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Non-Validators Responding to Block Digest Requests

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Since Jun 18, 2026.

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Description

Seems reasonable for non-validators to respond to block digest requests and replication requests to help both non-validators and validators catch up if they are missing blocks.

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Go
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22
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4
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3d 1h
Merged PRs (30d)
34

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