Hi guys… been trying to find info on this for days now. Found a few threads mentioning it but haven’t really seen enough to form an understanding of what “chain density” is. Haven’t found a proper definition of this in the docs also. Google also hasn’t been helpful. So, can someone please explain w…

To add, chain density is a reflection on the health of the network. With block coefficient is 0.05 and slot duration of 20s, and ideal chain density would be ~5%. A chain density with a lower % implies the degree to which nodes are missing or failing to produce assigned blocks.

I am not sure if this is the correct answer, but this is what I have observed. During normal operations of my node chain density runs at about 5%. But when I synced up with the mainnet I used a 10 CPU Rig with 22Gb or memory. During the download of the mainnet the chain density was hitting 100%. The…

Yes it is correct When a node comes up to sync with mainnet it starts in the Byron era (where slots/epochs didn’t exist) and then it crosses over into to Shelley era.

This Github issue explains it all: it’s just the number of actual blocks divided by the number of slots. So as the accepted solution says, if we had a block for every slot, the chain density would be 100%. Another Github issue suggests that this method of calculation is no longer accurate for Shell…

What is chain density?

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nimrod 15 August 2020 12:59 2

Okay, someone finally gave a sensible answer to this question in the Telegram group. Putting it here for anyone who comes across this post in the future:

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