Proposals 135664, 135665 & 135666 | Tim - CodeGov
Vote: Reject
These proposals are intended to replace some of the nodes in 3 selected subnets. I appreciate what the @DRE-Team are trying to do here in providing a option to split up allegedly colluding node providers so as to reduce the chance of a successful attack on one of these subnets. I also think the “cluster” approach is worth considering. However, I’d first like to see more community discussion on this approach and an NNS vote on whether this is the way that we’d like to move forward. While the uncertainty remains, I’d also prefer to keep the Nakamoto coefficients high. The Nakamoto coefficient is the minimum number of entities (such as countries, node providers or data centres) who would need to collude in order to launch a successful attack. In each of these proposals the regional and country Nakamoto coefficients decrease, and the number of countries containing 3 nodes for each subnet increases, thereby leaving the network more susceptible to attack than before.
All that being said, however, I won’t argue against anybody else’s decision to adopt or reject these proposals. Although I’ve voted to reject them, I’m glad to see these proposals submitted. The big thing about this is that it provides the NNS community with a option to change the network or not to change it based on which perceived threat is thought to be the greatest, and to do it in a way that doesn’t render the network unstable. What I’d most like to see here is for a high proportion of voters to weigh this up and cast a manual vote rather than leaving it to the major followee neurons to make the choice.
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