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Expand Up @@ -462,6 +462,99 @@ For up-to-date values, see [https://tonviewer.com/config](https://tonviewer.com/

[Parameter #29 on mainnet](https://tonviewer.com/config#29)

## Param 30: consensus extension

<Aside type="note">
The [TON v2026.03](https://github.com/ton-blockchain/ton/releases/tag/v2026.03) update introduced this parameter on testnet. With the [TON `v2026.04`](https://github.com/ton-blockchain/ton/releases/tag/v2026.04) update, `ConfigParam 30` was enabled on mainnet.
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Small nit inside the Aside: TON v2026.03 is plain text while TON \v2026.04`is wrapped in a code span, even though they are the same kind of release tag. Could we pick one and apply it to both? I would lean toward code spans for both, since the surrounding section refers toConfigParam 30/ConfigParam 29` in code font.

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This parameter stores optional per-workchain settings for the [Simplex](https://github.com/ton-blockchain/simplex-docs/blob/main/Simplex.md)-based Catchain 2.0 consensus path. It does not fully replace `ConfigParam 29`: the node still uses `max_block_size` and `max_collated_data_size` from the `ConfigParam 29`.
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Could we replace ConfigParam 29 here with a deep link to the existing ## Param 29: consensus config section on this same page ([Param 29](#param-29-consensus-config))? The style guide asks for deep-linking to the exact section that contains the needed fact, and every other reference to a parameter on this page uses the Param N form — ConfigParam N is only used inside TL-B. Also the phrase from the \ConfigParam 29`at the end of the sentence reads a bit awkward;from Param 29` would fix both in one go.


The `crypto/block/block.tlb` [defines](https://github.com/ton-blockchain/ton/blob/v2026.04/crypto/block/block.tlb#L782) the following schema:

```tlb
simplex_config#21 flags:(## 7)
use_quic:Bool
target_rate_ms:uint32
slots_per_leader_window:uint32
first_block_timeout_ms:uint32
max_leader_window_desync:uint32
= NewConsensusConfig;

simplex_config_v2#22 flags:(## 7)
use_quic:Bool
slots_per_leader_window:uint32
noncritical_params:(HashmapE 8 uint32)
= NewConsensusConfig;

new_consensus_config_all#10
mc:(Maybe ^NewConsensusConfig)
shard:(Maybe ^NewConsensusConfig)
= NewConsensusConfigAll;

_ NewConsensusConfigAll = ConfigParam 30;
```

There are two optional refs in `new_consensus_config_all#10`. If a ref is absent, then the pre-2.0 Catchain config is active for the corresponding class of chains:

| Field | Type | Meaning |
| ------- | --------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| `mc` | `Maybe ^NewConsensusConfig` | Config for the masterchain (`workchain = -1`) |
| `shard` | `Maybe ^NewConsensusConfig` | Config for shardchains (all non-masterchain workchains) |

The `NewConsensusConfig` has two constructors:

- `simplex_config#21` is the legacy fixed-layout format; scheduled for removal.
- `simplex_config_v2#22` is the current extensible format, which supports arbitrary `noncritical_params` without changes to the `block.tlb` layout.

The `simplex_config_v2#22` constructor moves noncritical configuration parameters into a sparse dictionary:

```tlb
simplex_config_v2#22 flags:(## 7)
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This simplex_config_v2#22 block is an exact duplicate of the one in the full schema above (lines 484–488). Could we drop this second copy? The sentence introducing it (moves noncritical configuration parameters into a sparse dictionary) already makes the point, and the table of IDs below makes the payload concrete — having the same TL-B twice on the same screen just invites the two copies to drift later if one is edited.

use_quic:Bool
slots_per_leader_window:uint32
noncritical_params:(HashmapE 8 uint32)
= NewConsensusConfig;
```

### Configuration parameters of `simplex_config_v2`

- `flags`: A general field that can be used to set various binary parameters.
- `use_quic`: Whether the QUIC transport is used instead of RLDP2. Set to **True** in mainnet.
- `slots_per_leader_window`: Number of consecutive slots assigned to one leader. Set to **4** in mainnet.
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- `max_block_size = 4 MiB`
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According to the simplex_config_v2#22 TL-B above, the constructor only has flags, use_quic, slots_per_leader_window, and noncritical_params — max_block_size and max_collated_data_size are not fields of this structure. The opening paragraph already says the node keeps reading those two from ConfigParam 29, so listing them under ### Configuration parameters of simplex_config_v2 reads as if they were part of the v2 constructor. Could we move these two bullets out of this list (or put them under a separate Inherited from Param 29 sub-bullet) so the list matches the TL-B?

- `max_collated_data_size = 4 MiB`
- `noncritical_params`: A `HashmapE 8 uint32` map from parameter IDs to raw 32-bit values.

The `noncritical_params` dictionary contains tunable timing and DoS-protection parameters that might differ between validators:

- The key is an 8-bit parameter ID.
- The value is always a raw 32-bit word.
- Unknown IDs are ignored by the current implementation.
- Missing IDs use default values.
- Duration-like parameters store milliseconds directly.
- Floating-point parameters store `float32` bits according to the [IEEE-754](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_754) standard in a `uint32` value. The loader then reinterprets these bits as a floating-point numeric value.

IDs from `0` through `14` are recognized and supported. On the mainnet, only IDs `0`, `1`, and `13` are explicitly set. All other IDs are normally absent and use defaults.

| ID | Name | Stored as | Default | Meaning |
| ---- | -------------------------------------- | -------------------------- | ---------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `0` | `target_rate` | `uint32` milliseconds | `2400 ms` | Target slot or block interval; used for leader pacing, block production timing, and skip scheduling. |
| `1` | `first_block_timeout` | `uint32` milliseconds | `1000 ms` | Base timeout before skip voting starts for the first missing block in a leader window. |
| `2` | `first_block_timeout_multiplier` | `float32` bits in `uint32` | `1.2` | Multiplier applied to `first_block_timeout` after a window that had skips. |
| `3` | `first_block_timeout_cap` | `uint32` milliseconds | `100000 ms` | Cap for the adaptive `first_block_timeout` growth. |
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Style-guide nit (style-guide-extended.mdx asks for thousands separators on values ≥ 10,000): in the Default column that applies to ID 3 (100000 ms → 100,000 ms), IDs 6 and 8 (10000 ms → 10,000 ms), ID 9 (6553600 → 6,553,600), and ID 14 (15000 ms → 15,000 ms). Values below 10,000 (2400, 1000, 5000, etc.) are already fine.

| `4` | `candidate_resolve_timeout` | `uint32` milliseconds | `1000 ms` | Initial timeout for candidate or notarization resolution requests. |
| `5` | `candidate_resolve_timeout_multiplier` | `float32` bits in `uint32` | `1.2` | Backoff multiplier for candidate resolution retries. |
| `6` | `candidate_resolve_timeout_cap` | `uint32` milliseconds | `10000 ms` | Cap for candidate resolution timeout growth. |
| `7` | `candidate_resolve_cooldown` | `uint32` milliseconds | `10 ms` | Cooldown between candidate resolution attempts. |
| `8` | `standstill_timeout` | `uint32` milliseconds | `10000 ms` | No-progress timeout before standstill recovery or rebroadcast logic triggers. |
| `9` | `standstill_max_egress_bytes_per_s` | `uint32` number | `6553600` (`50 << 17`) | Egress rate cap used during standstill rebroadcast. |
| `10` | `max_leader_window_desync` | `uint32` number | `250` | Maximum tolerated future leader-window distance for inbound Simplex traffic. |
| `11` | `bad_signature_ban_duration` | `uint32` milliseconds | `5000 ms` | Temporary ban duration after receiving bad signatures from a peer. |
| `12` | `candidate_resolve_rate_limit` | `uint32` number | `10` | Per-peer rate limit for candidate resolution requests. |
| `13` | `min_block_interval` | `uint32` milliseconds | `0 ms` | Minimum interval between parent block time and the next locally generated block. |
| `14` | `no_empty_blocks_on_error_timeout` | `uint32` milliseconds | `15000 ms` | How long empty-block fallback is allowed after the last finalized block when collation fails or times out. |
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Every other parameter section on this page ends with a [Parameter #N on mainnet](https://tonviewer.com/config#N) link right before the next ## heading (see Param 29 at line 463 and Param 31 at line 562). Param 30 is the only section without it — could we add [Parameter #30 on mainnet](https://tonviewer.com/config#30) here for consistency?


## Param 31: fee-exempt contracts

This parameter represents the configuration of smart contract addresses from which no fees are charged for either gas or storage, and where **tick-tock** transactions can be created. The list usually includes governance contracts. The parameter is presented as a binary tree structure — a tree (HashMap 256), where the keys are a 256-bit representation of the address. Only addresses in the masterchain can be present in this list.
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