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Consensus validator signatures are currently created and verified over the raw block hash. The proposal RPC carries the block hash and proposer identity, but no explicit consensus round/view or canonical chain/network domain.
This leaves vote freshness and replay protection underspecified: a valid signature may be reusable outside the context in which it was produced unless the surrounding protocol provides an equivalent binding.
Required design
Define a canonical, versioned vote message that includes at minimum:
protocol/network or chain identifier;
block height;
consensus round/view;
block hash;
signature scheme/version.
The same message must be used consistently by:
block signature creation;
outbound vote aggregation;
inbound proposal verification;
block acceptance/finality verification.
Required tests
A signature from one block height cannot validate at another height.
A signature from one round/view cannot validate in another round/view.
A signature for one block hash cannot validate for a conflicting hash.
Cross-network/domain replay is rejected.
Stale proposals and partition/rejoin messages are rejected safely.
Mixed-version behavior is explicit and fail-closed.
Dependencies and constraints
Do not merge a protocol change until the canonical chain/network identifier and round/view semantics are confirmed.
Problem
Consensus validator signatures are currently created and verified over the raw block hash. The proposal RPC carries the block hash and proposer identity, but no explicit consensus round/view or canonical chain/network domain.
This leaves vote freshness and replay protection underspecified: a valid signature may be reusable outside the context in which it was produced unless the surrounding protocol provides an equivalent binding.
Required design
Define a canonical, versioned vote message that includes at minimum:
The same message must be used consistently by:
Required tests
Dependencies and constraints