Author(s): @evanmcc, @helium/engineering
Initial PR: #110
Start Date: 2021-01-11
Category: Technical, Economic

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https://github.com/helium/HIP/blob/master/0025-validators.md

Summary:

Add a new class of actors to the network, called Validators. These will be staked actors, with the intention being to run them on stronger hardware with better network connections than the current Hotspots. They will serve the dual purpose of being eligible for block production and also, in the future, acting as proxies for lightweight (non-chain-following) gateways.