The team working on Statemine has recently tested adding more collators to Westmint (beyond the genesis Invulnerables) and we believe that Statemine is ready for the same. Note that this call needs the Collator Selection UpdateOrigin, which is the majority of the Council. That is, it does not require a referendum.
The team suggested the following values:
- Set the
CandidacyBond to 50 KSM. This means that an account that wishes to be a collator would need to reserve 50 KSM on Statemine in order to register their intent.
- Set the
DesiredCandidates to 4, allowing 4 additional collators to join. This is the number we tested with on Westmint and are confident will work without issue.
Once the team gets and address feedback from the first collator cohort on the setup process and documentation, they will suggest increasing the number of candidates if there is demand.
More information on the proposal, including call construction from Statemine, the relay chain and call data, can be found HERE. Please vote at your convenience!