Logarithmic Rewards - Protocol Enforced Decentralization?

There has been a long-standing concern with Cosmos blockchains which is that over time, the stake power tends to become centralized across a few of the top validators. There seems to be research which indicates that this is a likely outcome of proof of stake systems more generally. In this short paper, I propose that these centralisation effects could be offset by a change to the reward mechanism. My method was essentially: • Write a very simple python state-evolution simulator • analyze a few different mathematical models for reward distributions • See which ones seemed to benefit the gradual decentralization of the stake TLDR: A logarithmic reward distribution seems like a promising way to have a protocol-enforced mechanism for continuous pressure towards flatter, more decentralized stake distributions, even if user behaviour tends toward a centralized power-law stake distribution. There are MANY issues with my original simulator. I put it together before I started full-time work with Notional and it lacks a lot in the way of nuance. BUT I felt it was important to approach this idea with evidence. It seems I cannot share links in these posts, but I will gladly share…

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The5thForce:

Robin Tunley

hey, I am interested on your paper.

Cool! Apologies but I cannot post links in this forum at the moment. Can you send me a twitter account that I can DM?

nforcing this is challenging due to the pseudonymous nature of blockchain accounts. The discussion on this matter can only commence once a Decentralized Identity (DID) protocol with adequate capabilities emerges, preventing sybil accounts from circumventing the issue by splitting into multiple smaller accounts.

Nevertheless, should such a protocol emerge, further in-depth examination of the proposed system would be warranted.