Changes to “Missed turns, suspension and expulsion”
#105 (zoobc.how, 2026-10-26 20:44 UTC) → #845 (zoobc.how, 2026-10-26 22:31 UTC): Seed article updated
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A short gap never suspends a node: if it made a block of its own within the last 20 blocks, a fourth miss does not suspend it (the miss is still counted).
+ To come back, a suspended node's software sends a **ping**: a liveness attestation from the node's own key, with a fee of 0, at most one per 120-block window, valid only from a suspended node. It is a QueueAttendance transaction (type 59), the same type a queued node sends to show that it is online. The ping returns the node to the draw on probation. It never erases misses or stops the loss of score; that happens only when the node makes a block at one of its next turns.
− To come back, a suspended node's software sends a **ping**: a liveness attestation (transaction type 59) from the node's own key, with a fee of 0, at most one per 120-block window, valid only from a suspended node. The ping returns the node to the draw on probation. It never erases misses or stops the loss of score; that happens only when the node makes a block at one of its next turns.
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