cosmos-sdk/docs/spec/distribution/state.md

State

Global

All globally tracked parameters for distribution are stored within Global. Rewards are collected and added to the reward pool and distributed to validators/delegators from here.

Note that the reward pool holds decimal coins (DecCoins) to allow for fractions of coins to be received from operations like inflation. When coins are distributed from the pool they are truncated back to sdk.Coins which are non-decimal.

• Global: 0x00 -> amino(global)

// coins with decimal 
type DecCoins []DecCoin

type DecCoin struct {
    Amount sdk.Dec
    Denom  string
}

type Global struct {
    Accum             sdk.Dec  // global accumulation factor for lazy calculations
    Pool              DecCoins // funds for all validators which have yet to be withdrawn
    CommunityFund     DecCoins // pool for community funds yet to be spent
}

Validator Distribution

Validator distribution information for the relevant validator is updated each time:

1. delegation amount to a validator are updated,
2. a validator successfully proposes a block and receives a reward,
3. any delegator withdraws from a validator, or
4. the validator withdraws it's commission.

• ValidatorDistribution: 0x02 | ValOwnerAddr -> amino(validatorDistribution)

type ValidatorDistribution struct {
    CommissionWithdrawalHeight int64    // last time this validator withdrew commission
    Accum                      sdk.Dec  // global pool accumulation factor
    ProposerAccum              sdk.Dec  // proposer pool accumulation factor
    ProposerPool               DecCoins // reward pool collected from being the proposer
}

Delegation Distribution

Each delegation holds multiple accumulation factors to specify its entitlement to the rewards from a validator. Accum is used to passively calculate each bonds entitled rewards from the RewardPool. AccumProposer is used to passively calculate each bonds entitled rewards from ValidatorDistribution.ProposerRewardPool

• DelegatorDistribution: 0x02 | DelegatorAddr | ValOwnerAddr -> amino(delegatorDist)

type DelegatorDist struct {
    WithdrawalHeight int64    // last time this delegation withdrew rewards
    Accum            sdk.Dec  // reward provisioning accumulation factor
    AccumProposer    sdk.Dec  // proposers pool accumulation factor
}