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text: "Celestia Foundation Ecosystem Delegation Program",
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‎community/foundation-ecosystem-delegation-program.md‎

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# Celestia Foundation Ecosystem Delegation Program
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## Table of Contents
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- [Program Overview](#program-overview)
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- [Basic Eligibility & Compliance](#basic-eligibility--compliance)
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- [Form Submission](#form-submission)
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- [Background](#background)
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- [Mamo-Users Rules & Requirements](#mamo-users-rules--requirements)
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- [Objectives & Key Metrics](#objectives--key-metrics)
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- [Example Submission for Mamo-Users](#example-submission-for-mamo-users)
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- [Bootcamp & Mammothon Rules & Requirements](#bootcamp--mammothon-rules--requirements)
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- [Scope & Deliverables](#scope--deliverables)
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- [Timeline & Cadence](#timeline--cadence)
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- [Participation & Scale](#participation--scale)
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- [Review Process](#review-process)
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- [Success Criteria](#success-criteria)
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- [Example Submission for Bootcamp/Mammothon](#example-submission-for-bootcampmammothon)
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- [R&D Rules & Requirements](#rd-rules--requirements)
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- [Scope](#scope)
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- [Milestone Reporting](#milestone-reporting)
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- [Review Process](#review-process-1)
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- [Success Criteria](#success-criteria-1)
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- [Example Submissions for R&D](#example-submissions-for-rd)
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## Program Overview
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| Parameter | Details |
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| Cohort size | 10 validators total |
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| Duration of delegation | 6 months (July 2025–Dec 2025) |
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## Basic Eligibility & Compliance
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| Requirement | Description |
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| Validator status | Active validator on mainnet or testnet |
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| Commission | Maximum commission of 10% |
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| Reliability | No more than 1 jailing incident in the last 6 months (if more than 1, a public forum post with a detailed post mortem is required) |
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| Independence | Not associated with an exchange or custodian |
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| Compliance | Not based within the US, within any country subject to economic sanctions, or within any other prohibited jurisdiction, and successfully complete a compliance screen |
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| Infrastructure | Maintain a fully archival (non-pruned) bridge node for both Mainnet Beta and Mocha if selected for the program |
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| Hosting | Not running your infrastructure in Hetzner or OVH |
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| Conduct | Violations of the Celestia.org Code of Conduct will result in immediate disqualification |
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## Form Submission
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Please send your application to this [form](https://forms.gle/Fbdo66W3GvCiQw896)
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## Background
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This 6-month pilot runs July–December 2025 and will result in the Celestia Foundation delegating to up to 10 validators. Every applicant must choose exactly one of our three tracks—Mamo-Users, Bootcamp & Mammothon, or R&D—and will be evaluated solely on that focus area. Eligibility and success criteria are defined separately for each track below.
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## Mamo-Users Rules & Requirements
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### Objectives & Key Metrics
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| Category | Requirements |
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| **Recruitment** | • 100 total power users* onboarded by November |
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| **Events & Engagement** | • ≥ 1 app-focused meetup or AMA per month<br>• ≥ 10 attendees at each meetup/AMA<br>• Weekly discussion threads on Discord/forum |
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| **Content Production** | • 6 native-language app tutorials or blog posts (1/month)<br>• 6 review videos of Celestia dApps (1/month)<br>• All high-quality content released under CC0 or equivalent |
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| **Evangelism & Feedback** | • Active promotion of Bootcamp & Mammothon outputs in each report<br>• Aggregate and escalate user feature-requests in Celestia Discord/forum |
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| **Community Health** | • Track retention: power users who contribute (reviews, threads, evangelism)<br>• By Month 6, identify a shortlist of "rising stars" in your local community |
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> \*Power User in the Celestia ecosystem is an active, engaged advocate who:
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| Characteristic | Description |
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| **Regularly Uses Apps** | Interacts daily or weekly with Celestia-powered applications, test pilots early access features without handholding |
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| **Gives Actionable Feedback** | Opens tutorial threads, participates in Q&A, and responds to surveys to make products better |
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| **Creates & Shares Content** | Publishes high-quality native-language tutorials or short review videos highlighting real-world use |
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| **Evangelizes Authentically** | Recommends apps to peers at meetups or online, acting as an informal ambassador |
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| **Leads Locally** | Organizes testing groups, spawns discussion threads, mentors newcomers, and escalates critical insights to Community Managers |
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| Category | Details |
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| **Penalties** | Missing a monthly report or skipping the required event ⇒ immediate disqualification |
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| **Out-of-Scope** | Bootcamp/Mammothon programming, R&D/CIP work, general protocol marketing |
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| **Licensing** | All user-facing content must be released under CC0 (or similarly permissive public-domain terms) |
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#### Example Submission for Mamo-Users
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<summary>Click to expand example</summary>
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| **M1** | Virtual AMA | • Topic: "Which Celestia dApps do you use daily?" (15 attendees)<br>• Gather feedback on existing apps<br>• Discuss how Bootcamp can grant early-alpha access<br>• Publish recap on Discord & Twitter |
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| **M2** | In-person meetup | • Hands-on testing of three flagship dApps<br>• 12 power users document UX pain points<br>• Collate feedback for Bootcamp teams on how users discover and adopt alphas |
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| **M3** | Virtual AMA | • Review updated dApp versions<br>• Solicit feature requests and "wish-list" items (20 attendees)<br>• Share a "User Adoption Guide" draft for Bootcamp cohorts |
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| **M4** | In-person meetup | • Mammothon idea-pitch event<br>• Power users vote on top 5 hackathon themes based on user demand<br>• Publish pitch summaries and vote results on forum + Twitter |
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| **M5** | Virtual AMA | • Mammothon kickoff—introduce allowlisted ideas<br>• Advise hacker teams on engaging power users for early testing (25 attendees)<br>• Post "How to Reach Your First 50 Users" guide tailored to chosen hackathon themes |
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| **M6** | In-person meetup | • Preview of early hackathon prototypes<br>• Power users provide live feedback and adoption tactics<br>• Release a "Community Impact Report" detailing recruitment, retention, feedback loops, and rising-star power users |
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## Bootcamp & Mammothon Rules & Requirements
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### Scope & Deliverables
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| **Community Outreach** | Host local meetups (dev & product) to promote Celestia Bootcamp (July–Aug) and Mammothon (Sep–Oct) |
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| **Participant Funnel** | Drive recruited attendees into both programs; celebrate completions with exit events |
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| **Weekly Pit-Stops** | During Bootcamp/Mammothon, run ≥ 1 check-in per week to motivate and troubleshoot |
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| **Translations & Workshops** | Translate in-house learning materials; optionally host validator-onboarding workshops (must notify council) |
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### Timeline & Cadence
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| **Jul (Recruitment Warm-Up)** | ≥ 1 local promo event per month |
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| **Aug-Sep** | Execute Bootcamp programming & weekly pit-stops |
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| **Oct-Nov** | Run Mammothon hackathon & weekly pit-stops |
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| **Dec** | Wrap up what local talent has delivered as an event |
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| **Reporting** | For each month, deliver a written + social-media report at least 24 h before the B&M council sync |
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### Participation & Scale
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| **Recruitment Target** | Recruit ≥ 50 individuals or 10 teams (3–5 members each) per applicant for bootcamps and mammothons participation |
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| **Mentorship Format** | (one-on-one or group) at team’s discretion |
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### Review Process
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| **Monthly B&M Council Sync** | Present outreach stats, pit-stop summaries, and issue resolutions |
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| **Attendance Policy** | Live attendance may be waived if all written reports and community responses are complete |
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| **Bootcamp** | ≥ 50% of recruited participants complete the program |
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| **Mammothon** | ≥ 30% of Bootcamp graduates (and new public sign-ups) finish & submit a built application |
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| **Competition Results** | Produce at least 1 winner (or 2 semi-finalists) in the hackathon |
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| **Penalties** | Missing a monthly report or weekly pit-stop ⇒ immediate disqualification |
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| **Out-of-Scope** | • Working with pre-existing, production-grade teams or products<br>• Gambling or unrelated hackathon content |
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| **Licensing** | All created materials must be open-sourced |
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| **M1** | • Host first local meetup to announce Celestia Bootcamp<br>• Recruit ≥ 20 devs<br>• Translate Week 1 slides<br>• Publish a forum post + tweet<br>• Hold second meetup focused on career pathways through hackathons<br>• Recruit additional ≥ 30 individuals<br>• Finalize pit-stop schedule<br>• Share update on Discord/Twitter |
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| **M2** | • Kick off Bootcamp Month 1<br>• Run weekly pit-stop check-ins<br>• Post attendance stats & participant feedback to forum + socials |
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| **M3** | • Conclude Bootcamp<br>• Host exit celebration event<br>• Report 50%+ completion rate<br>• Gather testimonials<br>• Publish a wrap-up thread |
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| **M4** | • Activate Mammothon<br>• Onboard participants (Bootcamp grads + public)<br>• Facilitate team formations and ideas selection / commitment |
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| **M5** | • Run pit-stops for teams locally<br>• Motivate team progress with help on sharing progress to the broader audience<br>• If applicable, help or be teams' first users |
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| **M6** | • Close Mammothon<br>• Report ≥ 30% finish rate<br>• Open-source all demo projects<br>• Publish final outcomes |
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## R&D Rules & Requirements
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| **CIPs** | Research & propose protocol improvements (e.g. fee-models, staking incentives); produce Celestia Improvement Proposals with simulations or data analysis |
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| **Public-Goods Tooling** | Develop open-sourced libraries/SDKs for JSON-RPC or canonical APIs (e.g. Python, JavaScript), or reusable CLIs for developer workflows |
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| **Duration** | 6 months |
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| **Deliverable Volume** | Teams may tackle multiple CIPs and/or tools as they choose |
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| **Monthly Demo** | Recorded video + written summary published at least 24 h before the R&D council sync |
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| **Feedback Response** | Must address council comments and community feedback on the forum/socials within 2 weeks of receipt |
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| **Communication Channels** | Celestia Forum, X and Discord required; other platforms optional |
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| **Monthly R&D Council Sync** | Live attendance may be waived if demos, write-ups, and feedback responses are all complete |
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| **CIPs** | ≥ 1 proposal advances to "beyond Draft" and is featured on a Core Devs call, with clear ownership and resolved feedback |
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| **Tooling** | Adoption by ≥ 1–2 external teams (e.g. Mammothon or Bootcamp cohorts); bonus for third-party startup integration |
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| **Penalties** | Missing a demo/report deadline or failing to address feedback on time ⇒ immediate disqualification |
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**1. CIP: "Dynamic Data Availability Fees"**
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| **M1** | • Publish forum post with proposal outline<br>• Promote via Twitter thread |
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