🏆 Gonka Bounty Program
Rewards for contributions to the development of the Gonka project.
💡 What this is
Gonka Bounty Program — a community initiative aimed at rewarding developers who help improve:
network performance
infrastructure reliability
protocol security
The program lets community members earn rewards for contributing to the ecosystem's development Gonka.
🎯 Program goals
Main objectives of the bounty program:
🚀 Incentivize meaningful network improvements
🛡 Increase stability and security
🗳 Transparent reward distribution via Hosts consensus
⚖️ How reward decisions are made
All payouts from the bounty program:
come from the Community Pool
require explicit Hosts consensus
are confirmed by on-chain voting
This means:
No reward can be paid automatically. Every payout must be approved by the network.
📂 Which proposals qualify
This section is for discussing:
🧠 Protocol Improvements
Changes to the protocol architecture or the network's long-term design.
For example:
changes to the consensus mechanism
new network parameters
security enhancements
🔧 External Infrastructure
Integrations and tools that grow the ecosystem:
API clients
SDKs
developer tools
third-party service integrations
🔍 Open Problems
Issues that require:
research
architectural discussion
collective community decision
🧠 Proposals to improve Gonka
Any network participant can propose an improvement.
Proposals may include:
a description of the problem
the proposed solution
example of a possible reward in GNK
⚠️ However, it’s important to understand:
The stated reward is only a guideline. The actual decision on payment is made by the Hosts' consensus.
📍 Where to publish proposals
The channel used for discussion is:
Here you can:
post ideas
discuss proposals
coordinate development
🛠 How to participate
To take part in the bounty program:
1️⃣ Join the channel
#improvement-proposals
2️⃣ State your intention to work on a task
3️⃣ Create a branch for the implementation
4️⃣ Post progress at least once a week
5️⃣ Collaboration is welcome (voluntary reward splitting is allowed)
✅ Completion requirements
For a task to be considered complete:
the implementation must work
the code must pass all tests
the solution must be approved by a majority of Hosts
It’s also important:
The implementation should include code for on-chain updates to the protocol.
🏅 If multiple developers solved the same task
Sometimes several participants may propose solutions to the same task.
In such cases, the Hosts may split the reward, for example:
🥇 1st place (solution merged into main code)
100% of the reward
🥈 2nd place (next best solution)
30% of the reward
The specific distribution is determined by the Hosts' consensus.
🔐 Vulnerability reports
Reports of security vulnerabilities are especially valued.
Such reports help to:
prevent attacks
increase network resilience
improve protocol security
Responsible disclosure of vulnerabilities (Responsible Disclosure) may be rewarded with a bounty.
⚠️ Important note
The information in this section is guidance, based on current practice.
It:
is not a legal obligation
does not guarantee a reward payout
All decisions are made through the Gonka network governance.
🚀 How to get started
The easiest way to start participating:
1️⃣ Find a task in the channel #improvement-proposals
2️⃣ Announce that you will take it
3️⃣ Implement the solution
4️⃣ Publish a Pull Request
After Hosts review, the decision may be:
accepted
put to a vote
rewarded via a bounty.
💡 Tip: Even small infrastructure improvements, bug fixes, or optimizations can be eligible for a reward.
✍️ How to write a good proposal
It's recommended to follow the following structure.
Motivation
What problem the proposal addresses.
High-Level Solution
A general description of the proposed solution.
Implementation Roadmap
Implementation plan (if the change is complex):
major milestones
key tasks
approximate order of implementation
Open Questions
Open questions to discuss with the community.
Who You Are
Briefly tell us about yourself:
your experience
involvement in Gonka
participation in other projects
If you represent:
a team
a company
please state that and add links to relevant projects.
This helps the community evaluate the proposal faster.
Timeline and Bounty
In the discussion you can suggest:
an approximate implementation timeline
a possible bounty reward
The final decision is still made by the Hosts' consensus.
🚀 Next steps
After posting the proposal:
1️⃣ Share the link in Discord 2️⃣ Gather feedback 3️⃣ Join the discussion
Also recommended:
👍 react
⬆️ vote for ideas
💬 leave comments
This helps the community understand:
which ideas are most important
which proposals should be implemented.
Note. To clarify:
There’s another question about where to post. There’s GitHub, but I haven’t seen information about it:
Links
Original message 1 in the Gonka Discord channel: https://discord.com/channels/1336477374442770503/1476147862575382610/1476147957496545310
Original message 2 in the Gonka Discord channel: https://discord.com/channels/1336477374442770503/1433818790822543532
Original message on GitHub https://github.com/gonka-ai/gonka/discussions/795
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