrypto c') | |||
| => ProtocolLedgerView (SimpleBlock (ExtNodeConfig (PBftLedgerView c) (PBft c)) c') where | |||
| protocolLedgerView (EncNodeConfig _ pbftParams) _ls = pbftParams | |||
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| -- | Praos needs a ledger that can give it the "active stake distribution" | |||
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| -- TODO: Currently out mock ledger does not do this, and just assumes that all | |||
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| -- TODO: Currently out mock ledger does not do this, and just assumes that all | |
| -- TODO: Currently our mock ledger does not do this, and just assumes that all |
| @@ -435,10 +436,27 @@ instance (PBftCrypto c, SimpleBlockCrypto c') | |||
| => ProtocolLedgerView (SimpleBlock (ExtNodeConfig (PBftLedgerView c) (PBft c)) c') where | |||
| protocolLedgerView (EncNodeConfig _ pbftParams) _ls = pbftParams | |||
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| -- | Praos needs a ledger that can give it the "active stake distribution" | |||
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I'm wondering whether we can find a better term than "active stake distribution". We already have "active stake" for all the stake that is delegated to pools. Also, it sounds to me like it was something very current, when indeed it's a snapshot from some time ago. I expect we will use the term we define now quite a lot, so a little bit of productive bike shedding on the name now should be fine.
Maybe "relevant stake distribution"? "epoch stake distribution"?
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"Relevant" works for me :)
| -- for some bespoke version of the blockchain we may wish to use a committee | ||
| -- instead of a decentralized blockchain). Having sampling decisions in the | ||
| -- ledger layer rather than the consensus layer means that these decisions can | ||
| -- be made without modifying the consensus algorithm. |
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I very much like this, it opens a lot of possibilities. For example, once we have multicurrency and side chains, it's thinkable that we'll want to have some side chains use another currency to determine stake. That's much easier to do if it's an isolated thing in the ledger.
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