Standards and Improvement Proposals
Tracks EigenLayer Improvement Proposals (ELIPs), AVS interface specifications, and canonical standards that define how Actively Validated Services integrate with the restaking protocol. Builders and protocol teams monitor this group to ensure compatibility with evolving middleware contracts, slashing APIs, and operator registration requirements, distinguishing it from operational releases by focusing on the specification layer rather than client or node software.
ELIP Registry and Process
Canonical index of EigenLayer Improvement Proposals covering the lifecycle from draft to final, governance acceptance criteria, and differentiation from Ethereum EIPs. Affects AVS developers, core protocol engineers, and governance participants who need to track specification evolution and compatibility requirements. Chainscore can provide proposal impact assessment and upgrade readiness review for teams integrating new ELIPs.
ELIP-0001: Slashing API Standard
Foundational standard for how AVSs penalize operators through EigenLayer's cryptoeconomic slashing design. Covers the interface between core protocol and AVS contracts, slashing conditions, and dispute resolution. Affects AVS developers, operators, stakers, and risk teams evaluating attributable security guarantees. Chainscore can review slashing implementation correctness and operator exposure analysis.
ELIP-0002: Operator Set Architecture
Specification for how AVSs define and manage operator sets including registration, deregistration, and stake allocation mechanics. Critical for AVS developers and operators managing multi-service commitments. Chainscore can assess operator set configuration risks and integration compatibility with evolving middleware contracts.
ELIP-0003: Rewards v2 Specification
Canonical standard for AVS reward distribution to operators and restakers, covering the interface, fee logic, and shift toward programmable composable rewards. Affects AVS developers, operators, LRT protocols, and DeFi integrators building on reward streams. Chainscore can review reward distribution implementation and composability risk with downstream protocols.
AVS Node Interface Specification
Standard API contract that every AVS must implement to communicate with EigenLayer core middleware. Tracks versioned interfaces, breaking changes, and compatibility requirements. Affects AVS developers, operator clients, and middleware maintainers. Chainscore can provide interface compliance review and migration planning for breaking changes.
AVS Registration and Deregistration Standard
Canonical specification for AVS lifecycle from initial registration through voluntary or forced deregistration, including state transitions and operator notification requirements. Affects AVS developers, operators, and governance participants managing service availability. Chainscore can review registration logic and deregistration risk scenarios.
Restaking Primitives Standard
Specification family defining composable building blocks for native restaking, liquid restaking, and delegation models that unify the security pool. Affects LRT protocols, wallet teams, exchanges, and DeFi integrators. Chainscore can assess primitive composability and integration risk across restaking modalities.
Operator AVS Commitment Standard
Standard governing how operators opt into serving AVSs, declare commitments, and represent these relationships on-chain. Key to understanding shared security allocation mechanics. Affects operators, AVS developers, and risk teams modeling security guarantees. Chainscore can review commitment logic and operator exposure across multiple AVSs.
Liquid Restaking Token (LRT) Interface Standard
Proposed canonical interface for LRTs extending ERC-20 with restaking-specific logic for withdrawal queues, slashing exposure, and AVS reward accrual. Affects LRT protocols, wallets, exchanges, and DeFi integrators. Chainscore can review LRT implementation against the standard and assess composability risks.
Unified Withdrawal and Unbonding Standard
Specification for the withdrawal queue, escrow period, and unbonding process across all restaked assets. Critical for wallets, exchanges, and DeFi protocols integrating native and liquid restaking withdrawals. Chainscore can review withdrawal integration correctness and timing risk for downstream protocols.
BLS Signature Aggregation Standard
Specification for BLS signature usage in EigenLayer for efficient aggregated operator attestations to AVSs. Covers key registration, signature scheme, and verification logic underpinning protocol scalability. Affects AVS developers, operator clients, and middleware implementers. Chainscore can review BLS implementation correctness and aggregation security.
Shared Security Allocation Model
Formal specification of attributable security model detailing how stake is accounted for and allocated across multiple AVSs. Defines economic guarantees and pooled security math. Affects risk teams, investors, AVS developers, and governance participants. Chainscore can provide security model analysis and operator concentration risk assessment.
Slashing Veto Committee Specification
Canonical design and interface for the Slashing Veto Committee governance mechanism that can challenge and reverse slashing events. Defines trust assumptions and API for this safety net. Affects operators, stakers, AVS developers, and governance participants. Chainscore can review veto committee trust assumptions and integration requirements.
Node Specification for EigenDA
Node interface and dispersal/retrieval API specification for EigenDA as the flagship data availability AVS. Becoming a de facto standard for rollup integration. Affects rollup developers, DA node operators, and middleware integrators. Chainscore can review EigenDA integration correctness and availability assumptions.
EigenLayer Wallet Integration Standard
Specification for how wallets display restaked positions, LRTs, and AVS commitments including data parsing, transaction simulation, and risk warnings. Affects wallet teams, exchanges, and UX developers. Chainscore can review wallet integration safety and user-facing risk disclosure adequacy.
DeFi Composability Standard for Restaked Assets
Tracks proposals for how restaked base assets and LRTs interact with lending markets, DEXs, and DeFi primitives while addressing slashing and withdrawal delay risks. Affects DeFi protocol developers, risk teams, and integrators. Chainscore can assess composability risk and integration safety for DeFi protocols using restaked assets.
AVS Metadata and Discovery Standard
Proposed standard for on-chain or off-chain registry where AVSs publish metadata, risk profiles, and operator requirements. Enables discoverable machine-readable AVS marketplace. Affects AVS developers, operators, wallets, and explorer teams. Chainscore can review metadata standard adoption and operator discovery integration.