# MIP 12 - Decrease Vote Pace

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**Created:** [June 4, 2026, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.monad.xyz/t/mip-12-decrease-vote-pace/488 "2026-06-04T21:22:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 15, 2026, 7:07pm UTC](https://forum.monad.xyz/t/mip-12-decrease-vote-pace/488/5 "2026-06-15T19:07:57Z")

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Thank you for sharing the data points and concerns @ShadowOfTime1 @ColinkaMalinka

Vote pace is a minimum spacing between votes, not a deadline a vote has to beat. The parameter that triggers a timeout is the round timer, which is `3 * delta + vote_pace + local_processing`. With today’s 100ms delta and 100ms processing estimate that’s 800ms at a 400ms vote pace and 700ms at 300ms — so the round timer does come down by 100ms.

But that 100ms isn’t lost headroom. `vote_pace` sits in two places that move together: it’s the floor on when you release your vote, and it’s a term in the round timer (the deadline). Drop it by 100ms and both your vote-release and the deadline shift 100ms earlier, so the window left for transmission and processing stays put at `3 * delta + local_processing = 400ms`

Practically, validators near the geo center finish rounds faster because the floor drops to 300ms, and a validator whose vote is ready within that 300ms floor keeps exactly the same budget. Round timeouts will not happen more frequently

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