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, managed via 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 Registration

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
_blsRegistrationSignature	BLSAuthLibrary.Signature	The operator signature required by EigenLayer
authToken	bytes	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))

registerOperatorToEigenLayer

It registers as an operator on EigenLayer using the provided signature and authentication token.

Parameter	Type	Description
_eigenSig	SignatureWithSaltAndExpiry	signature details
_authToken	bytes	authentication token

Operator De-registration

To unregister an Operator from the AVS, call the following methods:

unregisterAsOperatorFromAvs

Unregister as an operator from the AVS. This method receives no arguments.

unregisterAsOperatorFromEigenLayer

Unregister as an operator from the EigenLayer. This method receives no arguments.

Operator Rewards Receiver Update

To update rewards receiver address for an Operator, call the following methods:

queueRewardsReceiverModification

Update the rewards receiver address

Parameter	Type	Description
_newRewardsReceiver	address	New rewards receiver address

completeRewardsReceiverModification

Complete the rewards receiver address modification

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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.

General AVS Configuration

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. Learn more here.

Parameter	Type	Description
_avsGovernanceLogic	IAvsGovernanceLogic	Address of an AvsLogic contract

transferAvsGovernanceMultisig

Transfer control of the AVS governance to a new multisig wallet.

Parameter	Type	Description
_newAvsGovernanceMultisig	address	Address of the AVS governance multisig

setRewardsReceiverModificationDelay

Set the required delay before updating the rewards receiver address, by default its 7 days.

Parameter	Type	Description
_rewardsReceiverModificationDelay	uint256	delay in milliseconds

setAvsGovernanceMultiplierSyncer

Set the address responsible for syncing the AVS governance multiplier

Parameter	Type	Description
_newAvsGovernanceMultiplierSyncer	address	AVS governance multiplier syncing address

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Consensus Configuration

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

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

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Staking Configuration

setSupportedStakingContracts(StakingContractInfo[])

Set the list of EigenLayer strategies supported by the AVS.

Parameter	Type	Description
_stakingContractsDetails	StakingContractInfo[]	List of staking contracts supported by the AVS

setMinStakePerStakingContract (address, uint256)

Sets the minimum stake amount for a specified staking contract

Parameter	Type	Description
_stakingContract	address	The address of the Staking contract
_minStake	uint256	The minimum stake (in wei) required from an Operator in the given staking contract to be considered eligible.

setStakingContractMultiplier

Sets the voting power multiplier for a specified staking contract, it can only be called by Multipler syncer

multiplier is the weight assigned to a particular staking contract, which you can configure as per your requirements for each staking contract. Multipliers directly influences voting power and must be a positive integer.

Parameter	Type	Description
_votingPowerMultiplier	VotingPowerMultiplier	Voting power multiplier

setStakingContractMultiplierBatch

Sets the voting power multipliers for multiple staking contracts, it can only be called by Multipler syncer

Parameter	Type	Description
_votingPowerMultipliers	VotingPowerMultiplier[]	Voting power multipliers

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P2P and Authentication Settings

setIsAllowlisted

Set allow list functionality

Parameter	Type	Description
_isAllowlisted	boolean	is allowed boolean value

setP2pAuthenticationEnabled(bool)

Enable p2p authentication for the AVS network. Learn more here.

Parameter	Type	Description
_p2pAuthenticationEnabled	bool	value to set

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External Functions

registerAvsToEigenLayer(string)

Register AVS to Eigen layer dashboard. Learn more here.

Parameter	Type	Description
metadataURI	string	The metadataURI format

rescueFunds

Transfers all AVS treasury funds to the AVS governance multisig.

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View Methods

General AVS Configuration

Function	Description
avsName	Returns the name of the AVS
avsTreasury	Returns the address of the AVS treasury contract
getL1MessageHandler	Returns the address of the L1 message handler contract
avsDirectory	Returns the address of the AVS directory contract
EXTENSION_IMPLEMENTATION	Returns the address of the extension contract exposing additional functions.

Consensus Configuration

minVotingPower	Returns the minimum voting power required
maxEffectiveBalance	Returns the maximum effective balance allowed
getNumOfOperatorsLimit	Returns the maximum number of operators allowed

Operator Status

Function	Description
isOperatorRegistered(address)	Checks whether a given operator address is registered
getRewardsReceiver(address)	Returns rewards receiver address for the Operator
votingPower(address)	Returns voting power of the Operator
getOperatorRestakedStrategies(address)	Returns the strategies restaked by the Operator
votingPowerPerStakingContracts(address, address[])	Returns Voting power for the specified Staking contracts
getIsOperatorEjected(address)	Returns whether an operator is blacklisted

Authentication Configuration

function	description
p2pAuthenticationEnabled	Returns a boolean value indicating whether P2P authentication is enabled
getIsAllowlisted	Returns a boolean indicating whether Operator allowlisting is enabled

Staking Configuration

function	description
getRestakeableStrategies	Returns restakable strategies for the AVS
minStakeAmountPerStakingContract	Returns the minimum stake amount required for a given staking contract
stakingContracts	Returns an array of registered staking contract addresses

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Slashing Methods

Slashing Module Configuration

updateSlashingConfig

Create or update the configuration for a specific slashing condition

function updateSlashingConfig(
    SlashingCondition _condition,
    SlashingConfig _config
) external;

enum SlashingCondition {
    None, // 0
    DoubleAttestations, // 1
    RejectedTask, // 2
    IncorrectAttestations // 3
}

Parameters

• _condition: The specific SlashingCondition enum value (i.e. 1/2/3) you want to update (e.g., DoubleAttestations, IncorrectAttestations).

• _config: SlashingConfig struct containing.

Parameter	Type	Description
activated	bool	Enable/ disable this slashing condition
ejectOperator	bool	Auto-eject operator on violation
stakeSlashedPercentage	uint24	% of unique stake to slash

getSlashingConfig

Returns the current slashing configuration for a given condition.

function getSlashingConfig(
    SlashingCondition _condition
) external view returns (SlashingConfig);

Parameter	Type	Description
_condition	SlashingCondition	SlashingCondition enum value specifying the slashing condition to query (e.g., DoubleAttestations, IncorrectAttestations).

setMinSlashableStakePerStakingContract

This function specifies the minimum slashable stake required in a given staking contract. Operators who have staked less than the defined threshold will be considered inactive.

function setMinSlashableStakePerStakingContract(
    address _stakingContract, 
    uint256 _minSlashableStake)

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
_stakingContract	address	The address of the staking contract to configure.
_minSlashableStake	uint256	The minimum amount of required stake (in wei)