BGT Bribes ​

Bribes in Berachain are from the validator to their BGT delegators. This is a mechanic that allows validators to differentiate themselves from the rest, beyond normal metrics like uptime.

Bribe Mechanics ​

• Bribes must be set before the epoch starts
• Bribes can be set for any future epoch
• Validators set the number of block proposals they are bribing with for the epoch
• The amount of coins specified in a bribe is per proposal

Creating Bribes ​

Option 1: CLI ​

Bribes can be set by sending a transaction via the berad CLI

In order to create a bribe, call the create-bribe:

berad tx bribe create-bribe <operator> <start-epoch> <num-block-proposals> <bribe-per-proposal>

berad tx bribe create-bribe <operator> <start-epoch> <num-block-proposals> <bribe-per-proposal>

• operator: The operator address of the validator you are creating a bribe for
• start-epoch: Which epoch you'd like to start emitting this bribe
• num-block-proposal: How many total block proposals you would like this bribe to run for
• bribe-per-proposal: A coin struct denoting which token & in what quantity you want that token to be emitted per block proposal
  • This is a comma separated array in the following format: [(<amount>,<denom>),(<amount 2>,<denom 2>),...(<amount n>,<denom n>)]. You can insert any number of tokens from 1 to n.

Example:

berad tx bribe create-bribe 0x8888888fAebbEd5554c3F36BfBD233f822e9455f 69 10000 1000abera,500usdc

berad tx bribe create-bribe 0x8888888fAebbEd5554c3F36BfBD233f822e9455f 69 10000 1000abera,500usdc

Option 2: Web - BGT Station ​

Bribes can also be set from the web in BGT Station.

Going through the create a bribe flow, you can select the:

• Epoch
• Number of proposals
• Any number of tokens
• How many tokens are distributed across all delegators per proposal