Simplex reconfiguration mechanism specification #4124
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Pull Request Overview
This PR introduces comprehensive documentation for the Simplex L1 reconfiguration mechanism, detailing how the consensus protocol handles validator set changes and epoch management.
- Defines the distinction between ICM epochs and Simplex epochs with their respective purposes and behaviors
- Introduces the Metadata State-Machine (MSM) for managing consensus protocol state transitions
- Specifies the onboarding process for new nodes to validate blocks across different epochs
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simplex/reconfiguration.md:97
- The reference to
PChainHeightshould bePChainReferenceHeightto match the field name defined in the structure above
- The validator set of the epoch numbered `EpochNumber` is therefore derived from `PChainHeight`.
Signed-off-by: Yacov Manevich <yacov.manevich@avalabs.org>
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Why this should be merged
Specifies the Simplex reconfiguration mechanism.
Preview is available here.
How this works
Just documentation
How this was tested
CI
Need to be documented in RELEASES.md?
No