[PROPOSAL #66][ACCEPTED] Increase Active Validator Spots To 175

[mohammedtaherpatla]

Actually, the last proposal only came out after 2 years after the one before that:

[PROPOSAL #54][ACCEPTED] Increase Max Validator Set Size to 150

Originally, the validator set size in the Cosmos Hub was capped at 100, ordered by total delegated Atoms. The Cosmos whitepaper stated that the validator set size should increase 13% per year until it hits 300 validators as a cap. In July 2019, proposal #10 suggested a new way to set the validator set size: through governance. This proposal also extended the active validator set size to 125, which still is the current network parameter. Almost two years have been passed since this last set va…

Technically if we are looking at increments of 25 seats year over year, we should be looking at 200 Seats right now.
But this is more about what the floor of entry is that is why adding 25 seats, for now, is good.

@marbar With respect to blocktimes there should be no increase from the data I have at hand (from external networks), Technically we could have 300 Seats and there should be no difference in blocktime.