Casper parameters
29 rules in 6 groups, as the chain itself states them, read every hour
Network
Which protocol version the network runs, and since when.
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Protocol version
The version of Casper's protocol every node runs. Casper's rules change with these upgrades, not by on-chain votes.
- 2.2.2
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Network name
The name a node checks before talking to another, so nodes of different networks never mix.
- casper
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Upgraded at era
The era from which this protocol version took effect.
- 22,931
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Consensus protocol
How the validators agree on blocks.
- Zug
Eras and blocks
How time is divided, and how blocks become final.
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Era length
How long an era lasts. Validators, their weights and rewards are settled era by era.
- 2 hours
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Fewest blocks an era
An era lasts at least this many blocks, even when that takes longer than its length.
- 100 blocks
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Shortest block time
The least time between two blocks.
- 8 seconds
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Fault tolerance
The share of validator weight that may be faulty while blocks still become final.
- 33.33%
Auction and staking
How validators win their places in the auction, and how stake comes and goes.
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Validator slots
The most validators an era can have: the auction gives the places to the largest bids.
- 100 validators
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Minimum bid
The least a validator must stake itself to take part in the auction.
- 500 CSPR
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Auction delay
How many eras after an auction its winners start validating.
- 1 era
- About 2 hours
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Unbonding time
How many eras unstaked tokens stay locked before they are back in the wallet. They earn nothing meanwhile.
- 7 eras
- About 14 hours
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Minimum delegation
The least CSPR one delegation may be.
- 500 CSPR
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Maximum delegation
The most CSPR one delegation may be.
- 1,000,000,000 CSPR
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Delegators per validator
The most delegators one validator may have.
- 1,200 delegators
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Minimum commission
The lowest commission a validator may charge its delegators.
- None
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Locked funds period
How long genesis validators' stake stayed locked after launch.
- None
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Vesting period
How long genesis stake is released over once its lock ends.
- None
Rewards
How new CSPR is minted, and who it goes to.
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Issuance each round
The share of the total supply minted each round of consensus, one round per shortest block time.
- 0.00000195%
- About 8% a year
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Finder's fee
The share of a block's signature rewards paid to the validator that includes other validators' signatures in its block.
- 20%
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Signature share
The share of each block's reward paid for finality signatures; the rest goes to the block's proposer.
- 95%
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Signature citation window
How many blocks later a validator's signature may still be included and rewarded.
- 6 blocks
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Rewards handling
Where rewards go: "standard" pays them all out; "sustain" sends a share to a purse that funds the network's upkeep.
- Sustain (25% to its purse)
Fees
What happens to transaction fees and the gas a transaction doesn't use.
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Fees
What happens to the fees transactions pay.
- Burned
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Unused gas refunded
The share of a transaction's unused gas that is paid back to it.
- 75%
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Gas hold
Where fees are held rather than charged, how long the hold lasts.
- 1 day
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Baseline fee
The smallest gas price a transaction is charged at.
- 2.5 CSPR
Accounts and transfers
Limits on accounts and who may move tokens.
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Transfers
Whether any account may send tokens to any other.
- Unrestricted
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Keys per account
The most keys that may sign for one account (multisig).
- 100 keys
Recent changes
Values that changed since BitBasic began reading them on Nov 7, 2026, by a governance vote or an upgrade. Each is dated when it was first read, and counted once a second reading agrees.
No value has changed since Nov 7, 2026.