How to apply

Step 1 [YOU ARE HERE] - Submit your application for review

• Submit a PR with your spec to https://github.com/lavanet/lava-config.
  • N.B. The Cosmos Hub spec already exists so this application should largely focus on why you would be a good fit to maintain the spec.
• Put your Discord username in the PR
• Put your Lava address(es) in the spec
• In your application, you should add your desired % commission of LAVA tokens. Lava Foundation will vote yes for your proposal and support various % commission rates based on the below:
  • +1% - support and running a Provider on testnet
  • +1% - creating a spec from scratch (inheritance is only worth 0.5% and is mandatory if possible)
  • +1% - benchmarking CU and timeouts
  • +1% - providing active support to Providers, if more than 20 providers are retained over 3 months
  • +2-3% - if an ecosystem creates an incentive pools based on your referral
• 500 words on why you are a good fit to be the champion for this spec and chain
  • E.g. “I’m an active validator on Cosmos Hub, I contribute code, I helped on Lava testnet, this is my plan to support Lava:”

Once your application has been reviewed:

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Step 2 - We will let you know if the Foundation will support your proposal to Lava governance. Of course, you are free to create a proposal without prior communication with the Foundation, and the token holders will vote.

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We strongly suggest consulting with the Foundation before making your proposal on-chain.

• You can learn how to submit a proposal here.

Rewards:

Lava tokenomics has been designed carefully to incentivize key contributions to the network. RPC providers are paid LAVA and so are Spec Champions according to the commission rate set in the proposal.

• Earn LAVA and other tokens from the incentives pools every time the spec is used - forever.
  • E.g. if you are the champion for NEAR RPC - you will earn LAVA and NEAR when a Provider serves NEAR RPC over Lava.
• N.b. Champions can be replaced via governance vote.

You can learn more about rewards for Spec Champions in our tokenomics: docs.lavanet.xyz/token.

Conclusion

There are many ways to contribute to Lava. Spec Champions are participants who extend Lava's support to more chains and services. We encourage submissions for the Cosmos Hub Champion role before 19 Aug, before voting commences on 21 Aug (dates tbc).

Lava is building the access layer for blockchains. The network is always open to new contributions and research.

Relevant links

• What are specs: docs.lavanet.xyz/spec
• Existing specs: https://github.com/lavanet/lava/tree/main/cookbook/specs
• Twitter: x.com/lavanetxyz
• Discord: https://discord.gg/4GJbnzSU4w
• Whitepaper: https://lavanet.xyz/whitepaper
• Docs: https://docs.lavanet.xyz
• How to stake LAVA: https://lavanet.xyz/stakers
• ERC-20 token on Arbiscan