Robert Habermeier
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* skeleton flow control * tweaks & rename to approvals distribution * Update roadmap/implementers-guide/src/node/approval/approval-distribution.md Co-authored-by: Peter Goodspeed-Niklaus <coriolinus@users.noreply.github.com> * Update roadmap/implementers-guide/src/node/approval/approval-distribution.md Co-authored-by: Peter Goodspeed-Niklaus <coriolinus@users.noreply.github.com> * add a `NewBlocks` message and dispatch * new data format for approval distribution * guide: update view to include finalized block number * approvals: document view updating * pruning when peers disconnect * add remaining message types * fix link * network message type * handle incoming assignments * import_and_circulate_approval * handle new blocks * address review comments * address review comments and use nifty VRFProof Co-authored-by: Peter Goodspeed-Niklaus <coriolinus@users.noreply.github.com>
Preamble
This document aims to describe the purpose, functionality, and implementation of the host for Polkadot's parachains functionality - that is, the software which provides security and advancement for constituent parachains. It is not for the implementer of a specific parachain but rather for the implementer of the Parachain Host. In practice, this is for the implementers of Polkadot in general.
There are a number of other documents describing the research in more detail. All referenced documents will be linked here and should be read alongside this document for the best understanding of the full picture. However, this is the only document which aims to describe key aspects of Polkadot's particular instantiation of much of that research down to low-level technical details and software architecture.