livepeer / livepeer/protocol

Can we get rid of the "withHint" stuff?

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Description

The `withHint` stuff results in overloading RPC endpoints with requests for the entire list of Orchestrators in order to look up the previous and subsequent Orchestrators in the ranking.

Since moving to Arbitrum, do we still need this temporary solution to "L1 gas fees too high"

cc. @kyriediculous

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Start by tracing the `withHint` implementation and its RPC callers, focusing on how the full Orchestrator list is used to find previous and subsequent entries. Check whether the move to Arbitrum removes the original L1 gas constraint, then verify that ranking lookups no longer require the overloaded requests.

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Assessment

Tech stack
solidity
Domain
blockchain
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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