governance

APIs related to the Klaytn Governance.

For the governance of the network, Klaytn provides the following APIs under governance namespace.

In Klaytn, there are three different governance modes.

• none: All nodes participating in the network have the right to change the configuration.

• single: Only one designated node has the right to change the configuration.

• ballot: All nodes which have voting power can vote for a change. When more than half of total voting power gathered, the vote passes.

governance_vote

The vote method submits a new vote. If the node has the right to vote based on governance mode, the vote can be placed. If not, an error message will be returned and the vote will be ignored.

Parameters

• Key : Name of the configuration setting to be changed. Key has the form of domain.field

• Value : Various types of value for each key.

Key	Description
"governance.governancemode"	STRING. One of the three governance modes. "none", "single", "ballot"
"governance.governingnode"	ADDRESS. Designated governing node's address. It only works if the governance mode is "single" e.g.,"0xe733cb4d279da696f30d470f8c04decb54fcb0d2"
"governance.unitprice"	NUMBER. Price of unit gas. e.g., 25000000000
"governance.addvalidator"	ADDRESS. Address of a new validator candidate. e.g., 0xe733cb4d279da696f30d470f8c04decb54fcb0d2
"governance.removevalidator"	ADDRESS. Address of a current validator which need to be removed. e.g., 0xe733cb4d279da696f30d470f8c04decb54fcb0d2
"istanbul.epoch"	NUMBER. A period in which votes are gathered in blocks. When an epoch end, all votes which haven't been passed will be cleared. e.g., 86400
"istanbul.committeesize"	NUMBER. The number of validators in a committee.(sub in chain configuration) e.g., 7
"reward.mintingamount"	STRING. Amount of Peb minted when a block is generated. Double quotation marks are needed for a value. e.g., "9600000000000000000"
"reward.ratio"	STRING. Distribution rate for a CN/KGF/KIR separated by "/". The sum of all values has to be 100. e.g., "34/54/12" meaning CN 34%, KGF 54%, KIR 12%
"reward.useginicoeff"	BOOL. Use the Gini coefficient or not. true, false
"reward.deferredtxfee"	BOOL. The way of giving transaction fee to a proposer. If true, it means the tx fee will be summed up with block reward and distributed to the proposer, KIR and KGF. If not, all tx fee will be given to the proposer. true, false
"reward.minimumstake"	STRING. Amount of Klay required to be a CN (Consensus Node). Double quotation marks are needed for a value. e.g., "5000000"

Return Value

Type	Description
String	Result of vote submission

Example

> governance.vote ("governance.governancemode", "ballot")
"Your vote was successfully placed."

> governance.vote ("governance.governingnode", "0x12345678990123456789901234567899012345678990")
"Your vote was successfully placed."

> governance.vote("istanbul.epoch", 604800)
"Your vote was successfully placed."

> governance.vote("governance.unitprice", 25000000000)
"Your vote was successfully placed."

> governance.vote("istanbul.committeesize", 7)
"Your vote was successfully placed."

> governance.vote("reward.mintingamount", "9600000000000000000")
"Your vote was successfully placed."

> governance.vote("reward.ratio", "40/30/30")
"Your vote was successfully placed."

> governance.vote("reward.useginicoeff", false)
"Your vote was successfully placed."

// If wrong data are given
> governance.vote("reward.ratio", 100)
"Your vote couldn't be placed. Please check your vote's key and value"

> governance.vote("governance.governingnode", 1234)
"Your vote couldn't be placed. Please check your vote's key and value"

// when `governancemode` is "single" and the node is not `governingnode`
> governance.vote("governance.governancemode", "ballot")
"You don't have the right to vote"

governance_showTally

The showTally property provides the current tally of governance votes. It shows the aggregated approval rate in percentage. When it goes over 50%, the vote passes.

Parameters

None

Return Value

Type	Description
Tally	Each vote's value and approval rate in percentage

Example

> governance.showTally
[{
    ApprovalPercentage: 36.2,
    Key: "unitprice",
    Value: 25000000000
}, {
    ApprovalPercentage: 72.5,
    Key: "mintingamount",
    Value: "9600000000000000000"
}]

governance_totalVotingPower

The totalVotingPower property provides the sum of all voting power that CNs have. Each CN has 1.0 ~ 2.0 voting power. In "none", "single" governance mode, totalVotingPower don't provide any information.

Parameters

None

Return Value

Type	Description
Float	Total Voting Power or error message

Example

// In "ballot" governance mode
> governance.totalVotingPower
32.452

// In "none", "single" governance mode
> governance.totalVotingPower
"In current governance mode, voting power is not available"

governance_myVotingPower

The myVotingPower property provides the voting power of the node. The voting power can be 1.0 ~ 2.0. In "none", "single" governance mode, totalVotingPower don't provide any information.

Parameters

None

Return Value

Type	Description
Float	Node's Voting Power or error message

Example

// In "ballot" governance mode
> governance.myVotingPower
1.323

// In "none", "single" governance mode
> governance.myVotingPower
"In current governance mode, voting power is not available"

governance_myVotes

The myVotes property provides my vote information in the epoch. Each vote is stored in a block when the user's node generates a new block. After current epoch ends, this information is cleared.

Parameters

None

Return Value

Type	Description
Vote List	Node's Voting status in the epoch - BlockNum: The block number that this vote is stored - Casted: If this vote is stored in a block or not - Key/Value: The content of the vote

Example

> governance.vote("governance.governancemode", "ballot")
"Your vote was successfully placed."

> governance.myVotes
[{
    BlockNum: 403,
    Casted: true,
    Key: "governance.governancemode",
    Value: "ballot"
}]

governance_chainConfig

The chainConfig property provides the initial chain configuration. Because it just stores the initial configuration, if there were changes in the governance made by voting, the result of chainConfig will differ from the current states. To see the current information, please use itemsAt.

Parameters

None

Return Value

Type	Description
JSON	Current chain configuration

Example

> governance.chainConfig
{
  chainId: 1001,
  deriveShaImpl: 2,
  governance: {
    governanceMode: "ballot",
    governingNode: "0xe733cb4d279da696f30d470f8c04decb54fcb0d2",
    reward: {
      deferredTxFee: true,
      minimumStake: 5000000,
      mintingAmount: 9600000000000000000,
      proposerUpdateInterval: 3600,
      ratio: "34/54/12",
      stakingUpdateInterval: 20,
      useGiniCoeff: false
    }
  },
  istanbul: {
    epoch: 20,
    policy: 2,
    sub: 1
  },
  unitPrice: 25000000000
}

governance_nodeAddress

The nodeAddress property provides the address of the node that a user is using. It is derived from the nodekey and used to sign consensus messages. And the value of "governingnode" has to be one of validator's node address.

Parameters

None

Return Value

Type	Description
ADDRESS	20 BYTE address of a node

Example

> governance.nodeAddress
"0xe733cb4d279da696f30d470f8c04decb54fcb0d2"

governance_itemsAt

The itemsAt returns governance items at specific block. It is the result of previous voting of the block and used as configuration for chain at the given block number.

Parameters

Type	Description
QUANTITY | TAG

NOTE: In versions earlier than Klaytn v1.7.0, only integer block number, the string "earliest" and "latest" are available.

Return Valuex

Type	Description
JSON	governance items

Example

> governance.itemsAt(89)
{
 governance.governancemode: "single",
 governance.governingnode: "0x7bf29f69b3a120dae17bca6cf344cf23f2daf208",
 governance.unitprice: 25000000000,
 istanbul.committeesize: 13,
 istanbul.epoch: 30,
 istanbul.policy: 2,
 reward.deferredtxfee: true,
 reward.minimumstake: "5000000",
 reward.mintingamount: "9600000000000000000",
 reward.proposerupdateinterval: 30,
 reward.ratio: "34/54/12",
 reward.stakingupdateinterval: 60,
 reward.useginicoeff: true
}

governance_pendingChanges

The pendingChanges returns the list of items that have received enough number of votes but not yet finalized. At the end of the current epoch, these changes will be finalized and the result will be in effect from the epoch after next epoch.

Parameters

None

Return Value

Type	Description
Vote List	Currently pending changes composed of keys and values

Example

> governance.pendingChanges
{
  reward.minimumstake: "5000000",
  reward.useginicoeff: false
}

governance_votes

The votes returns the votes from all nodes in the epoch. These votes are gathered from the header of each block.

Parameters

None

Return Value

Type	Description
Vote List	Current votes composed of keys, values and node addresses

Example

> governance.votes
[{
    key: "reward.minimumstake",
    validator: "0xe733cb4d279da696f30d470f8c04decb54fcb0d2",
    value: "5000000"
}, {
    key: "reward.useginicoeff",
    validator: "0xa5bccb4d279419abe2d470f8c04dec0789ac2d54",
    value: false
}]

governance_idxCache

The idxCache property returns an array of current idxCache in the memory cache. idxCache contains the block numbers where governance change happened. The cache can have up to 1000 block numbers in memory by default.

Parameters

None

Return Value

Type	Description
uint64 array	Block numbers where governance change happened

Example

> governance.idxCache
[0, 30]

governance_idxCacheFromDb

The idxCacheFromDb returns an array that contains all block numbers on which a governance change ever happened. The result of idxCacheFromDb is the same or longer than that of idxCache

Parameters

None

Return Value

Type	Description
uint64 array	Every block numbers where governance change happened

Example

> governance.idxCacheFromDb
[0, 30]

governance_itemCacheFromDb

The itemCacheFromDb returns the governance information stored in the given block. If no changes were stored in the given block, the function returns null.

Parameters

Type	Description
uint64	A block number to query the governance change made in the block.

Return Value

Type	Description
JSON	Stored governance information at a given block

Example

> governance.itemCacheFromDb(0)
{
  governance.governancemode: "single",
  governance.governingnode: "0xe733cb4d279da696f30d470f8c04decb54fcb0d2",
  governance.unitprice: 25000000000,
  istanbul.committeesize: 1,
  istanbul.epoch: 30,
  istanbul.policy: 2,
  reward.deferredtxfee: true,
  reward.minimumstake: "5000000",
  reward.mintingamount: "9600000000000000000",
  reward.proposerupdateinterval: 3600,
  reward.ratio: "34/54/12",
  reward.stakingupdateinterval: 20,
  reward.useginicoeff: false
}

governance_getStakingInfo

The getStakingInfo returns staking information at a specific block. The result includes the following information.

• BlockNum: The block number at which the staking information is given.

• CouncilNodeAddrs: The addresses of the consensus node.

• CouncilRewardAddrs: The addresses to which the block reward of the associated nodes is sent.

• CouncilStakingAddrs: The contract addresses in which the associated nodes deploy for staking.

• CouncilStakingAmounts: The amount of KLAY which the associated nodes stake.

• Gini: Gini coefficient.

• KIRAddr: The contract address of KIR.

• KGFAddr: The contract address of KGF.

• UseGini: The boolean value whether or not the Gini coefficient is used.

Note that the order of all addresses and the staking amounts are matched.

Parameters

Type	Description
QUANTITY | TAG

Return Value

Type	Description
JSON	Staking information

Example

> governance.getStakingInfo("latest")
{
  BlockNum: 57801600,
  CouncilNodeAddrs: ["0x99fb17d324fa0e07f23b49d09028ac0919414db6", "0x571e53df607be97431a5bbefca1dffe5aef56f4d", "0xb74ff9dea397fe9e231df545eb53fe2adf776cb2", "0x5cb1a7dccbd0dc446e3640898ede8820368554c8", "0x776817c0ef3d06d794cf01ae9afa33d7397b9b40", "0xc180ca565b34b5b63877674f5fe647e7da079022", "0x03497f51c31fe8b402df0bde90fd5a85f87aa943"],
  CouncilRewardAddrs: ["0xb2bd3178affccd9f9f5189457f1cad7d17a01c9d", "0x6559a7b6248b342bc11fbcdf9343212bbc347edc", "0x82829a60c6eac4e3e9d6ed00891c69e88537fd4d", "0xa86fd667c6a340c53cc5d796ba84dbe1f29cb2f7", "0x6e22cbe2b8bbd1df9f1d3c8ebae6d7ff5414a734", "0x24e593fb29731e54905025c230727dc28d229f77", "0x2b2a7a1d29a203f60e0a964fc64231265a49cd97"],
  CouncilStakingAddrs: ["0x12fa1ab4c3e17c1c08c1b5a945c864c8e8bf707e", "0xfd56604f1a20268ff7a0eab2ab48e25ee1e0f653", "0x1e0f6aaa9baa6081dc4910a854eebf8854c262ab", "0x5e6988415ebe0f6b088f5a676003ba60f572875a", "0xbb44998c2af35b8faee694cffe216558056d747e", "0x68cba498b7175cde9de08fc2e85ad3e9c8caefa8", "0x98efb31eeccafe35d53a6926e2a54c0858d9eebc"],
  CouncilStakingAmounts: [5000000, 5000000, 5000000, 5000000, 5000000, 5000000, 5000000],
  Gini: 0,
  KIRAddr: "0x716f89d9bc333286c79db4ebb05516897c8d208a",
  KGFAddr: "0x2bcf9d3e4a846015e7e3152a614c684de16f37c6",
  UseGini: true
}