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# beacon_chain
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# Copyright (c) 2018-2020 Status Research & Development GmbH
# Licensed and distributed under either of
# * MIT license (license terms in the root directory or at https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).
# * Apache v2 license (license terms in the root directory or at https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).
# at your option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed except according to those terms.
# This file contains constants that are part of the spec and thus subject to
# serialization and spec updates.
import
math
type
Slot* = distinct uint64
Epoch* = distinct uint64
{.experimental: "codeReordering".} # SLOTS_PER_EPOCH is use before being defined in spec
const
# Misc
# ---------------------------------------------------------------
# https://github.com/ethereum/eth2.0-specs/blob/v0.10.1/configs/minimal.yaml#L4
# Changed
MAX_COMMITTEES_PER_SLOT* = 4
TARGET_COMMITTEE_SIZE* = 4
# Unchanged
MAX_VALIDATORS_PER_COMMITTEE* = 2048
MIN_PER_EPOCH_CHURN_LIMIT* = 4
CHURN_LIMIT_QUOTIENT* = 2^16
# Changed
SHUFFLE_ROUND_COUNT* = 10
MIN_GENESIS_ACTIVE_VALIDATOR_COUNT* {.intdefine.} = 64
MIN_GENESIS_TIME* {.intdefine.} = 1578009600 # 3 Jan, 2020
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# Unchanged
HYSTERESIS_QUOTIENT* = 4
HYSTERESIS_DOWNWARD_MULTIPLIER* = 1
HYSTERESIS_UPWARD_MULTIPLIER* = 5
# Constants
# ---------------------------------------------------------------
# https://github.com/ethereum/eth2.0-specs/blob/v0.11.1/specs/phase0/beacon-chain.md#constants
# TODO "The following values are (non-configurable) constants" ...
# Unchanged
BASE_REWARDS_PER_EPOCH* = 4
DEPOSIT_CONTRACT_TREE_DEPTH* = 32
# Gwei values
# ---------------------------------------------------------------
# https://github.com/ethereum/eth2.0-specs/blob/v0.11.1/configs/minimal.yaml#L58
# Unchanged
MIN_DEPOSIT_AMOUNT* = 2'u64^0 * 10'u64^9
MAX_EFFECTIVE_BALANCE* = 2'u64^5 * 10'u64^9
EJECTION_BALANCE* = 2'u64^4 * 10'u64^9
EFFECTIVE_BALANCE_INCREMENT* = 2'u64^0 * 10'u64^9
# Initial values
# ---------------------------------------------------------------
# https://github.com/ethereum/eth2.0-specs/blob/v0.10.1/configs/minimal.yaml#L64
# Unchanged
GENESIS_SLOT* = 0.Slot
GENESIS_FORK_VERSION* = [0'u8, 0'u8, 0'u8, 1'u8]
BLS_WITHDRAWAL_PREFIX* = 0'u8
# Time parameters
# ---------------------------------------------------------------
# https://github.com/ethereum/eth2.0-specs/blob/v0.11.1/configs/minimal.yaml#L77
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# Changed: Faster to spin up testnets, but does not give validator
# reasonable warning time for genesis
MIN_GENESIS_DELAY* = 300
# Unchanged
SECONDS_PER_SLOT*{.intdefine.} = 6'u64
0.6.2 updates (#275) * update process_justification_and_finalization to 0.6.2; mark AttesterSlashing as 0.6.2 * replace get_effective_balance(...) with state.validator_registry[idx].effective_balance; rm get_effective_balance, process_ejections, should_update_validator_registry, update_validator_registry, and update_registry_and_shuffling_data; update get_total_balance to 0.6.2; implement process_registry_updates * rm exit_validator; implement is_slashable_attestation_data; partly update processAttesterSlashings * mark HistoricalBatch and Eth1Data as 0.6.2; implement get_shard_delta(...); replace 0.5 finish_epoch_update with 0.6 process_final_updates * mark increase_balance, decrease_balance, get_delayed_activation_exit_epoch, bls_aggregate_pubkeys, bls_verify_multiple, Attestation, Transfer, slot_to_epoch, Crosslink, get_current_epoch, int_to_bytes*, various constants, processEth1Data, processTransfers, and verifyStateRoot as 0.6.2; rm is_double_vote and is_surround_vote * mark get_bitfield_bit, verify_bitfield, ProposerSlashing, DepositData, VoluntaryExit, PendingAttestation, Fork, integer_squareroot, get_epoch_start_slot, is_active_validator, generate_seed, some constants to 0.6.2; rename MIN_PENALTY_QUOTIENT to MIN_SLASHING_PENALTY_QUOTIENT * rm get_previous_total_balance, get_current_epoch_boundary_attestations, get_previous_epoch_boundary_attestations, and get_previous_epoch_matching_head_attestations * update BeaconState to 0.6.2; simplify legacy get_crosslink_committees_at_slot infrastructure a bit by noting that registry_change is always false; reimplment 0.5 get_crosslink_committees_at_slot in terms of 0.6 get_crosslink_committee * mark process_deposit(...), get_block_root_at_slot(...), get_block_root(...), Deposit, BeaconBlockHeader, BeaconBlockBody, hash(...), get_active_index_root(...), various constants, get_shard_delta(...), get_epoch_start_shard(...), get_crosslink_committee(...), processRandao(...), processVoluntaryExits(...), cacheState(...) as 0.6.2 * rm removed-since-0.5 split(...), is_power_of_2(...), get_shuffling(...); rm 0.5 versions of get_active_validator_indices and get_epoch_committee_count; add a few tests for integer_squareroot * mark bytes_to_int(...) and advanceState(...) as 0.6.2 * rm 0.5 get_attesting_indices; update get_attesting_balance to 0.6.2 * another tiny commit to poke AppVeyor to maybe not timeout at connecting to GitHub partway through CI: mark get_churn_limit(...), initiate_validator_exit(...), and Validator as 0.6.2 * mark get_attestation_slot(...), AttestationDataAndCustodyBit, and BeaconBlock as 0.6.2
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# Unchanged
MIN_ATTESTATION_INCLUSION_DELAY* = 1
# Changed
SLOTS_PER_EPOCH* {.intdefine.} = 8
# Unchanged
MIN_SEED_LOOKAHEAD* = 1
initial 0.9.0 spec sync (#509) * rename compute_epoch_of_slot(...) to compute_epoch_at_slot(...) * remove some unnecessary imports; remove some crosslink-related code and tests; complete renaming of compute_epoch_of_slot(...) to compute_epoch_at_slot(...) * rm more transfer-related code and tests; rm more unnecessary strutils imports * rm remaining unused imports * remove useless get_empty_per_epoch_cache(...)/compute_start_slot_of_epoch(...) calls * rename compute_start_slot_of_epoch(...) to compute_start_slot_at_epoch(...) * rename ACTIVATION_EXIT_DELAY to MAX_SEED_LOOKAHEAD * update domain types to 0.9.0 * mark AttesterSlashing, IndexedAttestation, AttestationDataAndCustodyBit, DepositData, BeaconBlockHeader, Fork, integer_squareroot(...), and process_voluntary_exit(...) as 0.9.0 * mark increase_balance(...), decrease_balance(...), get_block_root(...), CheckPoint, Deposit, PendingAttestation, HistoricalBatch, is_active_validator(...), and is_slashable_attestation_data(...) as 0.9.0 * mark compute_activation_exit_epoch(...), bls_verify(...), Validator, get_active_validator_indices(...), get_current_epoch(...), get_total_active_balance(...), and get_previous_epoch(...) as 0.9.0 * mark get_block_root_at_slot(...), ProposerSlashing, get_domain(...), VoluntaryExit, mainnet preset Gwei values, minimal preset max operations, process_block_header(...), and is_slashable_validator(...) as 0.9.0 * mark makeWithdrawalCredentials(...), get_validator_churn_limit(...), get_total_balance(...), is_valid_indexed_attestation(...), bls_aggregate_pubkeys(...), initial genesis value/constants, Attestation, get_randao_mix(...), mainnet preset max operations per block constants, minimal preset Gwei values and time parameters, process_eth1_data(...), get_shuffled_seq(...), compute_committee(...), and process_slots(...) as 0.9.0; partially update get_indexed_attestation(...) to 0.9.0 by removing crosslink refs and associated tests * mark initiate_validator_exit(...), process_registry_updates(...), BeaconBlock, Eth1Data, compute_domain(...), process_randao(...), process_attester_slashing(...), get_base_reward(...), and process_slot(...) as 0.9.0
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MAX_SEED_LOOKAHEAD* = 4
# Changed
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EPOCHS_PER_ETH1_VOTING_PERIOD* = 2
initial 0.9.0 spec sync (#509) * rename compute_epoch_of_slot(...) to compute_epoch_at_slot(...) * remove some unnecessary imports; remove some crosslink-related code and tests; complete renaming of compute_epoch_of_slot(...) to compute_epoch_at_slot(...) * rm more transfer-related code and tests; rm more unnecessary strutils imports * rm remaining unused imports * remove useless get_empty_per_epoch_cache(...)/compute_start_slot_of_epoch(...) calls * rename compute_start_slot_of_epoch(...) to compute_start_slot_at_epoch(...) * rename ACTIVATION_EXIT_DELAY to MAX_SEED_LOOKAHEAD * update domain types to 0.9.0 * mark AttesterSlashing, IndexedAttestation, AttestationDataAndCustodyBit, DepositData, BeaconBlockHeader, Fork, integer_squareroot(...), and process_voluntary_exit(...) as 0.9.0 * mark increase_balance(...), decrease_balance(...), get_block_root(...), CheckPoint, Deposit, PendingAttestation, HistoricalBatch, is_active_validator(...), and is_slashable_attestation_data(...) as 0.9.0 * mark compute_activation_exit_epoch(...), bls_verify(...), Validator, get_active_validator_indices(...), get_current_epoch(...), get_total_active_balance(...), and get_previous_epoch(...) as 0.9.0 * mark get_block_root_at_slot(...), ProposerSlashing, get_domain(...), VoluntaryExit, mainnet preset Gwei values, minimal preset max operations, process_block_header(...), and is_slashable_validator(...) as 0.9.0 * mark makeWithdrawalCredentials(...), get_validator_churn_limit(...), get_total_balance(...), is_valid_indexed_attestation(...), bls_aggregate_pubkeys(...), initial genesis value/constants, Attestation, get_randao_mix(...), mainnet preset max operations per block constants, minimal preset Gwei values and time parameters, process_eth1_data(...), get_shuffled_seq(...), compute_committee(...), and process_slots(...) as 0.9.0; partially update get_indexed_attestation(...) to 0.9.0 by removing crosslink refs and associated tests * mark initiate_validator_exit(...), process_registry_updates(...), BeaconBlock, Eth1Data, compute_domain(...), process_randao(...), process_attester_slashing(...), get_base_reward(...), and process_slot(...) as 0.9.0
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SLOTS_PER_HISTORICAL_ROOT* = 64
# Unchanged
MIN_VALIDATOR_WITHDRAWABILITY_DELAY* = 2'u64^8
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# Changed
PERSISTENT_COMMITTEE_PERIOD* = 128
# Unchanged
v0.8.1 tests refactor (#326) * Introduce new mocking proc to replace: - makeFakeValidatorPrivKey - hackPrivKey - getNextBeaconProposerIndex - addBlock - makeBlock * Add comments on datastructure unsynced with the spec * Add merkle tree constructor and initial mocking for deposits (missing merkle proofs) * [Mock] Implement sparse merkle tree and merkle proof builder * [Mocking] Genesis deposits * Add compact_committees_roots init + mock genesis state * [Tests] Add first deposit test using the new mocking procedures * [Tests -deposits] add at and over 32 ETH deposit tests * [Tests - deposits] Add test for validator top-up * [Tests -deposits] Mention the TODO to test for invalid conditions * [Tests] Add stub to test "is_valid_genesis_state" * [Merkle proofs] Implement round-trip checks * Deactivate roundtrips test * SSZ - use EF convention for hash_tree_root / hashTreeRoot * [Tests - Attestation] Attestation mocking + initial test * Add mocking + 3 new tests for valid attestations + mention future invalid attestation tests * Add crosslinks test (1 failing to attestations in block being duplicated in state transition) * Single attestation crosslink test - workaround https://github.com/status-im/nim-beacon-chain/issues/361 * Add test for failed crosslink penalty * Rebase fixes + add refactored tests to test suite * justif-finalization helpers first batch * Add 234 finalization tests * Fix justif test, Rule I 234 finalization does not happen with sufficient support. (Also unittest check template does not fail properly in some cases) * Add tests for all finalization rules * Properly delete nim-byteutils following https://github.com/status-im/nim-beacon-chain/commit/c91727e7e5f9c7a95a634055e94e9d3bcb6cc41a#diff-7c3613dba5171cb6027c67835dd3b9d4 * use digest helper for deposit root
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MAX_EPOCHS_PER_CROSSLINK* = 4
# Changed
MIN_EPOCHS_TO_INACTIVITY_PENALTY* = 2'u64^2
# State vector lengths
# ---------------------------------------------------------------
# https://github.com/ethereum/eth2.0-specs/blob/v0.10.1/configs/minimal.yaml#L105
# Changed
More 0.8.0 updates (#311) * replace BeaconState.finalized_{epoch,root} with BeaconState.finalized_checkpoint; rename get_delayed_activation_exit_epoch(...) to compute_activation_exit_epoch(...) and mark as 0.8.0; update get_churn_limit(...)/get_validator_churn_limit(...) to 0.8.0; update process_registry_updates(...) to 0.8.0 * update process_crosslinks(...) to 0.8.0; mark compute_start_slot_of_epoch(...) and get_committee_count(...) as 0.8.0 * mark Fork, is_slashable_validator(...), and get_beacon_proposer_index(...) as 0.8.0 * rename LATEST_SLASHED_EXIT_LENGTH to EPOCHS_PER_SLASHINGS_VECTOR; update process_slashings(...) to 0.8.0; remove pointless type conversion warning in get_previous_epoch(...) * convert remaining references to finalized_epoch to finalized_checkpoint.epoch * update slash_validator(...) to 0.8.0; mark inital value, Gwei, and time constants as 0.8.0; mark hash(...) and processBlockHeader(...) as 0.8.0 * rename WHISTLEBLOWING_REWARD_QUOTIENT to WHISTLEBLOWER_REWARD_QUOTIENT; rename LATEST_ACTIVE_INDEX_ROOTS_LENGTH to EPOCHS_PER_HISTORICAL_VECTOR (randao will also get merged into this); remove get_active_index_root(...); mark time parameter, signature domain types, and max operations per block constants as 0.8.0; update rewards and penalties constants to 0.8.0 * update is_valid_indexed_attestation(...) to 0.8.0; mark process_slot(...) as 0.8.0 * replace BeaconState.{current,previous}_justified_{epoch,root} with BeaconState.{current,previous}_justified_checkpoint
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EPOCHS_PER_HISTORICAL_VECTOR* = 64
EPOCHS_PER_SLASHINGS_VECTOR* = 64
HISTORICAL_ROOTS_LIMIT* = 16777216
VALIDATOR_REGISTRY_LIMIT* = 1099511627776
# Reward and penalty quotients
# ---------------------------------------------------------------
# https://github.com/ethereum/eth2.0-specs/blob/v0.11.1/configs/minimal.yaml#L117
More 0.8.0 updates (#311) * replace BeaconState.finalized_{epoch,root} with BeaconState.finalized_checkpoint; rename get_delayed_activation_exit_epoch(...) to compute_activation_exit_epoch(...) and mark as 0.8.0; update get_churn_limit(...)/get_validator_churn_limit(...) to 0.8.0; update process_registry_updates(...) to 0.8.0 * update process_crosslinks(...) to 0.8.0; mark compute_start_slot_of_epoch(...) and get_committee_count(...) as 0.8.0 * mark Fork, is_slashable_validator(...), and get_beacon_proposer_index(...) as 0.8.0 * rename LATEST_SLASHED_EXIT_LENGTH to EPOCHS_PER_SLASHINGS_VECTOR; update process_slashings(...) to 0.8.0; remove pointless type conversion warning in get_previous_epoch(...) * convert remaining references to finalized_epoch to finalized_checkpoint.epoch * update slash_validator(...) to 0.8.0; mark inital value, Gwei, and time constants as 0.8.0; mark hash(...) and processBlockHeader(...) as 0.8.0 * rename WHISTLEBLOWING_REWARD_QUOTIENT to WHISTLEBLOWER_REWARD_QUOTIENT; rename LATEST_ACTIVE_INDEX_ROOTS_LENGTH to EPOCHS_PER_HISTORICAL_VECTOR (randao will also get merged into this); remove get_active_index_root(...); mark time parameter, signature domain types, and max operations per block constants as 0.8.0; update rewards and penalties constants to 0.8.0 * update is_valid_indexed_attestation(...) to 0.8.0; mark process_slot(...) as 0.8.0 * replace BeaconState.{current,previous}_justified_{epoch,root} with BeaconState.{current,previous}_justified_checkpoint
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BASE_REWARD_FACTOR* = 2'u64^6
WHISTLEBLOWER_REWARD_QUOTIENT* = 2'u64^9
PROPOSER_REWARD_QUOTIENT* = 2'u64^3
INACTIVITY_PENALTY_QUOTIENT* = 2'u64^25
0.6.2 updates (#275) * update process_justification_and_finalization to 0.6.2; mark AttesterSlashing as 0.6.2 * replace get_effective_balance(...) with state.validator_registry[idx].effective_balance; rm get_effective_balance, process_ejections, should_update_validator_registry, update_validator_registry, and update_registry_and_shuffling_data; update get_total_balance to 0.6.2; implement process_registry_updates * rm exit_validator; implement is_slashable_attestation_data; partly update processAttesterSlashings * mark HistoricalBatch and Eth1Data as 0.6.2; implement get_shard_delta(...); replace 0.5 finish_epoch_update with 0.6 process_final_updates * mark increase_balance, decrease_balance, get_delayed_activation_exit_epoch, bls_aggregate_pubkeys, bls_verify_multiple, Attestation, Transfer, slot_to_epoch, Crosslink, get_current_epoch, int_to_bytes*, various constants, processEth1Data, processTransfers, and verifyStateRoot as 0.6.2; rm is_double_vote and is_surround_vote * mark get_bitfield_bit, verify_bitfield, ProposerSlashing, DepositData, VoluntaryExit, PendingAttestation, Fork, integer_squareroot, get_epoch_start_slot, is_active_validator, generate_seed, some constants to 0.6.2; rename MIN_PENALTY_QUOTIENT to MIN_SLASHING_PENALTY_QUOTIENT * rm get_previous_total_balance, get_current_epoch_boundary_attestations, get_previous_epoch_boundary_attestations, and get_previous_epoch_matching_head_attestations * update BeaconState to 0.6.2; simplify legacy get_crosslink_committees_at_slot infrastructure a bit by noting that registry_change is always false; reimplment 0.5 get_crosslink_committees_at_slot in terms of 0.6 get_crosslink_committee * mark process_deposit(...), get_block_root_at_slot(...), get_block_root(...), Deposit, BeaconBlockHeader, BeaconBlockBody, hash(...), get_active_index_root(...), various constants, get_shard_delta(...), get_epoch_start_shard(...), get_crosslink_committee(...), processRandao(...), processVoluntaryExits(...), cacheState(...) as 0.6.2 * rm removed-since-0.5 split(...), is_power_of_2(...), get_shuffling(...); rm 0.5 versions of get_active_validator_indices and get_epoch_committee_count; add a few tests for integer_squareroot * mark bytes_to_int(...) and advanceState(...) as 0.6.2 * rm 0.5 get_attesting_indices; update get_attesting_balance to 0.6.2 * another tiny commit to poke AppVeyor to maybe not timeout at connecting to GitHub partway through CI: mark get_churn_limit(...), initiate_validator_exit(...), and Validator as 0.6.2 * mark get_attestation_slot(...), AttestationDataAndCustodyBit, and BeaconBlock as 0.6.2
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MIN_SLASHING_PENALTY_QUOTIENT* = 32 # 2^5
# Max operations per block
# ---------------------------------------------------------------
# https://github.com/ethereum/eth2.0-specs/blob/v0.11.1/configs/minimal.yaml#L131
MAX_PROPOSER_SLASHINGS* = 2^4
MAX_ATTESTER_SLASHINGS* = 2^0
MAX_ATTESTATIONS* = 2^7
MAX_DEPOSITS* = 2^4
MAX_VOLUNTARY_EXITS* = 2^4
# Fork choice
# ---------------------------------------------------------------
# https://github.com/ethereum/eth2.0-specs/blob/v0.10.1/configs/minimal.yaml#L26
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# Changed
SAFE_SLOTS_TO_UPDATE_JUSTIFIED* = 2
# Validators
# ---------------------------------------------------------------
# https://github.com/ethereum/eth2.0-specs/blob/v0.11.1/configs/minimal.yaml#L38
# Changed
ETH1_FOLLOW_DISTANCE* = 16 # blocks
# Unchanged
TARGET_AGGREGATORS_PER_COMMITTEE* = 16 # validators
RANDOM_SUBNETS_PER_VALIDATOR* = 1 # subnet
EPOCHS_PER_RANDOM_SUBNET_SUBSCRIPTION* = 256 # epochs ~ 27 hours
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SECONDS_PER_ETH1_BLOCK* = 14 # estimate from Eth1 mainnet)
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# Phase 1: Upgrade from Phase 0
# ---------------------------------------------------------------
# https://github.com/ethereum/eth2.0-specs/blob/v0.11.0/configs/minimal.yaml#L161
PHASE_1_FORK_VERSION* = 16777217
INITIAL_ACTIVE_SHARDS* = 4
INITIAL_GASPRICE* = 10
# Phase 1: General
# ---------------------------------------------------------------
# https://github.com/ethereum/eth2.0-specs/blob/v0.11.0/configs/minimal.yaml#L171
MAX_SHARDS* = 8
ONLINE_PERIOD* = 8 # epochs ~ 51 minutes
LIGHT_CLIENT_COMMITTEE_SIZE* = 128
LIGHT_CLIENT_COMMITTEE_PERIOD* = 256 # epochs
SHARD_COMMITTEE_PERIOD* = 256 # epochs
SHARD_BLOCK_CHUNK_SIZE* = 262144
MAX_SHARD_BLOCK_CHUNKS* = 4
TARGET_SHARD_BLOCK_SIZE* = 196608
MAX_SHARD_BLOCKS_PER_ATTESTATION* = 12
MAX_GASPRICE* = 16384 # Gwei
MIN_GASPRICE* = 32 # Gwei
GASPRICE_ADJUSTMENT_COEFFICIENT* = 8
# Phase 1 - Custody game
# ---------------------------------------------------------------
# https://github.com/ethereum/eth2.0-specs/blob/v0.10.1/specs/phase1/custody-game.md#constants
# TODO those are included in minimal.yaml but not mainnet.yaml
# Why?
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RANDAO_PENALTY_EPOCHS* = 2
EARLY_DERIVED_SECRET_PENALTY_MAX_FUTURE_EPOCHS* = 4096 # epochs
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EPOCHS_PER_CUSTODY_PERIOD* = 2048
# Time parameters
# https://github.com/ethereum/eth2.0-specs/blob/v0.11.0/configs/minimal.yaml#L204
CUSTODY_PERIOD_TO_RANDAO_PADDING* = 2048
MAX_REVEAL_LATENESS_DECREMENT* = 128
# Max operations
# https://github.com/ethereum/eth2.0-specs/blob/v0.11.0/configs/minimal.yaml#L216
MAX_CUSTODY_KEY_REVEALS* = 256
MAX_EARLY_DERIVED_SECRET_REVEALS* = 1
MAX_CUSTODY_SLASHINGS* = 1
# Reward and penalty quotients
# https://github.com/ethereum/eth2.0-specs/blob/v0.11.0/configs/minimal.yaml#L222
EARLY_DERIVED_SECRET_REVEAL_SLOT_REWARD_MULTIPLE* = 2
MINOR_REWARD_QUOTIENT* = 256