#dusk $DUSK @Dusk
I stake, and I want my vote to count right away. So when I found out Dusk makes you wait, I got annoyed. Then I actually read why. Here's the setup: Dusk runs on epochs, blocks of 2,160 blocks each. When you stake, you don't become vote-eligible the second your DUSK hits the network. There's a formula deciding when you actually mature: M equals two times epoch, minus your height mod epoch. Sounds like math class. It's really just a wait timer.
At first I thought this was just red tape. Then I thought about what happens without it. If new stake could vote instantly, someone could watch the upcoming committee, quickly stake right before a vote they want to influence, cast it, then pull out. In and out, no real skin in the game. Dusk closes that door. You have to sit through part of an epoch before your stake counts for anything.
The tradeoff is real too. Honest stakers wait longer than they'd like, and there's no way around that cost. But I'd rather wait a bit than stake on a chain where anyone can rent influence for one vote. Dusk picked patience over speed here, and after digging into it, I get why.
I stake, and I want my vote to count right away. So when I found out Dusk makes you wait, I got annoyed. Then I actually read why. Here's the setup: Dusk runs on epochs, blocks of 2,160 blocks each. When you stake, you don't become vote-eligible the second your DUSK hits the network. There's a formula deciding when you actually mature: M equals two times epoch, minus your height mod epoch. Sounds like math class. It's really just a wait timer.
At first I thought this was just red tape. Then I thought about what happens without it. If new stake could vote instantly, someone could watch the upcoming committee, quickly stake right before a vote they want to influence, cast it, then pull out. In and out, no real skin in the game. Dusk closes that door. You have to sit through part of an epoch before your stake counts for anything.
The tradeoff is real too. Honest stakers wait longer than they'd like, and there's no way around that cost. But I'd rather wait a bit than stake on a chain where anyone can rent influence for one vote. Dusk picked patience over speed here, and after digging into it, I get why.