From 8620adcdf1ad3dea4751aa883627eeddd360a254 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ben Edgington Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 14:29:45 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Correct the duration of HISTORICAL_ROOTS_LIMIT The duration of HISTORICAL_ROOTS_LIMIT is: SECONDS_PER_SLOT * SLOTS_PER_HISTORICAL_ROOT * HISTORICAL_ROOTS_LIMIT which is 12s * 2^13 * 2^24 = 1.65e12s = 52,262 years --- specs/phase0/beacon-chain.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/specs/phase0/beacon-chain.md b/specs/phase0/beacon-chain.md index 2ab51079d..acf098663 100644 --- a/specs/phase0/beacon-chain.md +++ b/specs/phase0/beacon-chain.md @@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ The following values are (non-configurable) constants used throughout the specif | - | - | :-: | :-: | | `EPOCHS_PER_HISTORICAL_VECTOR` | `2**16` (= 65,536) | epochs | ~0.8 years | | `EPOCHS_PER_SLASHINGS_VECTOR` | `2**13` (= 8,192) | epochs | ~36 days | -| `HISTORICAL_ROOTS_LIMIT` | `2**24` (= 16,777,216) | historical roots | ~26,131 years | +| `HISTORICAL_ROOTS_LIMIT` | `2**24` (= 16,777,216) | historical roots | ~52,262 years | | `VALIDATOR_REGISTRY_LIMIT` | `2**40` (= 1,099,511,627,776) | validators | ### Rewards and penalties