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Polkadot People — Invulnerable Collator Set Adjustment

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23 days ago
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Dear community,

This referendum seeks to adjust the invulnerable collator set of Polkadot People.

The main objective is to make the invulnerable set better aligned with the risk profile and importance of the respective System Chain, while also keeping the assignment process efficient and consistent across the programme.

The curators also considered the historical assignment of slots across the System Chains. Where possible, the revised assignments favour operators with longer tenure and a demonstrated record of providing reliable service. At the same time, the changes are intended to help even the field for operators who have shown capability and interest in supporting additional System Chains.

Finally, this referendum adjusts the number of permissionless collator slots to ensure that permissionless collators do not outweigh the intended invulnerable set.

To support this, the curators applied a tiering model where each System Chain is categorised from Tier 1 to Tier 3, based on its perceived importance and risk profile. Under this model, Polkadot People is categorised as a Tier-1 chain, with 8 funded community invulnerable collators.

For Polkadot People, the proposed configuration is:

  • Tier: Tier 1
  • Community-funded invulnerable collators: 8
  • Permissionless collator slots: 4

This referendum performs the following changes.

Collators being added

  • BESTVALIDATOR / Zurich — 14T3MFxNa4d7pyjRAdKU6tLC8sfde1HBLGNMHKCMFqjWRrrM
  • YellowFin / Bluefin Tuna — 13TUNfEBCi6xw5ZQgxYAwbCsALSuDfqDWMfbHigZNgncuV6v
  • Mile — 13xAUHVDvG1v9LLHYtMm7X7FvKNVxoj47oWV431XQ9kjXN38
  • openbitlab — 12iho9gjSMvF9smJjnihmn9j9Qqr3S1LFD97e8Lkcw4R6Yeb
  • Staker Space — 13gWC4Ni4BE3NGEfHVYuvF568K9hnGnD9PswiVdvrqjXNipf
  • LuckyFriday — 15MV2nX6BEoiBz8Ua2xNta19sVBKT7kiw2MEHdu2Jd9a4VaC

Collators being removed

  • Previous invulnerable — 1bLdd7zvNvjGpseQ8BGbGJekCppb1X5Gb228c9MQfHfmmBr
  • Previous invulnerable — 14sD2iYm1HsFPoHaT2GJNUMD2KJzvJNfVe9PBrG1KGyDBeHn
  • Previous invulnerable — 16FyxKfMF3LnX4CmDsv1PUDPNwqDYiR7rKurwuJxSGgnTsH2

Collators retained

The following community invulnerables are already in place and remain part of the final People set:

  • MathCrypto — 112FKz5UNxjXqe3Wowe73a8FHnR5B4R9qi2pbMaXJczGNJsx
  • CoinStudio — 14EQvBv9h8xGbh2R3ustnkfkF514E7wpmHtg27gDaTLM2str

Final community invulnerable set

  • BESTVALIDATOR / Zurich — 14T3MFxNa4d7pyjRAdKU6tLC8sfde1HBLGNMHKCMFqjWRrrM
  • CoinStudio — 14EQvBv9h8xGbh2R3ustnkfkF514E7wpmHtg27gDaTLM2str
  • YellowFin / Bluefin Tuna — 13TUNfEBCi6xw5ZQgxYAwbCsALSuDfqDWMfbHigZNgncuV6v
  • MathCrypto — 112FKz5UNxjXqe3Wowe73a8FHnR5B4R9qi2pbMaXJczGNJsx
  • Mile — 13xAUHVDvG1v9LLHYtMm7X7FvKNVxoj47oWV431XQ9kjXN38
  • openbitlab — 12iho9gjSMvF9smJjnihmn9j9Qqr3S1LFD97e8Lkcw4R6Yeb
  • Staker Space — 13gWC4Ni4BE3NGEfHVYuvF568K9hnGnD9PswiVdvrqjXNipf
  • LuckyFriday — 15MV2nX6BEoiBz8Ua2xNta19sVBKT7kiw2MEHdu2Jd9a4VaC

Best Regards,
Will | Paradox | ParaNodes.io

Comments (2)

22 days ago

Looking at the five proposals together, I’m a bit concerned about the level of concentration.

Across these 5 System Chains, we have 30 funded collator slots, but only 22 unique operators. 8 operators hold 2 slots each, meaning they account for 16/30 slots (53.3%).

If we look only at the three Tier-1 System Chains (Asset Hub, Bridge Hub and People), 7 operators hold 14 out of 24 slots (58.3%).

I understand the argument for rewarding operators with a proven track record. Reliability obviously matters for System Chains.

But at some point, repeatedly allocating multiple funded slots to the same operators also creates concentration and makes it harder for new operators to enter the programme.

I think it would be worth discussing whether we should have some kind of limit per operator, or at least a clearer mechanism to balance operational experience with decentralisation and diversity of operators.

Otherwise, we risk creating a system where the same small group keeps rotating between the different System Chains.

22 days ago

I think the community should have a clear and publicly verifiable list of the collators currently receiving funding from this bounty. This is particularly relevant because concerns have previously been raised about some operators receiving treasury funding, including cases involving commission flipping and/or operating multiple identities. Some of the operators discussed in this context include:

I am not suggesting that previous allegations automatically disqualify anyone from receiving funding. However, given that this is treasury-funded infrastructure, I think it is reasonable for the community to be able to verify exactly who is being funded.

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