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Last month, we introduced the Flashbots architecture for Polygon through mev-bor. However, some validators expressed concerns over directly switching…
Last month, we introduced the Flashbots architecture fo
Receivers in the Marlin network are nodes which use Gateways to receive blocks and transactions from the clusters in the network. They in turn give tickets to the clusters they first receive data from which is used by the protocol to determine the best performing clusters and thus reward them appropriately. At the moment, this design is vulnerable to sybil attacks as theoretically clusters can reward themselves tickets by running phantom receivers without any additional expense.
The introduction of receiver staking solves this issue by making it costly for any malicious cluster operator to run such virtual receivers. As receivers are not rewarded monetarily for staking POND, there’s an opportunity cost to staking POND as receivers to be able to send themselves tickets for no real work versus delegating that POND towards their cluster and genuinely propagating data as per the protocol’s rules. Since clusters that send data are chosen randomly for every epoch, the uncertainty and reduced probability of being chosen (by not delegating the excess POND to their cluster) makes it especially irrational to cheat.
Economics of staking as receivers
The crypto-economics behind staking as receivers is fairly simple.
Are cluster operators required to do anything?
No. Any client changes or registration are solely restricted to receivers. Cluster operators can however expect a few changes going forward.
Receivers will be required to perform two primary activities:
Contract details:
Stake Manager: 0xf90490186F370f324DEF2871F077668455f65253
Reward Delegators: 0xfB1F3fFa0d9819Da45D4E91967D46fAF025aa1c3
Cluster Registry: 0x1f3Fe1E2a752cF6732C8be849a424482639EffC9
Cluster Rewards: 0xc2033B3Ea8C226461ac7408BA948806F09148788
Bridge: 0x7cf89b836d1c647ef31a5eeb152b7addcf002a08
Receiver Staking: 0x298222e9f54396e70EE1EB2FB58aad4e7Da1f878
Step 1: Set up a postgres db
Step 2: Set up abci-geth (https://github.com/marlinprotocol/abci-geth)
Step 3: Create env file using the below example as a template
ARBITRUM_RPC_KEY="https://<RPC URL>" SIGNER_PRIVATE_KEY="< Signer Private Key > # Recevier Database Config RECEIVER_DATABASE_HOST="localhost" RECEIVER_DATABASE_USER="postgres" RECEIVER_DATABASE_PASSPWORD="postgres" RECEIVER_DATABASE_NAME="receiver" RECEIVER_DATABASE_PORT="5432" RECEIVER_DATABASE_MAX_CONNECTIONS=5 # Replace it with name if required NETWORK_ID="0xaaaebeba3810b1e6b70781f14b2d72c1cb89c0b2b320c43bb67ff79f562f5ff4" #SUBGRAPH SUBGRAPH_URL="https://api.thegraph.com/subgraphs/name/marlinprotocol/staking" # How to run the job RUN_JOB_AFTER_MILLISECOND=120000 IF_FAILED_RETRY_AFTER=120000 # Runtime optional configuration GAS_PRICE_INCREMENT="110" # this means gas price will increase by 10% if unmined transaction is found, default = 110 MAX_EPOCHS_PER_TRANSACTION_TO_SUBMIT=96 # default=96 MAX_GAS_LIMIT="1000000" # default=1000000 MAX_OBJECTS_PER_SUBGRAPH_QUERY=999 # default=999
Step 4: Run `sudo marlinctl gateway eth --bootstrap-addr 34.96.107.116:8002 --spamcheck-addr <abci-geth-ip>:8545 --env /path/to/.env` to set up an updated eth gateway with ticket submission integrated
Before proceeding forward, please keep in mind that:
Step 1: Connecting your wallet
Go to the receiver staking portal, connect your wallet and switch to the Arbitrum network.
Step 2: Getting ready to stake
After connecting your wallet, click on the ‘Stake’ button. Ensure that you have POND in the connected wallet.
Step 3: Staking POND and setting the signer address
Enter the amount of POND you wish to stake to the receiver address. After approving the transaction, enter the signer address and confirm the transaction. The signer address is the address used by the receiver to give tickets to the cluster and can be found in the receiver client.
Upon confirmation of the transaction, the staked POND will appear in the ‘Queued’ section. After the epoch is over, the POND would move to the ‘Staked’ section. Hovering over the ‘alert’ icon would display the remaining time for the epoch. Each epoch is 15 minutes long.
Your signer address would also appear in the main page.
Once the epoch is over, the receiver can start giving tickets to clusters for receiving blocks. The deposited POND will be considered towards tickets starting next epoch.
Step 4: Staking more POND
To stake more POND to your receiver address, click on the ‘Stake’ button and follow the same process as Step 3 (sans the signer address input section).
Step 5: Changing the signer address
To change the signer address, click on the ‘edit’ icon next to the signer address on the main portal.
Enter the new signer address in the pop-up and click on ‘Update’ to confirm the transaction.
Step 6: Unstaking POND
Click on the ‘Unstake’ button, enter the amount of POND you want to unstake and confirm the transaction. Unstaking POND is immediate but the amount unstaked is not considered towards tickets given for the current epoch and should reflect in the connected wallet after the transaction is confirmed.
And with that, you’re all set!
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