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`solana vote-account` authorized-voter display is not clear

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#11,273 opened on Jul 29, 2020

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Description

Problem

We currently display a vote account info on the CLI as follows:

$ solana vote-account vote.json
Account Balance: 0.02685864 SOL
Validator Identity: 7hguFUbg1pbkSppuwfZ1i9n9Wrqs22J4nLRepGnjvniW
Vote Authority: {2: "7hguFUbg1pbkSppuwfZ1i9n9Wrqs22J4nLRepGnjvniW"}
Withdraw Authority: 7hguFUbg1pbkSppuwfZ1i9n9Wrqs22J4nLRepGnjvniW
Credits: 0
Commission: 100%
Root Slot: ~
Recent Timestamp: BlockTimestamp { slot: 0, timestamp: 0 }

The line Vote Authority: {2: "7hguFUbg1pbkSppuwfZ1i9n9Wrqs22J4nLRepGnjvniW"} is not clear what the two values represents, which is: epoch: authorized_voter. So if you authorize a new voter, it should be reported there, keyed to the epoch it changed.

Proposed Solution

  • Change Vote Authority line to just display the pubkey of the vote auth, same format as withdraw auth.
  • Add a separate line for the epoch change data, like: Vote Authority last changed during Epoch: [epoch]

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Research direction
Modify the CLI output in the solana vote account command to display the vote authority pubkey clearly and add a separate line for the epoch it last changed.
Tech stack
rust
Domain
blockchaincli
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