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59 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Adhering to size limit of a block

We do track weight during block creation/block import, but weight only cares about execution time and with 2D weights also about storage proof size. We do keep track of size in propose here but only ...
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Why has finalization stopped?

So I have a validator_count of 2, and 1 as minimum_validator_count. My validator is always online. I had my friend make another validator, had it enter the active validator set, and then join in as a ...
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How does primary slots and secondary vrf slots work?

I am struggling to understand some behaviour on a custom 7 validators solochain. Currently using babe with a 1/4 primary slots probability, the block time is 20 sec, and we have ...
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Difficulty Storing Consensus-Derived Value in Storage: Observing Value in Pallet Log but Not in Storage

I'm trying to store a value obtained from the consensus, specifically sc_consensus_babe::fn import_block. While I can observe the value in the pallet through the log, it doesn't seem to be stored in ...
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How to assign some number to the miners in POW substrate chain?

I'm working with POW substrate chain and I want to assign some number to the miners according to the work they have done earlier. Is it possible? If yes can we fetch those numbers during the block ...
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Are justifications of finalized block canonical?

Justifications are external to the signed part of the Substrate block, meaning they change after block is produced initially. However, I'm wondering if there is any assumption in Substrate (or ...
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How I use Database Snapshot Services correct

I want use Database Snapshot Services, because making genesis to last block takes too much time.... so I used POLKACHU site, the code is. " curl -o - -L https://snapshots.polkachu.com/snapshots/...
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No rewards to block authors for validating transactions in a PoA chain

1- I've built a custom chain with unified accounts that uses PoA as its consensus, but there's no addition to the validator's balance on the confirmation of a transaction even though I've set in my ...
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How to implement a POC for a new consensus algorithm in substrate?

I am currently working on a substrate project that uses the PoA consensus algorithm. I would like to implement a POC for a new consensus algorithm. I have some experience with substrate but I'm new to ...
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Validator node dropping peers after producing a block followed by a reorg

We are seeing some strange behaviour with some (not all) of our validator nodes. We are using the standard BABE / GRANDPA pallets. When it is their turn to produce a block, they produce the block, but ...
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Retrieving all validator accounts with the Go Substrate RPC Client

My goal is to get a list of the stash account addresses of all validators using the golang substrate client. Context My approach so far is to take inspiration from the polkadotjs application and other ...
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How to add validators node on running chain in pow substrate chain with grandpa?

I'm working on pow substrate chain with grandpa. How can i add the grandpa validators in the running chain?
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The necessity of bitfields in Polkadot, and potential replacement with threshold signatures

My question is related to the usage of bitfields in data availability system, described in https://spec.polkadot.network/chapter-anv. Polkadot uses bitfields to know if a relay-chain block is stored ...
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Parachain doesn't produce blocks(collation wasn't advertised to any validator)

I'm currently engaged with the Polkadot relay chain version 1.1.0, and I've encountered an issue in the parachain where block production is not occurring. My configuration involves two validators in ...
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Proof-of-Work Substrate Chain with Multiple Validators

I'm working on a Proof-of-Work (POW) substrate chain. Assuming we have four validators, all of which have enabled on-chain workers (OCW), is it accurate to state that each validator's OCW fetches data ...

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