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PoX-4 Draft #64

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@setzeus setzeus commented Aug 13, 2023

Below are notes for the upcoming PoX-4 updates & all the user-types & life-cycles involved with the changes.

Specifically this PR includes a detailed overlook into which users call which functions during the five following windows:

  1. Disbursement
  2. Registration
  3. Vote
  4. Transfer
  5. Penalty

A tiny amount of details are undefined / up for change as this is what we currently believe will fold into PoX-4, we've yet to finalize & sign-off on that design.

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Sorry to butcher this review. I think we're learning how much we don't know about Nakamoto PoX. I suggest that we're brushing up these docs and moving them as a sub-section of the 0.1 release docs instead of here as part of the final release. We can then collaborate more closely to document how the 1.0 contracts will look.


TODO: [#9](https://github.com/stacks-network/sbtc-docs/issues/9)
The fourth version of this, PoX-4, introduces the logic necessary for a decentralized two-way Bitcoin-peg (sBTC). Specifically, it introduces the mechanics necessary for stackers to now evolve into signers: instead of stacking & passively receiving mining rewards, signers are now incentivized to help process (by signing) peg-ins(deposits), peg-outs(withdraws) & peg-transfers (handoffs).
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The fourth version of this, PoX-4, introduces the logic necessary for a decentralized two-way Bitcoin-peg (sBTC).

This feels a bit detached from the rest of the docs. We have already introduced sBTC here. I'd suggest something in the spirit of: "sBTC introduced the the forth version of PoX. In PoX-4 we introduce mechanics necessary for...".

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**Disbursement [x]**
The disbursement window is the first window yet also acts as the final window of the **previous** cycle. This is when the PoX rewards from the *previous* cycle are disbursed to the previous signers. Since these rewards are disbursed in Bitcoin, someone [either Observer or any of the Signer user types] needs to verify the disbursements on Stacks.
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I believe we won't have a disbursement window in Nakamoto, as opposed to the developer release. Instead, PoX rewards are on a consensus level distributed to the signers directly as part of the block production operations.

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Observer -> (penalty-pox-reward-disbursement ...)
Observer -> (prove-rewards-were-disbursed ...)
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Could this be a mermaid chart?

Observer -> (prove-rewards-were-disbursed ...)

**Registration [1600 - x blocks]**
Once disbursement has been proven on Stacks, the registration window opens (it's worth noting that this is the only window with a dynamic start height). This is the window when either pre-registered signers or current signers register to be a signer for the next cycle.
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We need to figure out how registration connects with the Nakamoto consensus rules. I assume this is also different in 1.0 as opposed to 0.1.

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# The sBTC Token
The sBTC Token is defined as a [SIP-010 fungible token contract](https://github.com/stacksgov/sips/blob/main/sips/sip-010/sip-010-fungible-token-standard.md).

Content for this page:
- Tokenomics: How many tokens can be minted? Who can mint and burn the token?
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We can save this page as a follow-up, alternatively reformulate it. We need to work this in with the rest of the documentation.

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Is this still valid? This PR feels stale.

@friedger friedger changed the base branch from master to main October 27, 2023 20:48
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