Sortition Transaction
Sortition transaction is used to enter a validator in the committee. By committing a sortition transaction, the validator will enter the committee. Sortition transactions are valid for 7 blocks, which is defined as “sortition interval” in the consensus parameters.
Payload Structure
The sortition transaction has a payload consists the following fields:
Field | Size |
---|---|
Address | 21 bytes |
Sortition Proof | 48 bytes |
- Address is the address of the validator that evaluated the sortition
- Sortition Proof is the proof of evaluating the sortition
Validators do not need to pay a fee for sortition transactions, and the fee should be set to zero.
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