From c18cbef8ff879f3e9b096d11aa2c93b3415f07fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mark Spanbroek Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 16:13:09 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] add comment about sponsoring validators for bootstrapping Co-Authored-By: Eric Mastro --- evaluations/sidechains.md | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/evaluations/sidechains.md b/evaluations/sidechains.md index ba87d89..bee29eb 100644 --- a/evaluations/sidechains.md +++ b/evaluations/sidechains.md @@ -168,7 +168,10 @@ the gas price will go up. For the short term it seems viable to start with a dedicated side chain for Codex, while there is no high demand yet. This gives us time to work on reducing -the number of transactions, for instance by aggregating storage proofs. +the number of transactions, for instance by aggregating storage proofs. In the +beginning the number of transactions won't be sufficient to cover the costs of +running validators, so some sponsoring of validators will be required to +bootstrap the chain. For the medium term we can consider to have multiple side chains depending on demand. If demand is reaching capacity of the existing side chain(s) then