Abstract
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Protocol core service can be broken down into units called βTasksβ. Each Task represents a unit of work to be carried out by the Operators.
Othentic Consensus is a scheme to execute, validate, and approve any given task. Powered by a modular consensus engine, the Othentic Consensus allows the execution and validation of any computation use case.
The consensus algorithm leverages the leader election mechanism, a process for entities (Task Attesters) to make claims about another entity (Task Performer). These claims are cryptographically signed to ensure the authenticity and immutability of task execution.
The Othentic Task Consensus is cryptoeconomically secured and uses stake-weighted voting power.
Task Performer is an AVS Operator that executes a task, provides a Proof of Task, and sends the results to Attesters. After successfully executing a task, the Task Performer publishes an event via peer-to-peer networking for Attester nodes to discover.
The RPC call that the Task Performer sends to the Othentic Client:
Task Attesters are AVS Operators' quorum that attests to the validity of the executed task. Each task must be attested as either "valid" or "invalid".
The Operator's voting power is proportional and calculated against the amount of re-stake assets staked on the shared security layer, referred to as βdynamic voting power.β The re-staked effective balance determines each Operator's influence in the consensus process. If over β of the quorum's voting power attest "valid", the task is considered approved. If over β of the quorum's voting power attest "invalid", the task is rejected, and the quorum executes a slashing event to the Performer. The Attesters run the validation logic using a local HTTP request to the Validation Service.
The Aggregator listens to events from the Attester nodes and monitors the necessary voting power contribution to a certain task. The Aggregator aggregates the signatures of the Attesters into a BLS aggregated signature and submits a transaction to the AttestationCenter
smart contract. After successful validation, the Performer, Attesters, and Aggregator are eligible to claim task rewards.