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How beacon chain change formation and sync with other shards in case of misconfigurations?

i have a quick question for all. Assuming we have the 4 shards in ethereum and validators do their work validate transactions and assuming shard 3 has some problems and does not produce valid blocks, ...
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What is the "skip-block" exact definition in Ethereum 2.0?

In this article the term "skip-block" has been mentioned so briefly that it is not clear to me what its exact definition is. Is it a kind of block in Ethereum 2.0 ? I also could not find ...
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How many proposers are selected during one epoch?

Suppose there are enough validators(128 X 64 X 32). In one epoch, which one is true? 64 x 32 proposers/ one proposer for each (shard, slot) 32 proposers/ one proposer for each slot 64 proposers/ one ...
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How will transactions be assigned to a shards in Ethereum PoS?

I understand that the plan is to have shards with Ethereum PoS. I am trying to have a mental picture of how that will work. Basically when a wallet signs a transaction, what determines which shard of ...
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When is a "shard block" cross-linked into a "finalized beacon block"?

In Ethereum 2.0, a shard block for being finalized needs to be linked into a finalized beacon block. Under which conditions a "shard block" cross-linked into a "finalized beacon block"? Having 2/3 of ...
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Validating cross-shard transaction using Beacon chain snapshots?

According to this article: (Link to article), there are two types of validation for cross-shard transactions: Synchronous and Asynchronous. But the question is that why cannot we use Beacon chain ...
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Beacon chain validators vs. Shard validators

In the most of current sharded blockchains, there is a second chain required for the computation needed for the maintenance of the whole of the network and receiving updates of the shards and their ...
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Is Beacon chain kept by all the validators in all the shards?

In the most of current sharded blockchains, there is a second chain required for the computation needed for the maintenance of the whole of the network and receiving updates of the shards and their ...
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