Auditor Reference Concepts

Auditor Basic Concepts:

Auditors are responsible for evaluating the quality of GEB-related transactions submitted by executors by analyzing on-chain transaction records. Only transactions that comply with GEB specifications and execute successfully are deemed valid.

Incentive Mechanism

• Rewards correlate with evaluation fairness: higher authenticity in evaluation leads to higher incentives, while malicious/arbitrary scoring significantly reduces earnings

• Fairness is guaranteed by the agere consensus mechanism, with final determinations made through collaborative evaluation by multiple auditors

• Stake amount determines competition priority, with the network continuously rewarding the top 64 auditors by stake amount

• Auditors enjoy higher fixed incentives than executors; dropping below the top 64 positions results in loss of eligibility (can continue participating as executors)

Auditor Performance Concepts:

aTrust (Auditor Trust):

• Meaning: aTrust represents a score reflecting the confidence in an auditor's behavior. Its full name is Auditor Trust.

• Calculation: It's calculated by directly applying consensus-based trimming and summing the results. For example, if a validator assigns normalized scores of 0.7 and 0.3 to two executors, and the consensus on those executors is 0.5 and 0.5, respectively, then the validator's trust is the sum of min(weight, consensus) for each executor. In this case, it's 0.5 + 0.3 = 0.8. A value closer to 1 is better, with 1 being the ideal state.

• Troubleshooting: If this value deviates significantly from 1, observation is needed. If it consistently decreases, check for updates in the corresponding agere codebase, and verify the health of your VPS network and scripts.

Dividend:

• Meaning: Represents the proportion of earnings an auditor receives. The sum of all auditor dividends equals 1.

• Calculation: It's calculated by combining the difference between the auditor's scores for Executors and the consensus-trimmed values, along with cumulative factors like staking and updation time. Think of it as dividends being earned from the Executors being scored. The key factors to focus on during online periods are aTrust and Total Stake, or you can customize your scoring script.