Program FAQ
Direct answers on BYO-BLS seats and security boundaries.
Who controls validator keys, what onboarding data is submitted, how treasury-side exit requests work, and how rewards settle.
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No principal purchase is required to apply. The Foundation funds the 32 CTN seat principal only after approval, enrollment-token issuance, and onboarding-data validation. You do not need a CTN balance in your beneficiary wallet just to request claims in the console.
You do. External operators generate validator BLS keypairs in their own secure environment.
No, not in the external operator flow. The Foundation validates onboarding artifacts and funds deposits without taking custody of your validator private material.
Where enabled for the deployed seat, yes: the treasury/vault/CIP-7002 path can initiate the validator's exit request without custody of your validator private key. Consensus-layer eligibility rules, queueing, and protocol timing still determine when that exit completes.
Claim path
Running-phase claims use a two-step console flow: (1) submit a claim request to initiate, then (2) submit again after the configured ready delay to finalize payout. On-chain transactions are submitted by the program executor, and payout goes to the beneficiary wallet. The delay creates a reaction window — if anomalous behavior is detected, settlement can be proposed and pending claims are cancelled.1. Initiate request
2. Wait delay window
3. Finalize payout
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