# Casper parameters

The rules Casper runs by, as the chain itself states them: staking, slashing, governance, inflation and the rest. BitBasic reads them from the chain every hour and records each change.

Facts as of 2026-11-07 19:40 UTC, read from the chain by BitBasic.

- Network: Protocol version: 2.2.2
- Network: Network name: casper
- Network: Upgraded at era: 22,931
- Network: Consensus protocol: Zug
- Eras and blocks: Era length: 2 hours
- Eras and blocks: Fewest blocks an era: 100 blocks
- Eras and blocks: Shortest block time: 8 seconds
- Eras and blocks: Fault tolerance: 33.33%
- Auction and staking: Validator slots: 100 validators
- Auction and staking: Minimum bid: 500 CSPR
- Auction and staking: Auction delay: 1 era (About 2 hours)
- Auction and staking: Unbonding time: 7 eras (About 14 hours)
- Auction and staking: Minimum delegation: 500 CSPR
- Auction and staking: Maximum delegation: 1,000,000,000 CSPR
- Auction and staking: Delegators per validator: 1,200 delegators
- Auction and staking: Minimum commission: None
- Auction and staking: Locked funds period: None
- Auction and staking: Vesting period: None
- Rewards: Issuance each round: 0.00000195% (About 8% a year)
- Rewards: Finder's fee: 20%
- Rewards: Signature share: 95%
- Rewards: Signature citation window: 6 blocks
- Rewards: Rewards handling: Sustain (25% to its purse)
- Fees: Fees: Burned
- Fees: Unused gas refunded: 75%
- Fees: Gas hold: 1 day
- Fees: Baseline fee: 2.5 CSPR
- Accounts and transfers: Transfers: Unrestricted
- Accounts and transfers: Keys per account: 100 keys

## Links

- [Web page](https://bitbasic.com/casper/parameters): the same facts, with charts and history
- [Casper network](https://bitbasic.com/casper)
- [JSON API](https://bitbasic.com/api/v1/chains/casper/parameters): the same data, free and without a key
- By: BitBasic (https://bitbasic.com), live staking-network dashboards run by BitNordic