cosmos-sdk/x/stake/store.md

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# Stores
This document provided a bit more insight as to the purpose of several related
prefixed areas of the staking store which are accessed in `x/stake/keeper.go`.
## Validators
- Prefix Key Space: ValidatorsKey
- Key/Sort: Validator Owner Address
- Value: Validator Object
- Contains: All Validator records independent of being bonded or not
- Used For: Retrieve validator from owner address, general validator retrieval
## Validators By Power
- Prefix Key Space: ValidatorsByPowerKey
- Key/Sort: Validator Power (equivalent bonded shares) then Block
Height then Transaction Order
- Value: Validator Owner Address
- Contains: All Validator records independent of being bonded or not
- Used For: Determining who the top validators are whom should be bonded
## Validators Cliff Power
- Prefix Key Space: ValidatorCliffKey
- Key/Sort: single-record
- Value: Validator Power Key (as above store)
- Contains: The cliff validator (ex. 100th validator) power
- Used For: Efficient updates to validator status
## Validators Bonded
- Prefix Key Space: ValidatorsBondedKey
- Key/Sort: Validator PubKey Address (NOTE same as Tendermint)
- Value: Validator Owner Address
- Contains: Only currently bonded Validators
- Used For: Retrieving the list of all currently bonded validators when updating
for a new validator entering the validator set we may want to loop
through this set to determine who we've kicked out.
retrieving validator by tendermint index
## Tendermint Updates
- Prefix Key Space: TendermintUpdatesKey
- Key/Sort: Validator Owner Address
- Value: Tendermint ABCI Validator
- Contains: Validators are queued to affect the consensus validation set in Tendermint
- Used For: Informing Tendermint of the validator set updates, is used only intra-block, as the
updates are applied then cleared on endblock