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> If you deposit more than 32 ETH, you will be assigned multiple "validator slots" by the protocol, but you will still be able to run them from a single compute
by alchemist1e9 4y ago
> If you deposit more than 32 ETH, you will be assigned multiple "validator slots" by the protocol, but you will still be able to run them from a single computer, though hardware requirements go up the more you stake.
Is there a good place to read more about this hardware requirements as a function of validator slots? A concern in my mind with PoS is what is the incentive to expand the physical hardware footprint of the network. I understand this implies more energy usage, however it is a requirement for a decentralized, distributed, and resilient system, otherwise it can very easily be physically attacked if the footprint becomes overly concentrated with a few very powerful nodes.
Unless the hardware requirements are a convex function of total staked then if me and you both want to stake we will see the hardware and network/bandwidth costs as something we could share, which if everyone calculates the same, the network will physically shrink.
- pa7x1 4y agoThe HW requirements increase very very minimally. See this response on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/ethstaker/comments/nk9qzt/multiple_validators_on_a_single_machine/gzczs1b/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ethstaker/comments/nk9qzt/multiple_...
- alchemist1e9 4y agoDo you see the same issue I see? I don’t understand why they aren’t concerned about it.
- nuclearnice1 4y agoThe validators have staked 32 ETH to the network. If they stay up, they get rewards. If they go down, they get hit with penalties. This incentivizes building a reliable system. Is it sufficient? I’m not sure.
- DennisP 4y agoThe hardware expense per node is very minor compared to the cost of 32 ETH, so it's a weak incentive to consolidate. Weighed against that, the slashing penalties per node increase, the more nodes fail at once. That gives an economic incentive to decentralize.
- landemva 4y ago> if everyone calculates the same, the network will physically shrink. Are you asking why it won't consolidate on AWS? Penalties for offline validators are greater if many validators go offline for similar timeframe.