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How to select the proposer

The proposer is selected based on block height and round.

Block Height

Last confirmed block height.

Round

Round is a variable used within one block generation cycle. When some nodes do not run normally, the round is needed to select a normal node for proposer.

Select Proposer Function

  1. Sorting validators by valiator address alphabetically.
  2. n = (block height + round number) mod len(validators)
  3. The proposer is n'th validator
func CalculateProposer(blockHeight int, roundNumber int) string {
	candidates := sort.StringSlice(nr.connectionManager.RoundCandidates())
	candidates.Sort()

	return candidates[(blockHeight + roundNumber)%len(candidates)]
}