Info

• Author(s): @BFX
• Start Date: 2021-08-06
• Category: Technical
• Original HIP PR: 257
• Tracking Issue: not filed yet
• Status: In Discussion
• Discord channel: #hip-36-blockheight-chainvars on https://discord.gg/helium

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https://github.com/helium/HIP/blob/master/0036-blockheights-instead-of-time.md

Summary

At the time of writing, most (if not all) blockchain variables and implementations are activated manually by the Helium team, requiring active intervention from the team and have a time-based activation. The active intervention can, for the greatest part, be avoided by enabling auto-activation of variables at certain blockheights. This has been the standard for most blockchain projects. One example is the bi-yearly halving of HNT rewards agreed to in HIP20 which should be integrated with blockheights rather than be defined by moment in time for its activation - and in the future, hopefully any change of blockchain variables can be defined that way.