Core Protocolleader-schedule
Leader Schedule
A deterministic mapping of slots to validators for an entire epoch, computed from stake weights. Validators with more stake are assigned proportionally more leader slots. The schedule is derived using a seed from the previous epoch's randomness, so all validators independently compute the same schedule without coordination.
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Slot
A time window during which a designated leader validator can produce a block. Each slot lasts approximately 400 millisec...
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Epoch
A period of 432,000 slots (approximately 2-3 days) that defines a staking cycle. At each epoch boundary, the leader sche...
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Validator
A node that participates in the Solana network by validating transactions, voting on blocks, and (when selected as leade...