FTSO Scaling PCT Bands Adjustments

:studio_microphone:FTSO Scaling PCT Bands Adjustments

Following the approval of FIP.11 and SIP.05, an adaptive mechanism was introduced for determining the width of the secondary reward bands (“PCT bands”) in the FTSO Scaling protocol. This mechanism is used to adjust band sizes based on market volatility and spread of individual provider submissions.

PCT bands can become either too narrow or too wide as market conditions evolve. If the bands are too narrow, natural market volatility can exceed the range of submitted on-chain prices, resulting in accurate submissions being excluded from rewarding. Conversely, if bands are too wide, the incentive to provide precise price estimates is reduced, potentially degrading the overall accuracy of FTSO feeds.

This proposal recommends adjusting the PCT bands for the following feeds (ordered by index) to better reflect current volatility patterns and maintain the intended balance between reward fairness and feed accuracy:

Feed - Proposed Band (%), Current Band (%)

SGB/USD - 0.140, 0.115

ADA/USD - 0.090, 0.115

FIL/USD- 0.115, 0.090

ARB/USD - 0.115, 0.090

DOT/USD - 0.115, 0.090

TON/USD - 0.115, 0.090

BCH/USD - 0.050, 0.090

NEAR/USD - 0.090, 0.115

UNI/USD - 0.115, 0.090

HNT/USD - 0.090, 0.115

QNT/USD - 0.115, 0.090

AAVE/USD - 0.090, 0.115

S/USD - 0.140, 0.115

RENDER/USD - 0.140, 0.115

NOT/USD - 0.140, 0.115

HBAR/USD - 0.090, 0.115

HYPE/USD - 0.115, 0.140

APT/USD - 0.115, 0.090

Voting Process

An official request proposal posted in open forum on Discourse for MG members to voice their support or raise any concerns. The Flare Foundation will then initiate transactions from the polling contracts for MG members to cast on-chain votes either for or against the proposed changes. Voting is rejection based and would require 66% participation amongst all eligible MG members and more than 50% of the votes going against the proposal for it to be rejected. Otherwise, the Foundation will proceed with the parameter changes on both Songbird and Flare sometime after the voting period expires.

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Seems needed and appropiate because sometimes the pct bands end up being narrower than the IQR bands. LightFTSO will vote Yea

This proposal will create better accuracy and fairer rewards for volatile assets. Aternety supports it.

We support this, thanks.

I would be curious to see how the foundation came up with the new bands. What requirements are being filled specifically? The post mentions it’s a balance, but not what balance they strike.

Anyway, these changes look reasonable to me. I support!

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True FTSO supports this, thanks…

Given that FTSO PCT accuracy currently stands at 99%, we believe that narrowing the constraints is essential. It reintroduces the incentive to improve price algorithms, which has been absent since the implementation of V2. We are in full support.