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EigenLayer, a leading blockchain protocol, is gearing up to implement new rewards and incentives to benefit stakers and operators in their ecosystem. The Actively Validated Services (AVS) will soon have the capability to reward participants, marking a crucial milestone in the evolution of the protocol.
AVS Rewards and Programmatic Incentives:
The upcoming programmatic incentives will see a distribution of at least 4% of EIGEN’s total supply to stakers and operators. Through a ‘rewards-boost’ mechanism, participants will receive EIGEN in proportion to the rewards distributed by AVSs. This innovative approach is designed to kickstart the rewards flywheel and enable price discovery, even if initial AVS rewards are modest.
Moreover, Eigen Foundation will announce further details about the Season 2 stakedrop, which will reward current stakers and operators within the network.
Introducing AVS Rewards:
EigenLayer, which launched its mainnet contracts in June 2023, currently has a substantial amount of ETH and EIGEN restaked, with multiple operators running AVSs. The protocol aims to create a permissionless marketplace for blockchain protocols to rent stake and operator sets elastically.
In the coming weeks, EigenLayer will roll out its initial Rewards functionality, allowing stakers and operators to be rewarded for their participation, a significant step towards enabling price discovery within the ecosystem.
Boosting Rewards with Programmatic Incentives:
The rewards functionality enables AVSs to distribute tokens to their stakers and operators. EigenLayer will introduce a programmatic incentives program to boost rewards, ensuring that stakeholders benefit from the early distribution of EIGEN. This program will allocate at least 4% of EIGEN’s total supply in the first year to incentivize participation.
Interacting with Rewards:
Stakers and operators can claim rewards through the EigenLayer platform and eigenlayer-cli. Operators can earn rewards by participating in multiple AVSs without incremental slashing risk, with a unique security mechanism in place to mitigate future slashing risks. AVS developers have the flexibility to customize various parameters in their rewards distribution.
The Future of EigenLayer:
As EigenLayer continues to evolve, the AVS ecosystem is expected to grow significantly. The introduction of AVS rewards and programmatic incentives will benefit all ecosystem participants, fostering a vibrant economy within EigenLayer.
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