NTTP Suggestion: Cycle TX management

[EggPool]

In the current working, once a cycle tx is issued, it remains active until

• it is replaced by another one
• it pass (> 50% YES)

Some cycle tx, or spammy cycle tx can therefore remain indefinitely active, with many YES and NO votes, or just NO votes.
They occupy blocks space and will not clear.

I suggest 2 possible changes to the cycle TX cycle of life:

• A cycle TX that gets > 50% NO votes gets removed (could be formally recorded by a 1 µn meta tx from the cycle)
• A cycle TX has a timeout of 6 Months. After that time, if it did not pass, it's removed.

[awshrb]

support 2nd
maybe less than 6 months

[etherschtroumpf]

I agree on both changes.
Maybe 3 months? It's a long time for a blockchain project anyway.

[EggPool]

3 months seems an absolute minimum for me, maybe too short.

It depends on the vote, but we can see some users don't follow very closely and can check only from time to time (like, 2 times a year).
Some controversial projects, exchange listings also could need significant information and propaganda time to pass.
It would be counterproductive to have too short a time out.
The goal is to eventually clean up, not clean up as fast as possible.
regarding cycle tx spam, it has no impact: no matter the timeout, spammers can re-issue as soon as it dropped.
It's more to get rid of the "abandoned" cycle tx that will not pass and that would remain for life if we don't clear them eventually.

[orisica]

Definitely agree, current system is wasteful and strides against Nyzo ethos.

I think we need both rules, since 50% NO may never be reached and CTX could remain wasting block space indefinitely, hence we need a timeout as well. 1-3 months sounds like an appropriate time limit.

[Lufo95]

I feel like not enough people will do the no-voting. Definitely need for a timeout. I'd say 3 months. Shorter could hinder the voting process. If a tx is open longer than 3 months, I think it will most likely never pass + a new tx can always be created anyway.