Title: Telos Block Producer Minimum Requirements
Authors: J.T. Buice, Mark Cohen, Azad Halim, Jim Hewitt, Douglas Horn, Jerry Huff, Josep Rosich, Syed Mushabbar Sadiq, Sukesh, Adam Zientarski
Adoption: Adopted by Telos Launch Group 2018-10-09
Voting: 2018-10-09 Yes - 25, No - 0, Abstain - 0
Amendment: Amended by Telos Launch Group 2018-12-06
Voting: 2018-12-06 Yes - 33, No - 0, Abstain - 1
The intent of this document is to clarify the minimum requirements for Block Producer’s to participate in the Telos Blockchain Network (herein referred to as the “TBN”). There are multiple phases of participation, with each level having more stringent requirements than the previous - this is intended to address the growing requirements of the network over time.
The specifications stated herein are subject to revision, as well as when the network will move from stage to stage - as determined by a vote of ⅔ + 1 of the current Block Producers at the time of the proposed revisions.
Regardless of their level of participation, to participate in the TBN at any phase - Block Producer candidates are required to provide, and abide by the following:
a. Candidate Name
b. Candidate Website URL
c. Candidate country of registration for registered entity or residence of primary owner if not a registered entity as 2-letter ISO country coded.
d. Candidate server location(s)
i. Location name
ii. Country as 2-letter country code
iii. latitude
iv. Longitude
a. Name
b. email address
c. phone number - in a non-public, password protected, repository commonly accessible to any of the 51 paid Block Producers and Standbys.
Disclosure of each beneficial owner of block producer entity along with percentage of ownership. [enforced by smart contract]
Disclosure of accepted third-party identification verification service and identification hash for each beneficial owner (* to be implemented).
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Sync with an approved NTP server at least once per 24 hours.
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Adoption of account blacklist maintained by the Elected Arbitrators.
a. P2P endpoint
b. HTTP API endpoint
c. HTTPS API endpoint
a. Testnet Node
i. Minimum RAM (per node): 8GB
ii. Minimum Disk (per node): 100GB
iii. A minimum of 1,200,000 blocks (approximately 7 days) of synched and registered operation of a Telos testnet block production node.
iv. Ongoing operation of a synched, registered, and publicly accessible Telos testnet block production node within 500,000 blocks (approximately 70 hours).
v. A maximum total of 1,000,000 blocks of Telos testnet non-operational time within the most recent 5,000,000 blocks (approximately 29 days). Enforcement of which commences at Telos mainnet block height 5,000,000.
b. Producing Node
i. Minimum RAM (per node): 16GB
ii. Minimum Disk (per node): 100GB
iii. Firewall: Active
iv. Plugins: chain, producer.
c. Full Node
i. Minimum RAM (per node): 16GB
ii. Minimum Disk (per node): 100GB
iii. Firewall: Active
iv. Plugins: chain, chain_api
a. P2P endpoint
b. HTTP API endpoint
c. HTTPS API endpoint
a. Testnet Node
i. Minimum RAM (per node): =/> current set ram + 2GB
ii. Minimum Disk (per node): 150GB
iii. Firewall: Active
iv. A minimum of 1,200,000 blocks (approximately 7 days) of synched and registered operation of a Telos testnet block production node.
v. Ongoing operation of a synched, registered, and publicly accessible Telos testnet block production node within 500,000 blocks (approximately 70 hours).
vi. A maximum total of 1,000,000 blocks of Telos testnet non-operational time within the most recent 5,000,000 blocks (approximately 29 days).
b. Staging Net Node
i. Minimum RAM (per node): =/> current set ram + 2GB
ii. Minimum Disk (per node): 150GB
iii. Firewall: Active
iv. Operation of a synched, registered, and operational staging net block producer node for a period of at least 150,000 blocks (approximately 21 hours) during the most recent staging net deployment. Any period of time that a block producer’s node is unregistered or otherwise disabled or removed as the direct result of a staging net test operation shall contribute to this minimum requirement period.
c. Producing Node
i. Minimum RAM (per node): =/> current set ram + 2GB
ii. Minimum Disk (per node): 150GB
iii. Firewall: Active
iv. Plugins: chain, producer
d. Full Node
i. Minimum RAM (per node): =/> current set ram + 2GB
ii. Minimum Disk (per node): 150GB
iii. Firewall: Active
iv. Plugins: chain, chain_api
v. SSL Proxy
a. P2P endpoint
b. HTTP API endpoint
c. HTTPS API endpoint
a. Testnet Node
i. Minimum RAM (per node): =/> current set ram + 2GB
ii. Minimum Disk (per node): 300GB
iii. Firewall: Active
iv. A minimum of 1,200,000 blocks (approximately 7 days) of synched and registered operation of a Telos testnet block production node.
v. Ongoing operation of a synched, registered, and publicly accessible Telos testnet block production node within 500,000 blocks (approximately 70 hours).
vi. A maximum total of 1,000,000 blocks of Telos testnet non-operational time within the most recent 5,000,000 blocks (approximately 29 days).
b. Staging Net Node
i. Minimum RAM (per node): =/> current set ram + 2GB
ii. Minimum Disk (per node): 300GB
iii. Firewall: Active
iv. Operation of a synched, registered, and operational staging net block producer node for a period of at least 150,000 blocks (approximately 21 hours) during the most recent staging net deployment. Any period of time that a block producer’s node is unregistered or otherwise disabled or removed as the direct result of a staging net test operation shall contribute to this minimum requirement period.
c. Producing Node
i. Minimum RAM (per node): =/> current set ram + 2GB
ii. Minimum Disk (per node): 300GB
iii. Firewall: Active
iv. Plugins: chain, producer
d. Full Node
i. Minimum RAM (per node): =/> current set ram + 2GB
ii. Minimum Disk (per node): 300GB
iii. Firewall: Active
iv. Plugins: chain, chain_api
v. SSL Proxy
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