proto: switch to 4h cycle
What
Lowering the cycle length to 4h
Why
Improve staking UX
How
Update of protocols parameters at protocol stitching:
Change of period length:
- blocks_per_cycle
Ensuring constant period duration:
- cycles_per_voting_period
- delegate_parameters_activation_delay
Ensuring same number of nonce
- Blocks_per_commitment
Ensuring revelation time is sufficient and have a sensible value for VDF computation
- Nonce_revelation_threshold
- vdf_difficulty
Manually testing the MR
Checklist
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Document the interface of any function added or modified (see the coding guidelines) -
Document any change to the user interface, including configuration parameters (see node configuration) -
Provide automatic testing (see the testing guide). -
For new features and bug fixes, add an item in the appropriate changelog ( docs/protocols/alpha.rstfor the protocol and the environment,CHANGES.rstat the root of the repository for everything else). -
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Edited by Julien