BBA* in Algorand: Can Malicious Nodes Influence Consensus on an Empty Block?

The consensus process accepts up to 20 block proposals, and the lowest VRF has wins, so in order to have any kind of undue influence over this step one would have to defeat the VRF, itself, essentially. Does that make sense?

Transaction Response with no fee attribute when fee = 0

May I ask you to open a GitHub issue on the Java SDK repository so that the Algorand Technologies team who maintains the library can investigate this?

Help with Algokit

Hey, it is possible the recent updates to the project template have diverged from older guides. Following the README should work, though. All of this will be updated soon. You are invited to pop into the Algorand Discord server for any kind of code-related help–it’s where all the devs and DevRels are.

Can not join Algorand Discord

Hi, you should be able to join now–please try again.

Sunsetting Technical Support on the Forum - Discussion

Help me understand how the guidance on using Discord is “rough.” The app can be launched in a browser window, the onboarding process prompts new joiners to visit various channels, and there is a single post-join question that asks if you are there for development, which reveals a category of channels.

Sunsetting Technical Support on the Forum - Discussion

@Maugli, you have personally received answers and assistance from my own team, our engineers, other community members, and our AI bot on the Discord server, so I am surprised to see you advocate against the Discord in which you have been helped so frequently. Let me respond to a few of your points …

Sunsetting Technical Support on the Forum

Hi Ludo, I will respond to various points individually:

• you have not provided the alternatives

I provided three alternatives, namely our AI bot, the Discord server, and a direct email inbox for technical support.

• Dev portal does not have any way of the commenting option

The new dev portal is…

Approval program code

Hey, just to let you know, we are sunsetting the forum as a place for technical support. Please join us in https://discord.gg/algorand to connect with other developers and get code help!

Sunsetting Technical Support on the Forum

Hi folks, By way of introduction, because this account may not be well known to forum readers, I’m Brian Whippo, Head of Developer Relations at the Algorand Foundation. As part of a holistic strategy for how the Developer Relations team provides technical support for Algorand developers across various platforms...

xGov VOTING - suggestion for preventing whale manipulation

Hi Simon, thanks for engaging in our ongoing discussion about how to improve the next iteration of xGov. How do you propose to prevent an account with large voting power from “Sybil attacking” this mechanism by splitting their power across 2 or more accounts which would be under the size threshold?