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Network observations 2024-02-06

#1

I’m making my own simple network monitor utilizing getbeaconbeststatedetail information from my full node. I’ve noticed some things I’m wondering about.

Time for an epoch.
Last I read the specification the block time was 15 seconds and there are 350 blocks in an epoch. I assumed 15*350 = 87.5 minutes as the duration of a single epoch. However taken from the actual network data, all last week the duration was closer to 116 minutes, and tonight it has actually been falling steadily down to the latest today that was 88 minutes.
What is the source of this variance and it is something that should be viewed as expected and normal?

Non-functioning nodes
I see a lot of non-functioning nodes at the moment. I assume this is because of the “recent” change in how nodes are unstaked and funds no longer being returned. Previously I’ve always looked at the number of staked nodes, but I find this no longer even close to accurate as todays numbers are:

stakedNodes:4682
syncingNodes:693
pendingNodes:3598
committeeNodes:384

That’s a whopping 14.8% of all nodes not working properly.

Misbehaving nodes
I’ve also seen a list of nodes constantly getting forcefully unstaked. I am assuming these are fixed nodes as they keep getting rewards and keep staying in committee. First of all, that’s pretty unfair, second, maybe @Support take a look at them? :wink:

Public Keys

12SA88WKyWLqoQByQLSBaqMANft14NyoamgkM7RU5jr3HWCfe2r
12SX5qRcXmS99q1gHnhjmpriupZ8gqGsxuX1iY2MoHWz86pJnSs
12U74gXJWMkgpGE88F5neua3aFJ8Jwh2Q9znxbXcZ9qf5mhWmga
12UkBTpH6Z4KyjkSrSycgsk59QiTgHRPa3jq66tj3KURMtxhLB6
12V27nQr5ResgdvZqTZJQLByiwP69GoJc5ZfaAnfZ7fdhkYVdBP
12W9LGz8VTkQ5vEkP9pM13n8GUduq4MzayYWBwShBkXb1pE4kCY
12dcPG5kFWg7MmUqQtg5CZt7sVtFzeUNf5CC1ebxUdbrEnVtPhX
12ePYYGMKyLAPQcEjXC2kQZmwmRRuL8iEQRDMm2zgX3vr2Wu8Z4
12pQYYu484HA18YgtKCT3SgbVtLMr5PFpR5uV17DYoM7hD9BaD9
1RFZtKDxm852QsDA9vaHoaZTLT2S8eEUw8AQPqN4gEPakLMnBU
1bddjTGbpUPRirk9UzrsjvsFSottXc7G7pM4icV6f2ULofv7mX
1iYTpEBbDtcmfwh6M3wXPtD1B8o2fGdJcxy1r578FgntDsRpH9

Centralization
Lastly, just an observation regarding the biggest players when it comes to validators. Here’s a top 5 list of how many nodes the top validator owners seem to operate.

  1. 2152 (46%)
  2. 373 (8%)
  3. 235 (5%)
  4. 100 (2.1%)
  5. 76 (1.6%)

Now there may be other big players out there, but they’ve avoided my method of clustering them. :wink:

With that, I just want to promote more people to own more nodes. It gives strength to the network.

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(Question) Yet another pDEX/pool issue?
#2

@fredlee Would you happen to know why a node staked from a keychain in your wallet wouldn’t show in your nodes and continuously show “import”?

#3

Sorry, nope. pNode (physical hardware node) or vNode (software virtual node)? Is this under “power” in the app, or where does it say “import”? @support is probably better equipped to help you with this. PM them with detailed information if you haven’t already.

#4

Thanks. It’s a vNode btw. Just thought I’d check with you since they couldn’t figure it out