A number of Agoric validators have pledged to meet the following requiremens:

1. Hardware requirements detailed in the Agoric Validator Runbooks

2. Uptime of at least 95%

3. Set a reasonable commission rate

4. Commit to not exceed 10% voting power

5. Actively participate in security and upgrade governance proposals

6. Commit to network contributions with at least one from each category:

• Run testnet node
• Run an RPC endpoint
• Run a Chainlink oracle node for Agoric
• Build a block explorer, validator dashboard, or other community tool

• Write and deploy smart contract components
• Create educational content (articles, tutorials, videos) about building with Agoric smart contracts
• Present at an Agoric Twitter Space or related event on governance proposals, validator experiences and best practices, or provide other relevant community updates

• Jan 28 Validator Delegation Program announcement.