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Increase maximum active validator count to 500
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To help make validating on Polkadot more accessible the following proposal aims to increase the maximum number of active validators per era from 297 to 500.
Currently validators require having at least ~1.663.500 DOT in nominations in order to have a chance at becoming an active validator. This has created a challenge for independent decentralized validators to get into the active set, even when getting support from the thousand validator programme. Increasing the maximum number of active validators per set should help make validating on Polkadot more open to individuals, and lower the nomination target barrier.
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- Polkadot wants to make it easier for people to validate on their platform.
- They want to increase the maximum number of active validators from 297 to 500 per era.
- Currently, validators need a lot of DOT to become an active validator.
- This makes it hard for independent validators to join even with support.
- Increasing the number of active validators should make it easier for individuals to validate on Polkadot.
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