Overview

Staking to an Arx node in the Arcium Network contributes towards activation of its computational resources, unlocking its hardware, making it eligible to perform work. With insufficient stake, Arx nodes are ineligible to perform work using their computational resources.

To quantify and calculate stake activation of Arx nodes' hardware, a Network-wide constant ratio exists between the amount of stake (both 3rd-party and self-stake) required to attest to the hardware claim and the Self-Claimed Hardware Specification section — this constant ratio is named REQUIRED_STAKE_PER_UNIT_OF_CU_LOAD_CAPACITY. Given that the self-claimed hardware specification defines the maximum possible computational load that an Arx node can handle at one time, if a node receives less than the amount of total delegation that corresponds to its claimed hardware specification, it is not proportionally assigned computation jobs up to its maximum possible capability (only amount of work proportional to the stake it has delegated to it).

When Arx node delegations exceed the required amount to satisfy the REQUIRED_STAKE_PER_UNIT_OF_CU_LOAD_CAPACITY ratio, Node Operators must either upgrade their hardware (in order to increase the amount of total delegation they can receive for the proportionally improved hardware claim) or rewards for additional stake delegations to the Arx node in question are put through a near-linear curve — thereby enforcing a strong disincentive for over-delegation above the hardware claim.

The Arcium Network staking approach discourages centralization, by creating a near-linear relationship between the hardware that an Arx node provides to the Network and the amount of stake required to activate it.