Incentivized Testnet Guide (vota-sf)
This document is to provide a guide for participants of Dora Vota’s second incentivized testnet (vota-sf, a.k.a. Scottish Fold (opens in a new tab)).
The purpose of vota-sf is to prepare for an expansion of vota-ash network’s validator set which currently has 11 validators. There is no specific quota for this round, the goal of this round is to engage network validators that understand Dora Vota's mission and products. Other than validating the appchain itself, our validators will be required to support our applications (such as aMACI) and provide important infrastructure support.
New validators will be able to stake their own DORA tokens, or obtain Dora Factory foundation’s delegation. In order for any validator provider to obtain delegation, it has to go through the Delegation Program, run a validator for the incentivized testnet vota-sf, and demonstrate good performance.
To register as a vota-sf incentivized testnet validator, please fill out
the application form (opens in a new tab).
Join Vota delegation program
The delegation program will invite interested parties to run validator nodes for vota-sf network. You’ll validate blocks for vota-sf, vote for governance proposals, and get gas distributions.
This program includes 3 steps:
Application form (opens in a new tab) submission
May 14–24, 2024.
Run vota-sf testnet validators
Before June 3, 2024.
- If you have already been invited to our Telegram channel, you can immediately start to run your node and sync block data. For instructions on launching the incentivized testnet, please refer to “Run a Validator”. It is important to pay special attention to several parameters of the incentivized testnet that are different from
vota-ashnetwork, such as chain ID, RPC, and so on. Please also note that we use thedoradbinary file with version 0.3.1 in the incentivized testnet. Relevant network configurations can be found in “Public Resources”. - Ask for airdrop to activate your validator in our Telegram channel.
- Once your validator is up, add a firewall rule to allow
34.127.117.186to access port26660of your server. Enable prometheus metrics in config.toml. Send your moniker name and public IP to us.
Performance evaluation phase
June 3–17, 2024.
During this phase, you will be responsible for running a reliable vota-sf testnet validator under various performance tests from the Dora Vota DevOps team. Some of these tests will be notified in advance, others will not.
MACI and aMACI operator service testing phase
June 20 – July 5, 2024 (We might extend the period depending on the actual progress and feedback from validator set).
During this phase, you will maintain your validators while starting to run MACI and aMACI related services. You will receive details if you pass the validator performance test phase.
Onboarding vota-ash network
Based on your performance from the previous two phases, together with additional services and value you are able to add to Dora Vota, we will make a final decision on a list of validators that could join the second delegation program of the vota-ash network.
Please note that you will also be required to run a validator on Dora Vota’s long-term testnet if you are selected into the second delegation program.
Please note that if you are selected into the delegation program and start to run vota-ash network validators, you will be expected to spin up additional services to support the appchain’s applications.