{"cip_id":"0096","title":"Removing Liveness Rewards from Validator Rewards Pool","status":"Approved","counts":{"sibling_cips":3,"forum_posts":1,"forum_topics":0,"mailing_messages":19,"mailing_threads":7,"github_items":6,"blog_posts":1,"youtube_videos":0,"total":30},"sibling_cips":[{"id":"PR-218","cip_number":null,"title":"Free Canton Coin Transfer-Preapproval Base Duration","status":"Draft","reason":"mentioned-in-content"},{"id":"0073","cip_number":73,"title":"Weighted Validator Liveness Rewards for SV-Chosen Parties","status":"Replaced","reason":"mentioned-in-content"},{"id":"0119","cip_number":119,"title":"Free Canton Coin Transfer-Preapproval Base Duration","status":"Approved","reason":"mentioned-in-content"}],"forum_posts":[{"id":25116,"topic_id":8884,"topic_title":"CIP 0096 - about rewards","post_number":4,"username":"dunebuggie","created_at":"2026-07-13T12:19:43.983Z","snippet":"Hi Alex, liveness rewards have been removed as per CIP 96 . Moving forward, validators will need to actively participate in the network and provide utility to earn rewards, rather than relying on live","topic_url":"https://forum.canton.network/t/cip-0096-about-rewards/8884"}],"forum_topics":[],"mailing_messages":[{"id":"771","thread_id":"119492842","thread_title":"CIP-0119: Free Canton Coin Transfer-Preapproval Base Duration","group_slug":"cip-discuss","author":"Moritz Kiefer","sent_at":"2026-05-26T07:23:00.000Z","url":"https://lists.sync.global/g/cip-discuss/message/771","subject":"CIP-TBD: Free Canton Coin Transfer-Preapproval Base Duration","snippet":"… iefer, Simon Meier Status: Draft Type: Tokenomics Created: 2026-05-22 License: CC0-1.0 ## Abstract [CIP-0096](https://github.com/canton-foundation/cips/blob/main/cip-0096/cip-0096.md) removed validator livene …","cip_id_match":false},{"id":"supervalidator-announce-423","thread_id":"118353773","thread_title":"Vote Proposal on All Environments: Vote 4 of CIP-0096","group_slug":"supervalidator-announce","author":"Alex Chen","sent_at":"2026-03-16T21:05:00.000Z","url":"https://lists.sync.global/g/supervalidator-announce/message/423","subject":null,"snippet":"Hi all, New votes have been created in Devnet, Testnet and Mainnet for Vote 4 of CIP-0096. DevNet Vote ID: 00d040eacd02c0c693277db7d5897888b3f5c1d7792cf3537930d3873ee2f6e49eca12122080252516 …","cip_id_match":true},{"id":"supervalidator-announce-389","thread_id":"117782114","thread_title":"Vote Proposal on All Environments: Vote 3 of CIP-0096","group_slug":"supervalidator-announce","author":"Alex Chen","sent_at":"2026-02-12T20:58:00.000Z","url":"https://lists.sync.global/g/supervalidator-announce/message/389","subject":null,"snippet":"Hi all, New votes have been created in Devnet, Testnet and Mainnet for Vote 3 of CIP-0096. DevNet Vote ID: 0060d85de8d319a90b7781447d949bc1a02707fab54779ae881886d5863f3bee61ca121220ababe27b …","cip_id_match":true},{"id":"supervalidator-announce-387","thread_id":"117721939","thread_title":"Amulet Rules configuration on TestNet: Implement CIP-0073 and CIP-0096","group_slug":"supervalidator-announce","author":"Wayne Collier","sent_at":"2026-02-09T16:25:00.000Z","url":"https://lists.sync.global/g/supervalidator-announce/message/387","subject":null,"snippet":"… ve initiated a vote proposal on TestNet to implement the minting delegation logic from CIP-0073 and CIP-0096, by adopting the Daml package `wallet` 0.1.16, which was introduced in Splice 0.5.9. Proposal Contr …","cip_id_match":false},{"id":"supervalidator-announce-379","thread_id":"117599362","thread_title":"Vote Proposal on DevNet: Implement CIP-0073 and CIP-0096","group_slug":"supervalidator-announce","author":"Wayne Collier","sent_at":"2026-02-02T16:37:00.000Z","url":"https://lists.sync.global/g/supervalidator-announce/message/379","subject":null,"snippet":"…  Daml model version associated with the minting delegation implementation specified in CIP-0073 and CIP-0096. ContractID: 006a1e32db63e3f3e58389707323be79a33d2cc3b80e0a3f47b1ebdf2a9f35e3a9ca121220b5d939a43cbe …","cip_id_match":false},{"id":"supervalidator-announce-346","thread_id":"117261400","thread_title":"Vote Proposal: Vote 2 of CIP-0096","group_slug":"supervalidator-announce","author":"Andrew Bryan","sent_at":"2026-01-14T14:17:00.000Z","url":"https://lists.sync.global/g/supervalidator-announce/message/346","subject":null,"snippet":"Hi All, New votes have been created in Devnet, Testnet and Mainnet for Vote 2 of CIP-0096. Vote proposal has been created DevNet Vote ID: 008ece8cf56e9ca61f229d601e8bc22fc1bc1d9857a96db9646 …","cip_id_match":true},{"id":"cip-announce-67","thread_id":"117012876","thread_title":"CIP-0096: Removing Liveness Rewards from Validator Rewards Pool","group_slug":"cip-announce","author":"Amanda Martin","sent_at":"2025-12-31T15:27:00.000Z","url":"https://lists.sync.global/g/cip-announce/message/67","subject":null,"snippet":"Hello, Canton Improvement Proposal CIP-0096: Removing Liveness Rewards from Validator Rewards Pool The vote reached a passing quorum on Decembe …","cip_id_match":true},{"id":"445","thread_id":"116755566","thread_title":"CIP-0096: Remove Liveness Rewards from Validator Rewards Pool","group_slug":"cip-discuss","author":"Chris Matturri","sent_at":"2025-12-26T19:55:00.000Z","url":"https://lists.sync.global/g/cip-discuss/message/445","subject":null,"snippet":"Thank you for the work on this Andrew. Proof Group would like to formally endorse this for a vote. Chris Matturri ​​​​ chris@... ProofGroup.xyz toggle quoted message Show quoted text","cip_id_match":true},{"id":"444","thread_id":"116755566","thread_title":"CIP-0096: Remove Liveness Rewards from Validator Rewards Pool","group_slug":"cip-discuss","author":"Andrew Bryan","sent_at":"2025-12-26T19:07:00.000Z","url":"https://lists.sync.global/g/cip-discuss/message/444","subject":null,"snippet":"Thank you Luke and Demo for your feedback on the impact of the Liveness winddown timeline. We’d like to propose a new schedule based on your feedback: No more than 5 days business from CIP Approval: L","cip_id_match":true},{"id":"440","thread_id":"116755566","thread_title":"CIP-0096: Remove Liveness Rewards from Validator Rewards Pool","group_slug":"cip-discuss","author":"Luke Streckenbach","sent_at":"2025-12-23T21:33:00.000Z","url":"https://lists.sync.global/g/cip-discuss/message/440","subject":null,"snippet":"I agree with Demo and think his proposed more gradual step-down is a better solution here. To preface, I’ll reiterate that we’re not opposed to a wind-down of liveness rewards, but believe that doing ","cip_id_match":true},{"id":"439","thread_id":"116755566","thread_title":"CIP-0096: Remove Liveness Rewards from Validator Rewards Pool","group_slug":"cip-discuss","author":"Chris Matturri","sent_at":"2025-12-23T18:43:00.000Z","url":"https://lists.sync.global/g/cip-discuss/message/439","subject":null,"snippet":"Thank you for sharing the comments Demo and the updated proposal Andrew & Cumberland team. I believe the recommended 90 day timeline does a nice job of reflecting the feedback we heard last week on ex","cip_id_match":true},{"id":"438","thread_id":"116755566","thread_title":"CIP-0096: Remove Liveness Rewards from Validator Rewards Pool","group_slug":"cip-discuss","author":"demo@blockdaemon.com","sent_at":"2025-12-23T17:29:00.000Z","url":"https://lists.sync.global/g/cip-discuss/message/438","subject":null,"snippet":"I would like to propose an alternative to the Liveness Rewards Liveness Rewards Proposal: I’ve been thinking more about the Liveness Rewards discussion and wanted to share a refined proposal for the c","cip_id_match":true},{"id":"430","thread_id":"116755566","thread_title":"CIP-0096: Remove Liveness Rewards from Validator Rewards Pool","group_slug":"cip-discuss","author":"Andrew Bryan","sent_at":"2025-12-21T20:48:00.000Z","url":"https://lists.sync.global/g/cip-discuss/message/430","subject":null,"snippet":"Hi All, Thank you for all the feedback on this CIP. Cumberland has made several edits based on feedback we’ve received and would like to share an updated draft. A summary of the changes: Extending the","cip_id_match":true},{"id":"423","thread_id":"116755566","thread_title":"CIP-0096: Remove Liveness Rewards from Validator Rewards Pool","group_slug":"cip-discuss","author":"Eric Saraniecki","sent_at":"2025-12-15T22:34:00.000Z","url":"https://lists.sync.global/g/cip-discuss/message/423","subject":null,"snippet":"The algorithm for Validator Rewards is (roughly) as follows: 1. Calculate all Activity Rewards first 2. If there is any remainder, split pro-rata across the Validators online as Liveness This proposal","cip_id_match":true},{"id":"422","thread_id":"116755566","thread_title":"CIP-0096: Remove Liveness Rewards from Validator Rewards Pool","group_slug":"cip-discuss","author":"Luka","sent_at":"2025-12-15T22:07:00.000Z","url":"https://lists.sync.global/g/cip-discuss/message/422","subject":null,"snippet":"Hi Eric, thanks for the answers! I am (mostly) aware of everything, but maybe im misunderstanding what you are trying to do here. You wrote \"If this CIP passes, the full Validator Reward pool can stil","cip_id_match":true},{"id":"421","thread_id":"116755566","thread_title":"CIP-0096: Remove Liveness Rewards from Validator Rewards Pool","group_slug":"cip-discuss","author":"Eric Saraniecki","sent_at":"2025-12-15T20:44:00.000Z","url":"https://lists.sync.global/g/cip-discuss/message/421","subject":null,"snippet":"Thank you Sam and Luka for submitting comments on this proposal. A few added bits of context for those looking at the proposal. Canton Validators do not provide validation for the network _generically","cip_id_match":true},{"id":"420","thread_id":"116755566","thread_title":"CIP-0096: Remove Liveness Rewards from Validator Rewards Pool","group_slug":"cip-discuss","author":"Luka","sent_at":"2025-12-15T18:01:00.000Z","url":"https://lists.sync.global/g/cip-discuss/message/420","subject":null,"snippet":"Hello! This proposal does not seem well thought to me. First of all, Canton is (supposedly) built upon network participation - that includes validators as well. Running a validator does require infra ","cip_id_match":true},{"id":"419","thread_id":"116755566","thread_title":"CIP-0096: Remove Liveness Rewards from Validator Rewards Pool","group_slug":"cip-discuss","author":"sam.hassan@lightshift.xyz","sent_at":"2025-12-15T12:13:00.000Z","url":"https://lists.sync.global/g/cip-discuss/message/419","subject":null,"snippet":"What will be the remaining incentives for validators to run the infra and maintain it if the liveness rewards go to zero? I'm concerned removing this completely gives no incentive for passive validato","cip_id_match":true},{"id":"418","thread_id":"116755566","thread_title":"CIP-0096: Remove Liveness Rewards from Validator Rewards Pool","group_slug":"cip-discuss","author":"Andrew Bryan","sent_at":"2025-12-12T23:25:00.000Z","url":"https://lists.sync.global/g/cip-discuss/message/418","subject":null,"snippet":"Hi All, Per discussion in last week’s Foundation Tokenomics Committee working group, please see below a draft CIP from Cumberland to remove liveness rewards from the validator rewards pool (also attac","cip_id_match":true}],"mailing_threads":[{"id":"118353773","title":"Vote Proposal on All Environments: Vote 4 of CIP-0096","group_slug":"supervalidator-announce","message_count":1,"last_post_at":"2026-03-16T21:05:00.000Z","url":"https://lists.sync.global/g/supervalidator-announce/topic/vote_proposal_on_all/118353773"},{"id":"117782114","title":"Vote Proposal on All Environments: Vote 3 of CIP-0096","group_slug":"supervalidator-announce","message_count":1,"last_post_at":"2026-02-12T20:58:00.000Z","url":"https://lists.sync.global/g/supervalidator-announce/topic/vote_proposal_on_all/117782114"},{"id":"117721939","title":"Amulet Rules configuration on TestNet: Implement CIP-0073 and CIP-0096","group_slug":"supervalidator-announce","message_count":1,"last_post_at":"2026-02-09T16:25:00.000Z","url":"https://lists.sync.global/g/supervalidator-announce/topic/amulet_rules_configuration_on/117721939"},{"id":"117599362","title":"Vote Proposal on DevNet: Implement CIP-0073 and CIP-0096","group_slug":"supervalidator-announce","message_count":1,"last_post_at":"2026-02-02T16:37:00.000Z","url":"https://lists.sync.global/g/supervalidator-announce/topic/vote_proposal_on_devnet/117599362"},{"id":"117261400","title":"Vote Proposal: Vote 2 of CIP-0096","group_slug":"supervalidator-announce","message_count":1,"last_post_at":"2026-01-14T14:17:00.000Z","url":"https://lists.sync.global/g/supervalidator-announce/topic/vote_proposal_vote_2_of/117261400"},{"id":"117012876","title":"CIP-0096: Removing Liveness Rewards from Validator Rewards Pool","group_slug":"cip-announce","message_count":1,"last_post_at":"2025-12-31T15:27:00.000Z","url":"https://lists.sync.global/g/cip-announce/topic/cip_0096_removing_liveness/117012876"},{"id":"116755566","title":"CIP-0096: Remove Liveness Rewards from Validator Rewards Pool","group_slug":"cip-discuss","message_count":12,"last_post_at":"2025-12-26T19:55:00.000Z","url":"https://lists.sync.global/g/cip-discuss/topic/cip_0096_remove_liveness/116755566"}],"github_items":[{"id":"canton-network/cf-docs#1056","type":"pr","repo":"canton-network/cf-docs","number":1056,"title":"Update validator liveness rewards references for CIP-0096","state":"closed","author":"8bitpal","created_at":"2026-07-13T15:24:12Z","url":"https://github.com/canton-network/cf-docs/pull/1056","snippet":"## Summary - Validator liveness rewards were discontinued by [CIP-0096](https://github.com/canton-foundation/cips/blob/main/cip-0096/cip-0096.md), phased down to a $0 cap …"},{"id":"canton-network/cf-docs#1049","type":"issue","repo":"canton-network/cf-docs","number":1049,"title":"Update \"Validator Rewards\" docs","state":"closed","author":"shreyas-da","created_at":"2026-07-13T12:01:08Z","url":"https://github.com/canton-network/cf-docs/issues/1049","snippet":"… wards,\" which is no longer accurate per cip 96: https://github.com/canton-foundation/cips/blob/main/cip-0096/cip-0096.md"},{"id":"canton-network/cf-docs#993","type":"pr","repo":"canton-network/cf-docs","number":993,"title":"docs: mark validator liveness rewards as discontinued per CIP-0096 (#744)","state":"closed","author":"Ash-code183","created_at":"2026-07-06T15:14:40Z","url":"https://github.com/canton-network/cf-docs/pull/993","snippet":"…  still presented **validator liveness rewards** as active income with a per-round dollar cap. 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