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    Add simple collator election mechanism (#1340) · 7d735fc8
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    Fixes https://github.com/paritytech/polkadot-sdk/issues/106
    
    Port of cumulus PR https://github.com/paritytech/cumulus/pull/2960
    
    This PR adds the ability to bid for collator slots even after the max
    number of collators have already registered. This eliminates the first
    come, first served mechanism that was in place before.
    
    Key changes:
    - added `update_bond` extrinsic to allow registered candidates to adjust
    their bonds in order to dynamically control their bids
    - added `take_candidate_slot` extrinsic to try to replace an already
    existing candidate by bidding more than them
    - candidates are now kept in a sorted list in the pallet storage, where
    the top `DesiredCandidates` out of `MaxCandidates` candidates in the
    list will be selected by the session pallet as collators
    - if the candidacy bond is increased through a `set_candidacy_bond`
    call, candidates which don't meet the new bond requirements are kicked
    
    
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    Signed-off-by: default avatargeorgepisaltu <[email protected]>
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