Monthly Validator Recap - October '23

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Nov 01, 2023

Welcome to our monthly recap for Gnosis Chain validators. Through this recap, we aim to keep our validator community updated on a monthly basis regarding the latest developments and updates on Gnosis Chain.

Gnosis Chain Liveness Post Mortem

On Oct 19th, 2023 around 02:24:25 UTC Gnosis Chain block producers suffered a network-wide block production issue that caused nodes to produce blocks with an invalid state root. Every node in the network (including the producer itself) rejected the blocks. As a consequence, the network did not see any new blocks for a period of multiple epochs until the error self-corrected. A total of 4 incidents happened on the same day. The incident resulted in a temporary loss of liveness. There was no loss of funds, nor slashings, nor long re-orgs to full nodes.

Read the post mortem report written by Dapplion

Nethermind v1.21.1 Release

The hotfix release is a recommended update for all operators. The update addresses the invalid block production issue reported on October 19, 2023.

Update now!

Reducing Block Gas Limit

We address the continued NFT spam on Gnosis Chain 21, which burdens the NFT indexer and nodes. To prevent this, we propose reducing the block gas limit from 30 million to 17 million. This reduction aims to deter spam while ensuring smooth execution of legitimate transactions, given the usual network usage sits at 10% block capacity.

We invite validators to consider this proposal, offering a guide on setting the new parameter. A >50% consensus is needed to amend the default gas limit, promoting a sustainable network.

Erigon: --miner.gaslimit 17000000
Nethermind: --Blocks.TargetBlockGasLimit 17000000

Gnosis Validator Meetup #10

If you missed the validator meetup last week ~ the call was published on YouTube this week.

Awesome Staking Resources

The Awesome Gnosis Chain Staking Resource is a one stop shop for validating on Gnosis Chain! If you're curious on how to get started or you're a veteran node runner, there's something for everyone. This is a living document that will stay up-to-date.

Gnosis Chain Validator Bounty

Complete a Gnosis Chain bounty to earn GNO. Bounties are non-technical and cover a range of topics that community members can complete by producing content. Click the Twitter thread to learn more.

Ongoing works

Redesign and adding deposit claim UI deposit.gnosischain.com
GnosisVIP 2024 Roadmap
New health dashboard

Monthly Statistics

More than +17K validators joined the network this month.

In parallel with the increasing number of validators the staked GNO continues to rise.

Join us for the next GnosisDAO Community Call on Thursday November 9th , 2023 at 3PM UTC / 5PM CET on the GnosisDAO Twitter Spaces.

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