AVS Governance

Overview

The AVS Governance contract acts as the interface of the AVS on Ethereum blockchain (L1).

The AVS Governance manages the registration and de-registration of operators, enforces governance policies, and coordinates interactions between AVS operators and various system components. The AVS Governance uses roles and access-control authorizations to manage permissions, handle operator deposits and rewards, and allow for the update of governance logic and settings. Additionally, it interfaces with other contracts for message handling, registry management, and signature verification to maintain the integrity and functionality of the AVS.

Each AVS deploys its own AVS Governance contract, and actions are controlled by multiple Governance Multisigs.

The AVS Governance handles:

• Pausing and Unpausing contracts in emergency situations

• Registration and deregistration of operators

• Reward distribution for operators

• Configuration of slashing and penalty conditions

• Set supported strategies (security for AVS)

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Functions

Operator Methods

These methods are used to manage Operator registration/de-registration.

registerAsOperator

Register to non-allowlisted AVSs. If the AVS registration is permissionless, anyone can register as long as they comply with the AVS' minimum requirements.

Parameter	Type	Description
_blsKey	uint256[4]	The operator's public BLS key
_rewardsReceiver	address	The address to which operator rewards should be sent
_operatorSignature	ISignatureUtils.SignatureWithSaltAndExpiry	The operator signature required by EigenLayer
_blsRegistrationSignature	BLSAuthLibrary.Signature	A BLS signature (see note below)

The _blsRegistrationSignature parameter is a BLS signature:

• Domain: keccak256("OthenticBLSAuth")

• Message: keccak256(abi.encode(msg.sender, avsGovernanceAddress, block.chainid))

registerAsAllowedOperator

AVSs may require operators to be pre-approved by an "Allowlister" service. If the AVS requires to be allowlisted, the operators must pass an additional bytes parameter containing the Allowlister's signature.

Parameter	Type	Description
_blsKey	uint256[4]	The operator's public BLS key
_authToken	bytes	The signature from the Allowlister service
_rewardsReceiver	address	The address to which operator rewards should be sent
_operatorSignature	ISignatureUtils.SignatureWithSaltAndExpiry	The operator signature required by EigenLayer
_blsRegistrationSignature	BLSAuthLibrary.Signature	A BLS signature (see note below)

The _blsRegistrationSignature parameter is a BLS signature:

• Domain: keccak256("OthenticBLSAuth")

• Message: keccak256(abi.encode(msg.sender, avsGovernanceAddress, block.chainid))

unregisterAsOperator

Unregister as an operator. This method receives no arguments.

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Governance Methods

The governance methods are used by the AVS developers or DAO in order to control and manage their AVS governance configurations.

setNumOfOperatorsLimit(uint256)

Limit the amount of active operators allowed on the AVS at any given moment.

Parameter	Type	Description
_newLimitOfNumOfOperators	uint256	The new limit for the number of operators.

setSlashingRate(uint256)

Set the amount of token slashed per offense (in wei units).

Parameter	Type	Description
_slashingRate	uint256	The penalty incurred by slashing (in wei units)

depositRewardsWithApprove(uint256)

Deposit rewards into the AVS Treasury contract.

Parameter	Type	Description
_amount	uint256	The amount of ERC20 token to transfer to the treasury

setAvsName(string)

Set a human-readable identifier for your AVS contract.

Parameter	Type	Description
_avsName	string	New AVS name

setAvsGovernanceMultisig(address)

Set the account that is authorized to invoke the governance methods.

Parameter	Type	Description
_newAvsGovernanceMultisig	address	The new governance owner

setAvsGovernanceLogic(IAvsGovernanceLogic)

Connect an AvsLogic contract to the governance contract.

Parameter	Type	Description
_avsGovernanceLogic	IAvsGovernanceLogic	Address of an AvsLogic contract

setSupportedStrategies(address[])

Set the list of EigenLayer strategies supported by the AVS.

Parameter	Type	Description
_strategies	address[]	List of EigenLayer strategies supported by the AVS

setMinVotingPower(uint256)

Set the Minimum Voting Power required to register an operator to the AVS. Learn more here.

Parameter	Type	Description
_minVotingPower	uint256	minimum voting power

setMaxEffectiveBalance(uint256)

Set the Maximum Effective Balance for the AVS. Learn more here.

Parameter	Type	Description
_maxBalance	uint256	maximum effective balance

setMinSharesForStrategy(address, uint256)

Set a minimum voting power per strategy required to register an operator to the AVS. Learn more here.

Parameter	Type	Description
_strategy	address	address of the strategy
_minShares	uint256	minimum voting power for that strategy