sv_operator/index

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sv_operator/index

https://docs.sync.global/sv_operator/index.html

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Some clarifications on the role of a Super Validator:

1. Only counter partes to a transaction process transactions on the network. If a Super Validator is not a party to a given transaction, it only orders, delivers and collects confirmations for that transaction: it does not process it.

• Super Validator nodes do process all Canton Coin transactions
• Only the standalone Super Validator nodes listed at https://sync.global/sv-network are involved in ordering, delivery and confirmation collection for all transactions, but even here they do this only on the metadata of the transaction, not the detail.
• You can also find this list on public explorers, for example at:
• https://explorer.canton.nodefortress.io/super-validators
• https://lighthouse.fivenorth.io/super-validator
• https://www.cantonscan.com/supervalidators

2. A Super Validator is an entity that commits to make a major contribution to the Canton Network in return for a share of the Super Validator reward pool.

• That commitment and associated share of the pool are agreed on between a new Super Validator and all the existing Super Validators, via the CIP process.
• All CIPs are public and listed here: https://github.com/global-synchronizer-foundation/cips/tree/main?tab=readme-ov-file

3. Super Validator Weights evolve over time via:

• A Super Validator completing a commitment milestone specified in their CIP, which allows them to mint at a new, specified weight
• A new CIP that specifies new commitments and associated weights.

4. The founding members of the Global Synchronizer were Digital Asset, SV Nodeops (a member of the SBI family of companies), Orb-1, LP (a portfolio company of Nima Capital), Liberty City Ventures, and DRW/Cumberland. You can see these represented in the vote to adopt the first CIP, CIP-0001.

Further context:

To mint its share of the pool, the Super Validator needs to meet its commitments. Once it has met, or partially met, its commitments, it identifies a Daml Party that will interact with the network in every round. This party is the beneficiary of the rewards.

To continue to mint rewards in every minting round, Super Validators must perform perform activity on the network, using that beneficiary party, in every minting round.

One of the commitments a Super Validator can make is to operate a Super Validator node. Only Super Validator nodes participate in the onchain synchronization process: coordinating ordering, delivery and confirmation across all Validator nodes involved in any given transaction.

A Super Validator that does not operate a node may still mint its share of the Super Validator rewards by agreeing with another Super Validator node operator to host its beneficary party. This "extra" beneficiary (extraBeneficiary) of the Super Validator node is then listed in a configuration file posted on each Super Validator node, and also reported at
https://sync.global/sv-network

An extraBeneficiary party records its activity in each minting round, and mints rewards proportional to its weight. An extraBeneficiary party does not participate in onchain ordering, delivery and confirmation.