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quan8 edited this page Jan 6, 2022 · 2 revisions

Validator

Validator role

Validator has exactly one role in DAG aBFT Lachesis consensus - it creates and signs DAG vertices (events). Check out consensus algorithm.

Aside consensus algorithm, validator and delegators can also vote in the governance contract.

Validator group

When a epoch starts, validators group for the epoch are decided and their stakes are fixed for the entire epoch. After an epoch gets sealed, a new validators group will be calculated based on the validators list given at the end of the sealed epoch.

Learn more about Epochs.

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