## Prover Mechanism Design

### Criteria
* Decentralization
* Liveness
* Censorship Resistance
* Sybil Attack Resistance
* Permissionless
* Transparency and Fairness
* Scalability
* Cost
* Efficiency
* Simplicity
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### Selection and Eligibility of Provers

1. **How are provers selected?** Is the prover selection for each proof randomized or based on a deterministic mechanism?
2. **How are provers vetted?** What prerequisites should a prover meet to be considered eligible? How frequently should provers be re-evaluated or re-vetted?
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### Compensation and Incentives

3. **How are provers paid?** Is the compensation for provers variable or fixed? On what basis are rewards for provers calculated? Should payment to provers be handled within the protocol or externally?
4. **How can rewards be structured to encourage honest behavior?** Should penalties be imposed for incorrect proofs or for malicious activities, and if so, how?
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### Workload and Network Management

5. **How is a prover chosen to work on a given proof?** How frequently are provers selected?
6. **How many provers do we expect in the network?** Should the number of provers be fixed or dynamically adjusted based on network conditions?
7. **How many provers are selected per unit of work?** Is the proof generation decentralized?
8. **What procedures should be in place for provers wanting to exit the network?**
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### Security and Transparency

9. **How can transparency and verifiability of a prover's work be ensured?** Is there a mechanism for the community or users to audit or scrutinize the actions of provers?
10. **What measures are in place to mitigate potential Sybil attacks?**