Spaces

The space functions as the top level governance structure of the fabric that orchestrates how providers cooperate to serve tenant data. It is responsible for

• Creating providers
• Creating tenants
• Defining rules of the space which tenants/providers agree to abide by
• Reserving slashable bonds for both providers and tenants
• Governance, including
  • Admitting new tenants/providers
  • Removing misbehaving tenants/providers
  • Slashing tenants/providers
  • Changing rules

Space rules

• Provider Bond: An amount, PROVIDER_BOND, of currency each provider must lock up in order to participate within the space. Funds can be slashed from here if a provider misbehaves.
• Tenant Bond: An amount, TENANT_BOND, of currency each tenant must lock up in order to participate within the space. Funds can be slashed from here if a tenant misbehaves.
• SLAs: Specifications for availability requirements provider nodes must have.
• Partition Number: The partitioning constant for part storage %TODO: @Serban expand