Bridge governance
The bridge's governance process is conducted via a decentralized voting mechanism. Each bridge operator a corresponding bridge governor address that is used for proposing and voting.
Bridge operators can propose and vote on the following types of changes:
- Pause the bridge
- Add bridge operators
- Remove bridge operators
- Update withdrawal thresholds
A bridge operator creates a new proposal for the other operators to vote on. If at least 70% of the operators approve the proposal, the change is approved and executed.
The governance voting method is serial by design: only one governance vote can be held at a time, and that vote must be completed before moving to a new vote.
Conceptually, you can think of the governor as a cold wallet while the validator is a hot wallet.
For enhanced security, store your governor credentials in a hardware wallet and use them only when a vote is required.