Remove the cartel

[hendrikhofstadt]

This PR removes a cartel from the GoS which currently holds 53% of the voting power in GoS.

Rationale

Blog post: https://medium.com/certus-one/uncovering-a-game-of-stakes-cartel-f895d9591da1
Additional proof by @joepindar: https://medium.com/@joepindar_22415/identify-potential-cartel-relay-network-in-cosmos-gos3-6c995d69ce06 (amazing work 🎉)

• They hold 53% of the bonded stake, steadily increasing with each validator that gets jailed.
• Centralizing such an amount of voting power in a densely connected network within a single provider results in an unrealistic network.
• This was evidenced by the spam transaction-induced network halt, which was caused by them all crashing at once.
• It also sped up the decentralized start - the network launched when they brought their nodes online.
• They did a sybil attack on the registration process, which is against the rules.

We ask the Cosmos community to corroborate our findings, validate our evidence and genesis.json, as well as post any extra evidence they might have.

This PR introduces the game_of_stakes_5 chain, with a genesis date set to 15:00 UTC on Saturday in order to give everyone time to discuss and verify this proposal. We ask anyone who supports this proposal not to bring up their validators on the game_of_stakes_4 chain.

Please state your support by giving a "thumbs up" on this post, as well as adding a comment with the moniker you represent.

How the kicking process works

The liberation software does the following:

• It instantly unbonds all delegations from the cartel validators
• It instantly unbonds all outgoing delegations from cartel members
• It transfers the balances of all cartel members to the CommunityPool

How to reproduce

1. Clone the liberation branch here
2. Build the cosmos-sdk as usual
3. Run the command 1 on a host that has the game_of_stakes_3 chain data using the binary that you just built
4. Copy the output into export.json in the genesisify of the game_of_stakes repo
5. Follow the instructions in the genesisify folder's README (from this PR as we changed the vesting addrs.json to remove the cartel)
6. Change the chain_id to game_of_stakes_5 and the genesis_time to 2019-02-02T15:00:00Z
7. You should now have the same genesis.json (except for sorting - use jq . --sort-keys to allow a better diff)

Command 1:

./gaiad export --height 330000 --for-zero-height --kick cosmosvaloper102p00zgyzs2xr9tvt3ju9jnhdtwuft83jngvtu,cosmosvaloper1z770dde04y6zlanhsdvgscsawjzkynmmpqm8we,cosmosvaloper1pxuk5c3q9dr79300xfv0yafjf9stf3w788zrms,cosmosvaloper1snppu44r8p3apmfkwu0ujxcjkmdzw59zjq2pgq,cosmosvaloper1z3yluu93wa9yfv2sfrvk5m2q9c3s343qk4q48w,cosmosvaloper1drtdtat7x6pqhfs9u90c0czvg65lwtqhawyx2j,cosmosvaloper1lnm4q9yfpmxkkndcjzjntzu9kqxew400vhtgjd,cosmosvaloper15xxqq8v4q0sqcfhuqtflncddfep5jxxpqudtuk,cosmosvaloper13zyvm5hrh7yqasg04ffd9e4etpeakttkvdpea2,cosmosvaloper1uk7wd0psudl83cgzw6khzjnnen6tkyzc9hmhzs,cosmosvaloper1d9v2wvuzcuqwl3euhzy8p3khvlveqsf970072r,cosmosvaloper1evh32gcrtgmw43g9a9s9u9yxmswpx8cfcpvpq3,cosmosvaloper1wmc09y9uxhyylhv0trv5xyr6u82lrttl4alxza,cosmosvaloper1frs78q7gcv8s2cd7pnnqk09slyf69pdxmj22dw,cosmosvaloper1njvv9cd0avfzrkn04xyh3weu4dsuhv5mdj530c,cosmosvaloper17s2ns29hkcsgqp7rl5n9rckx9hnss84zuzvyv9,cosmosvaloper1epta0djtp5gdakthj4pwugvww85l6tpfnzu8p6,cosmosvaloper18zrap0tnzt9c0vnkqflefzmcgg5cg434uh5ryd,cosmosvaloper1sjx8jxuplf6ajcvxwtpntpjm5s64xt3u8er35c,cosmosvaloper1l98y3tyl3h6ez5xevh8dgaymr5spdrwqnlqwde,cosmosvaloper1tgnqq2g9u0syzlnuh9v96evnlkllv6f8jednf0,cosmosvaloper1f2t99m5zenwasugr3tmw58djsmqlrj2087u9tg,cosmosvaloper17ewzayt2edwtghnrjdl58ufhqcgmw48rlyuz9v,cosmosvaloper14dp76w9srztynh40m2zm2hlaykpxtnm235enmz,cosmosvaloper17060h323px5swd3mj2p0cf9zxpecg9vnk4nrls,cosmosvaloper1jkdr05fuud9ne6dsm25wxfge7x9e57f7u8a2ej,cosmosvaloper15qavwkx8qv8y9htxdppamsjfu4f5627jv5r9k7,cosmosvaloper13wpyugwm3cxt58cmvy08up54pa47dpj0u9tdx8,cosmosvaloper1tva47y9h9zh4llgau6qsz4c2wzf0zkpxnvzf38,cosmosvaloper1unvmn2wsh65avenajzfy254j0v8d58f7x85a7r,cosmosvaloper1msesrv5jxt0jk5vtwrgygdjq60vnn6a4lazaqn,cosmosvaloper1m9285yt4l994xread77druww85r9g8j6q535nm,cosmosvaloper1t3da02katujzgqnpnulew6v9xqmzj756lp6nzt,cosmosvaloper1caruqk82j6chyswjkp28u3sk80ya5zla2uhwjj,cosmosvaloper1ujqf7m03qd6gf7car0teefgc50qujtzc3dn0dr,cosmosvaloper1hw7nu0ssa7huk0zv3za0xgnmcxm7ryd78l7gdp,cosmosvaloper1f2579m7lk7k94nm2qna4462sq63nrqkl46cysj,cosmosvaloper1r4punjg5t3zsx0nmfk5lackpy622c8fj5q5j50,cosmosvaloper1uuzqhrcjfaeusa5cx0ljjjkszqmxheslau2tyw,cosmosvaloper16vylggc7cwwjyucedk2250ugcgjlnka8d0zpyc,cosmosvaloper1xf6upkfzgl8f3pkpa0l2d76pex33ur27mjqezp,cosmosvaloper123ahlc3vkfe8hf354gdcddr3lzxdmyg2x09cfk,cosmosvaloper1la3s8xgn5h3nzjdgsdhgdkf29n9ud0kmmad2nt,cosmosvaloper1u332h2zq5z3hc8yva967svs0tdf98h0qshd709,cosmosvaloper14t77a9pzc6fel0nsrlsfp3ft937ltrf6w0xdfe,cosmosvaloper1vf6mdfr6y3wstmve96c63xps9sc70sw7e78kpj,cosmosvaloper1f797cgxtj4ueyvzlras08tq6zn6l87ckdctlkm,cosmosvaloper16fu02hmnhlvtf47gv92mz0mkejjvhcqw2axgxf,cosmosvaloper198ssnhd4p547r7vwfrse64v307gynvj52cmu4e,cosmosvaloper1sc4f5y2xhwgn4hjjqg983q83tcgdf3m5vxx86v,cosmosvaloper13knf79lcspvv0vmtkjvssncud4vqxzzv97dy3j,cosmosvaloper1je7k9c5s2wvzrxnm4dzhamx9rayugqas3t3hkx,cosmosvaloper1dxa36kdp8a7nlls8k7k2m5rt7zzv8qhfywn6r7,cosmosvaloper1l7pmprwv6yyxr9pk7ttyuwfyclyxf9gznrcgr2,cosmosvaloper19t5k4la55fr3s92e4hj5uqpk956ka6uzlzrzc7,cosmosvaloper1fcsy7vpzvaaqlu5cvezfzjt3s4z663xdmapn56,cosmosvaloper1jq8ml9x52sxww4mwfzk58t5dw4a566hxf5ctqr,cosmosvaloper1gux94xvmj6uwf0ncpxhzqnlmrm9rayleqwa07h,cosmosvaloper1v88fcs0cn7tyhgmy94evkaarv9gkqwrle4cxu9,cosmosvaloper13crr30dyx70g6jqvvwr8caeha65aare9uzzqja,cosmosvaloper1hnlarnp8gtdn9rff6xzpl99z64d9755sy0gdan,cosmosvaloper174km4mr509mtcm8kt7thlxvrtksk4u88xedj84,cosmosvaloper1gpwyat78vagv5hujuqyteajkmgq3wku57lf0f0,cosmosvaloper12u2e2qn74zlk34g223l7jthx53t2wgcjzuqn74,cosmosvaloper1haxtrc2enmesgcp6ltj824s623jx8xlp2fvcku,cosmosvaloper1lzm8cv5c4ezgd0vsc5ker5y5veumxh4t8xpnc5,cosmosvaloper1f797cgxtj4ueyvzlras08tq6zn6l87ckdctlkm,cosmosvaloper197034kwpjxm0y3umeuxk3tvnw7vedf05l58ue6,cosmosvaloper1lp7y8kck2swwhurt2tm2svj28e9dwk45q7wj2v,cosmosvaloper12t65dsk4fdnxylj2wtr0x8qcgjthvvegqg7zkm,cosmosvaloper1apd0w3eywwr3jsl9f2mlqm7z8ymrhxsvmahynu,cosmosvaloper16tflhzzrjy4w4s9reky35ft7tqu8cglka82zac,cosmosvaloper1c27f7klwxze75phrd0nnqwddpva3gzq8j9zt6p

This genesis file has been tested against this branch using make test_sim_gaia_custom_genesis_fast

[fkbenjamin]

Staking Facilities (GoS-Moniker: SF) is 100% supporting this PR!
We validated the data last year before GoS started and can confirm the analysis. Back then, we also did our own analysis over the usernames that were used for the GoS submissions on Github and cross checked those "suspicious" users with the twitter api. The data can be found here: https://gist.github.com/fkbenjamin/38ea98366761e2a003c2b2eeee052d3a
None of these handles have anything to do with blockchain or anything related, which raises the suspicion that these people were bought to register for GoS.

We can also confirm several observations were made on-chain regarding cartel members. Eg. at one point their autodelegation-software had a bug which caused all cartel members to fail certain delegation tx's, which suggests that they all use the same software.

Let's protect the Cosmos Network!

[joepindar]

I have been working on some analysis on GOS3 - and come to the same conclusion, via an entirely different method.

tl;dr: Identified 71 monikers (+2 false positives) that overlap with Certus One’s list of potential cartel members based on independent analysis.

Details in this https://medium.com/@joepindar_22415/identify-potential-cartel-relay-network-in-cosmos-gos3-6c995d69ce06, along with links to the source code and how to reproduce.

[cfl0ws]

Chainflow supports this proposal 👍

I’d suggest anyone who feels wrongly excluded should make their case in a comment to this PR before its genesis time.

[Hyung-bharvest]

bharvest is also 100% with this gracious move!

[liangping]

liangping is also 100% support.

[dongsam]

bharvest is 100% support (2)

[NodeATeam]

I recall this investigation has been done since the beginning of GOS... actions are finally happening.
Node A Team (moniker ATEAM) supports this very well-organized plan to 100%!

[KamuelBob]

BlissDynamics supports this PR 100%. Great use of evidence and our investigations support the findings.

[egunawan85]

lvl99 is supportive of this

[7alisman]

7alisman here, speaking on behalf of the Firmamint team (GoS-Moniker: Firmamint).

We also supports this PR, and agree with the data points shown above. We -will not- be going live with GoS4 with the cartel present. As a company, while we appreciate the "fun" and "excitement" that has surrounded the possibilities of the Cartel performing a censorship attack, at this point we have to take a step back and look at the optics of this scenario.

Continuing in this way from our perspective will not only potentially damage the Cosmos Network reputation and feed the anti-PoS crowd a bunch of ammo, but would also unfairly affect GoS participatory reward compensation.

Long live the Cosmos Network!

[lyoungblood]

Our validator, Atom Guide, is supporting this fork. Thanks for all your research and hard work, @hendrikhofstadt !

[kwunyeung]

Forbole is 100% supporting this PR! We will only join gos5 and not to setup Big Dipper to monitor the gos4.

[iammelea]

Count on stakebank-meleaTrust, i support this pr.

[nodebreaker0-0]

Nodebreaker 100% support.

[terencesflam]

Terence@Forbole as validator fully support this PR.

[jaybxyz]

Cosmostation is 100% supportive of this PR

[1xCL]

Stake.ID is supporting this PR.

[cachitu]

Kytzu validator supports this PR

[leopoldjoy]

StakeCapital fully supports this PR.

It will be great to see GoS move forward as a fully decentralized network 🚀

[npinto]

+1 from BouBouNode

[eddienuta]

joesatri also supports this PR.
Although this is called GAME of stakes, this is NOT a game. A lot is at STAKE here.
Most importantly, we need to protect the integrity and reputation of cosmos, built with lots of effort in the past years.

[nckrtl]

Crytter supports this PR

[nuevax]

stake.zone (nuevax) supports the PR.

[gruberx]

gruberx supports the PR.

[zmanian]

Here is my take right now.

I am super pleased with how this is going down.

It's been a long day and I don't have the energy to fully review the created genesis file so I don't think I should merge it until I've reviewed it.

I would be very impressed if GoS 5 goes live.

I think the argument laid out by Certus One in Favor of the GoS 5 token distribution is very persuasive and voting with your validator to start GoS 5 if the token distribution agrees with you, I support starting on GoS 5

[dogemos]

Lunamint will be joining the GOS5 chain only. Thank you for everyone who has put in their time and effort for this.

[zmanian]

I did talk Certus One through using the same QA process we used internally for GoS 4 so I think the core objectives about getting ready for launch will be achieved.

[ghost]

I agree with this. 100%.

[awrelll]

GoS 5 ftw ! Dokia is also onboard! We will not start a GoS4 validator.

[clawmvp]

I also support this PR.

[andrewpaulicek]

We (HappyCosmos), are supporting this fork. We won't be joining GoS4.

Thank you guys for all the work you've done

[mdyring]

On behalf of validator.network I'd like to thank @hendrikhofstadt, @leoluk and @joepindar for the splendid work done here.

I am happy to see that the GoS5 launch is set for tomorrow, giving any incorrectly identified cartel members ample opportunity to speak up.

We will not be supporting GoS4 by producing blocks and are looking forward to GoS5 launch tomorrow.

[gbunea]

Syncnode validator supports as well this PR. The validator will not be started for GoS4

[derfredy]

I am all for GoS 5. Supporting the fork!

[awasunyin]

Finally. Needless to say for Cryptium Labs, we're in.

[eon0001]

Great find @hendrikhofstadt,Sentinel will not be on Gos-4.All in for GoS 5.

[davepuchyr]

Thanks to all that put effort into this movement. "layover run" will not participate in GoS4.

[muhazzz]

P2P.ORG Validator supports this PR 100% 👍

[Hertz]

Kuende is on the same page with you guys. Great job with the forensics 👍

[dirmansebastian]

sebytza05 fully supports this PR, so GoS 5 wait for me

[wimel]

GoS5 for the win!!! great work @hendrikhofstadt

[F4RM-io]

Supporting this PR, we won't launch on GoS 4.

[gamarin2]

Castlenode supports this PR 👍

[mnugumanova]

I fully support and applaud this decision. I won't be starting my validator node "Mira" as part of GoS 4.
History will prove that we were on the right side!

[pete001]

Support from blockmatrix too 👍

[gojun077]

support from gchkn!

[mattharrop]

Figment supports this PR. Great work guys.

[fkbenjamin]

Reproduced the proposed genesis file using the tools from above. Can confirm.

shasum -a256 new_created.json
93ee37529745a4244d8f523d64c335771019bd45b644c374dc5978d158c71198  new_created.json

shasum -a256 new_download.json
93ee37529745a4244d8f523d64c335771019bd45b644c374dc5978d158c71198  new_download.json

[derori]

Stir supports this PR!

[MeherRoy]

Chorus One in support as well!

[zmanian]

I think given the very compelling evidence from @joepindar, @hendrikhofstadt , and @leoluk and the failure of GoS 4 to start. I think the right thing to do is merge this PR.

[bneiluj]

Yes! It's merged :) 🚀

[p3t3hill]

412a supports this!