Create tests for genesis block process

[danpaul000]

• Ensure Genesis block will work with no system program, as this will be disabled in SLP1.

• SLP1-compatible (i.e. statically-configured stake, vote, vote signer, validator, and staker system accounts) genesis block

• Need a set of tools to construct and analyze genesis block. In absence of tools, try creating a genesis block without a system account and run through genesis.

• We regularly test the genesis block functionality, but we need a way (tooling) to test its contents and get everyone who is staked to get them to sign off that the genesis block contains their pubkeys and correct stake (TdS participants, investors, equity for employees)

• If we screwed up genesis block, we don’t have tooling to dump the bank and re-create genesis from a given block height

• Get stakeholders to vote for a genesis block prior to booting. Currently, we can just add/rm/change a pubkey or stake in the account holders yml file right before TdS launch.

• Should enhance the way we are running TdS so genesis should contain vote and stake accounts as a way to test SLP1 launch process.

• Rob’s proposal: All stakeholders should submit a signed transaction representing their vote of confidence in the proposed genesis block. If we don’t have 100% consensus on genesis blockhash, don’t boot.

• Make sure there is no more than 0.5 billion SOL in genesis

[danpaul000]

We should create a nightly CI testnet environment that spins up a cluster with this genesis block process in the restricted SLP1 environment.

[danpaul000]

Depends on: #6397

[danpaul000]

This issue is a bit stale. We have just about all the pieces in place from the current description to create genesis block, and have a partially-manual but straightforward way of confirming the total number of SOL issued in genesis, as well as the addresses and balances of all stake accounts. The only piece missing here is the proposal to collect signed transactions agreeing to launch a cluster on the genesis block in question:

"All stakeholders should submit a signed transaction representing their vote of confidence in the proposed genesis block. If we don’t have 100% consensus on genesis blockhash, don’t boot."

@rob-solana / @mvines do you think the above proposal is still worth pursuing given the current status of the project?