Hi all,
Thank you for attending our Starknet Governance Call on 30 July 2025 on technical decentralization. Hosted by @robertkodra (SNF), @Ohad-StarkWare (SW) laid out his thoughts on decentralized sequencing and went through the main points of SNIP 33 while answering questions from the participants. Below you will find a brief summary of the call.
We invite you to participate in our next governance call held on 20 August 2025 - sign up here.
For more details on SNIP 33, please check here. SNIP 33 is still under discussion, so your comments and thoughts are more than welcome.
Best,
Rafael
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Block Reward Mechanism
- New staking system will have one entity receive block rewards per block
- Entity selection based on staking rights
- Must sign block to receive reward
- No slashing penalties, only missed rewards for being offline
- Discussion ongoing about exact sampling mechanism for rewarded proposer
- Proposers will know in advance when they should produce blocks
Network Health & Safety Measures
- Team will monitor stake signatures on each block
- Implementing alerts for:
- Blocks not going through
- Network freezes
- Focus on top 100 stakeholders
- Considering geographical proximity requirements for validators
- Trade-off between network speed (150ms latency) vs decentralization
- Testing period planned with validators before mainnet
Centralization Lever Safety Feature
- Emergency fallback mechanism if network issues occur
- Allows reversion to v0.14 behavior (Starknet-only block production)
- Activation conditions:
- Multiple unfinalized blocks
- Network throughput degradation
- Duration: 12 hours to several days
- Requires Security Council approval for:
- Extending beyond preset time period
- Reactivating after initial use
- No staker rewards during centralization lever period
- Temporary feature planned for removal in future versions
Implementation Timeline & Next Steps
- P2P implementation expected October/November on testnet
- Minimum 2-month robust testing period planned
- No breaking changes from v0.14 for decentralization features