# The Starknet community launched a "simplified decentralized protocol" proposal

By [ZZVC](https://paragraph.com/@zzvc) · 2023-09-05

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Ilia Volokh, a member of the Ethereum Layer 2 expansion solution Starknet community, initiated the "Simplified Decentralized Protocol" proposal, which allows the maximum simplification of the protocol under the assumption that more than 2/3 of the pledges are honest. The simplified protocol will mainly consist of four key parts: 1. Proof-of-stake-based leader election to determine the schedule of block proposers; 2. Create a Tendermint-style consensus protocol for the proposer network to agree on each block Reach a consensus; 3. Chain proof mechanism, each proposer must prove the previous block to ensure the decentralization of the proof; 4. Regularly update the L1 state to periodically migrate the L2 state to L1, and merge the chain proof at the same time.

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*Originally published on [ZZVC](https://paragraph.com/@zzvc/the-starknet-community-launched-a-simplified-decentralized-protocol-proposal)*