EIP-908: Reward full nodes and clients for a sustainable network

EIPs
#1

When each transaction is validated, give a reward to clients for developing the client.

Changelog

  • Update: I made modifications to the proposal, adding a background for the abstract, additional details for the motivation, specification and rationale (while leaving the proposed implementation unchanged), plus references to similar EIPs such as EIP 960 and EIP 1015.
  • Update 2: I added more details to how the access list for client addresses could be managed (off-chain or layer 2).
  • Update 3: added more details to the spec and rationale with specific reward amounts proposed and more details on how it would work.
  • remove a proposal to reward full nodes, leaving just the proposal to reward clients, because Casper FFG will incentivize validation.
  • add an attack and solution.
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Allocating funds for client development
#2

I can see the point in supporting nodes’ uploading capacity (which is imo impossible to do on the protocol level), but the verification itself is already solved by PoS, no? A validator that also signs invalid blocks would get penalized.
Before PoS forcing a new node to accept a false state would require a 51% attack, assuming a simple rule like ‘only download state that’s at least 1 day old’ (no idea if it already exists), which is a failure condition anyway.

PoS also gives a collective incentive to validators to support the network by providing an uploading bandwidth.
Theoretically it’s a free-rideable public good but I would expect most validators to support the network.

#3

OK, Casper FFG does incentivize verification. However, Casper doesn’t incentivize client development.

#4

Yes, but wasn’t getting funds for that the reason behind the ICO and the founders’ share of eth? That sounds like a job for the Ethereum Foundation.

#5

Parity is funded by VCs, not by the Ethereum Foundation. Drops of Diamond hasn’t received a grant yet.

#6

Additionally Casper incentivizes validators. It does not incentivize full nodes that are not validators.

#7

I updated the proposal with a significant change, which is to remove a proposal to reward full nodes, leaving just the proposal to reward clients, because Casper FFG will incentivize validation.

#8

I updated the proposal with an attack and solution.