Request for Proposals: Decentralized Prover Coordination

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[Proposal] Decentralized Prover Network (Staking, Reputations and Proof Races)

Authors: Norbert, Nilu, Rachit Special thanks to Barnabé Monnot (RIG/EF) for his review and suggestions. Summary We propose a simple mechanism that enables decentralization, permissionless entry, liveness and cost-efficiency. It’s an in-protocol mechanism that integrates staking for eligibility and slashing as a security mechanism to disincentivize malicious behavior. It also employs reputation score to measure prover uptime and failures. The provers are selected through a VRF from a pool with…