blockchain: change signing schema #29
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Rather than signing the block, change the code so that validators sign block_height + block_hash. The advantage of this is that checking malicious signatures doesn’t require having the whole block. This will reduce amount of data contract and fishermen need to store to work.
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Can you please double check this with Miguel Matos? |
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Let’s close it for the time being. I had some more thoughts about signing. I’ll open an Issue. |
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Rather than signing the block, change the code so that validators sign
block_height + block_hash. The advantage of this is that checking
malicious signatures doesn’t require having the whole block. This
will reduce amount of data contract and fishermen need to store to
work.