opened 11:59AM - 17 Apr 24 UTC
Polkadot Dashboard: 1KV Validator Inclusion Proposal
The Thousand Validators …Programme ( 1KV program )is an initiative by Web3 Foundation and Parity Technologies to use the funds held by both organizations to nominate validators in the community.
It serves two major purposes:
Give validators a structured on-ramp to join the active set of validators on Kusama and Polkadot
Further decentralize the validator active set.
[Polkadot Wiki Thousand Validators Programme](https://wiki.polkadot.network/docs/thousand-validators)
Couple month ago we started [discussions on Polkadot Forum](https://forum.polkadot.network/t/polkadot-staking-dashboard-staking-polkadot-network-and-polkadot-js-not-supporting-decentralization-of-validators-by-design/5589/23) regarding the 1KV Validators inclusion .
The results of this discussions - this Issue and Proposal
[Polkadot Dashboard_ 1KV Validator Inclusion Proposal.docx](https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-staking-dashboard/files/15010397/Polkadot.Dashboard_.1KV.Validator.Inclusion.Proposal.docx)
or https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vo5sHg2FgRXBCSkNMwm1xftLYeP5K2-kXXsWtEKVRMc/edit?usp=sharing
1.To add new category to section Nominate:
Category “1KV Validators”
Description “Participants of Web3Foundation 1KV Program. Choose to support decentralization.”
2.In “Optimal selection” to include 4 validators from 1KV Program, every Optimal selection needs to include participants of 1KV program. There are 264 participants of the 1KV program and about 1000 total validators. I think it's fair and long term effective to give 4 of 16 seats in every recommended validators list to 1KV participants.
3.”Total Validators” using by default to select validators , not “active” only. Please not divide Validators into 2 classes - Active and Waiting , give all of them a chance to get nominated by new Stakers, and give the ability to search both lists when nominated!
4.Add “1KV Program” to Filter Validators
5.Add “1KV Program” to Order Validators