Geo-Aware Leader Schedule

T1Covered by 1 source · first reported by Ethereum Foundation / Solana / a16z crypto / Chainalysis at 14 Oct, 15:05 UTC

This study evaluates SIMD-0675, a geo-aware leader schedule for Solana. It reorders the stake-weighted random schedule so that consecutive leaders are geographically close, which cuts handoff latency. No validator’s number of leader windows changes. Two parameters are tuned: STAKE_FLOOR (σ), the…

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• T1Geo-Aware Leader ScheduleEthereum Foundation / Solana / a16z crypto / Chainalysis14 Oct, 15:05