Livepeer Governance Processes
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#3CB540 - Jade Green
#2b9a66 - Light Green
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Complementary Greens
See https://coolors.co/004225-1a794e-08a045-3cb540-62ba4f
#004225 - Deep Forrest
#1A794E - Turf Green
#08A045 - Medium Jungle
#3CB540 - Jade Green
#6BBF59 - Moss Green
See https://coolors.co/0c0c0c-073b3a-1a794e-08a045-6bbf59
#0C0C0C - Onyx Black
#073B3A - Dark Teal
#1A794E - Turf Green
#08A045 - Medium Jungle
#6BBF59 - Moss Green
See https://coolors.co/fffffa-073b3a-1a794e-08a045-6bbf59
#FFFFFA - Porcelain
#073B3A - Dark Teal
#1A794E - Turf Green
#08A045 - Medium Jungle
#6BBF59 - Moss Green
Pink Offset Colour
See https://coolors.co/073b3a-1a794e-f61067-08a045-6bbf59
#F61067 - Razzmatazz Pink
#073B3A - Dark Teal
#1A794E - Turf Green
#08A045 - Medium Jungle
#6BBF59 - Moss Green
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GLOBAL THEME VARIABLES
Component governance source of truth
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--background-highlight: var(--lp-color-bg-subtle);
--border: var(--lp-color-border-default);
--button-text: var(--lp-color-on-accent);
--page-header-description-color: var(--lp-color-text-secondary);
--arbitrum: var(--lp-color-arbitrum);
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/* Code block themes
hiki codeblock themes:
Popular Dark Themes:
github-dark (what you have now)
github-dark-dimmed
github-dark-high-contrast
dracula
dracula-soft
monokai
nord
one-dark-pro
poimandres
rose-pine
everforest-dark
vitesse-dark
Popular Light Themes:
github-light (what you have now)
github-light-high-contrast
solarized-light
rose-pine-dawn
everforest-light
vitesse-light */
/* img[alt="dark logo"],
img[alt="light logo"] {
max-width: 180px;
} */
/* V2 TEST */
/* a.nav-tabs-item[href="/pages/resources/resources_hub.mdx"],
a.nav-tabs-item[href="/pages/08_help/README"] {
color: rgba(255, 90, 90, 0.342) !important;
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/* Make the nav-tabs container full width */
.nav-tabs {
width: 100%;
justify-content: flex-start;
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/* Fix Mintlify content width and centering.
Regular pages: balance padding + widen inner cap.
Portal/frame pages: balance padding (smaller) + widen inner cap for full-width hero. */
@media (min-width: 1024px) {
/* Regular pages */
#content-container:not(:has(.frame-mode-hero-full)):not(
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padding-right: 3rem !important;
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#content-container:not(:has(.frame-mode-hero-full)):not(
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margin-right: -1rem;
padding-right: 0;
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a.nav-tabs-item[href$='/resources/portal'],
a.nav-tabs-item[href$='/07_resources/redirect'],
a.nav-tabs-item[href$='/07_resources/portal'] {
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background-color: transparent;
border: 1px solid var(--accent) !important;
padding: 4px 8px;
border-radius: 4px;
font-size: 0.7rem;
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align-self: center;
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a.nav-tabs-item[href$='/resources/portal'] svg,
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a.nav-tabs-item[href$='/07_resources/portal'] svg,
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a.nav-tabs-item[href$='/resources/portal'] > div:last-child,
a.nav-tabs-item[href$='/07_resources/redirect'] > div:last-child,
a.nav-tabs-item[href$='/07_resources/portal'] > div:last-child,
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display: none;
}
/* Stack footer links vertically */
#footer .flex-col .flex.gap-4 {
flex-direction: column !important;
gap: 0rem !important;
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/* Reduce footer padding */
#footer > div {
padding-top: 2rem !important;
padding-bottom: 1rem !important;
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/* Accessibility: prevent hidden assistant sheet from receiving focus */
#chat-assistant-sheet[aria-hidden='true'] {
display: none !important;
}
/* Accessibility: ensure CTA buttons meet minimum target size */
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min-height: 24px;
padding-top: 4px;
padding-bottom: 4px;
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display: flex;
flex-direction: row !important;
color: red !important;
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#footer > div > div:first-child > div {
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flex-direction: row !important;
color: green !important;
} */
/* Fix bad styling of cards with arrows */
[data-component-part='card-content-container'] {
padding-right: 2.5rem; /* Creates space for the arrow */
}
/* Reposition View component dropdown */
/*
To find the correct selector:
1. Open your page with View components in the browser
2. Right-click on the dropdown in the top-right corner
3. Select "Inspect Element"
4. Find the class name or data attribute
5. Replace the selector below with the actual one
*/
/* Common possible selectors - uncomment and adjust the one that works */
/* Option 1: If it has a data attribute */
/* [data-view-dropdown] {
position: relative !important;
top: 60px !important;
right: 20px !important;
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/* Option 2: If it's in a fixed container */
/* .fixed [class*="view"] {
position: relative !important;
top: 60px !important;
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/* Option 3: Target by position (fixed elements in top-right) */
/* .fixed.top-0.right-0 [class*="select"],
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position: relative !important;
top: 60px !important;
margin-right: 20px !important;
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/* Option 4: Move it inline with content instead of fixed position */
/* Replace 'ACTUAL_SELECTOR' with the real class name from browser inspection */
/* ACTUAL_SELECTOR {
position: static !important;
display: inline-block !important;
margin-bottom: 20px !important;
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.code-block > div > div > svg {
background-color: #18794e !important;
}
/* Error 404 Styling */
#error-description > span > div > div {
border: 1px solid #18794e !important;
}
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#error-description
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/* Step List Color Icons Styling */
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background-color: #18794e !important;
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/* Step List Color Titles */
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> div.w-full.overflow-hidden.pl-8.pr-px
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/* #radix-_R_5slubt9fen9fdb_ */
/* Turn off bg-white in dark mode for multi-view dropdown (PALM THEME BUG) */
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/* Sidebar collapse button - bigger and easier to click */
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min-width: 2.5rem !important;
min-height: 2.5rem !important;
padding: 0.75rem !important;
z-index: 100 !important;
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/* Override US flag with UK flag in language selector */
/* Hide the original img and use background-image instead */
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#localization-select-item-en img[alt="US"],
img[alt="US"][src*="flags/US.svg"] {
opacity: 0 !important;
position: relative !important;
}
#localization-select-trigger img[alt="US"]::before,
#localization-select-item-en img[alt="US"]::before,
img[alt="US"][src*="flags/US.svg"]::before {
content: "" !important;
position: absolute !important;
top: 0 !important;
left: 0 !important;
width: 100% !important;
height: 100% !important;
background-image: url("/snippets/assets/media/images/site/united-kingdom-flag-icon.svg") !important;
background-size: cover !important;
background-position: center !important;
border-radius: 50% !important;
opacity: 1 !important;
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/* Hide the panel on frame mode pages (MINTLIFY SUCKS) */
/* Hide empty table of contents layout only when it's empty */
#table-of-contents-layout:empty,
#content-side-layout:has(#table-of-contents-layout:empty) {
display: none;
}
/* DynamicTable: force fixed layout so columnWidths prop values take effect.
Mintlify's Tailwind prose resets table-layout to auto — !important required. */
[data-docs-dynamic-table] {
table-layout: fixed !important;
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Mint wraps rendered tables in a scroll container with vertical padding,
which creates a false gap above/below the header row. */
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padding-top: 0 !important;
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margin-top: 0 !important;
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Trim default block margins on the first/last rendered child so headings
and paragraphs do not add a false gap inside the padded shell. */
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left: 0;
width: 4px;
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border-bottom-right-radius: 0;
}
/* Frame mode container - 80% of #content-container width, centered */
/* Breaks out of #content padding to center in full #content-container */
.frame-mode-container {
width: calc(100% + 96px + 20px); /* 976px */
margin-left: -96px;
margin-right: -20px;
margin-bottom: 2rem;
padding-left: 15%; /* Adjust this for desired content width */
padding-right: 15%; /* Adjust this for desired content width */
box-sizing: border-box;
}
/* Frame mode container inside hero - already broken out, so reset */
.frame-mode-hero-full .frame-mode-container {
width: 100%;
margin-left: 0;
margin-right: 0;
padding-left: 0%;
padding-right: 0%;
}
/* Pagination on frame mode pages ONLY - match container padding */
[data-page-mode='frame'] #pagination {
width: calc(100% + 96px + 20px);
margin-left: -96px;
margin-right: -20px;
padding-left: calc((100% + 96px + 20px) * 0.1 + 96px);
padding-right: calc((100% + 96px + 20px) * 0.1 + 20px);
box-sizing: border-box;
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/* Hero full width - breaks out of #content padding to fill #content-container */
.frame-mode-hero-full {
width: calc(100% + 96px + 20px);
margin-left: -96px;
margin-right: -20px;
position: relative;
}
@media (max-width: 1023px) {
.frame-mode-container {
width: 100%;
margin-left: 0;
margin-right: 0;
padding-left: 1rem;
padding-right: 1rem;
}
[data-page-mode='frame'] #pagination {
width: 100%;
margin-left: 0;
margin-right: 0;
padding-left: 1rem;
padding-right: 1rem;
}
.frame-mode-hero-full {
width: 100%;
margin-left: 0;
margin-right: 0;
}
}
#starfield {
position: absolute;
inset: 0;
width: 100%;
height: 100%;
pointer-events: none;
z-index: 0;
}
/* Target the card content container */
.frame-mode-hero-full [data-component-part='card-content-container'] {
padding-top: 0.5rem;
padding-bottom: 0.5rem;
padding-left: 1rem;
padding-right: 2.5rem; /* Space for arrow icon (0.75rem right + icon width ~1rem + margin) */
}
/* Target the arrow icon */
.frame-mode-hero-full #card-link-arrow-icon {
top: 0.75rem;
right: 0.75rem;
}
/* #content > div.frame-mode-hero-full > div.frame-mode-container > div > div:nth-child(2) > div > div > div:nth-child(4) > a > div {
padding-top: 0.5rem;
padding-bottom: 0.5rem;
}
#content > div.frame-mode-hero-full > div.frame-mode-container > div > div:nth-child(2) > div > div > div:nth-child(4) > a > div > #card-link-arrow-icon {
top: 0.75rem;
right: 0.75rem;
} */
Executive Summary Livepeer governance consists of both off-chain coordination processes and on-chain execution logic. While voting and parameter enforcement are handled by smart contracts, proposal formation, review, and social consensus-building occur off-chain.
This page formalizes the complete governance lifecycle from idea formation to on-chain execution.
1. Governance Lifecycle Overview Governance unfolds in two coordinated domains:
Off-Chain Process Layer (discussion, drafting, signaling)On-Chain Execution Layer (proposal submission, voting, execution)
These layers are complementary but distinct.
2. Off-Chain Process Layer Governance typically begins with:
Identification of protocol parameter inefficiency
Security model adjustments
Economic misalignment
Treasury allocation needs
Contract upgrade requirements
Ideas are usually discussed in public forums before formalization.
2.2 Livepeer Improvement Proposals (LIPs) A Livepeer Improvement Proposal (LIP) formalizes protocol changes. A LIP generally includes:
Motivation
Technical specification
Economic impact analysis
Security considerations
Backward compatibility analysis
LIPs serve as the canonical documentation for governance changes.
2.3 Social Signaling and Feedback Before on-chain submission, proposals typically undergo:
Community discussion
Technical review
Risk assessment
Stakeholder signaling
This reduces the probability of adversarial or poorly constructed proposals reaching execution.
3. On-Chain Voting Rules The governance contract enforces explicit voting thresholds to protect against low-participation attacks:
3.1 Quorum At least 33% of all staked LPT must participate in the vote for it to be valid. This requirement ensures that a small cabal cannot push through radical changes without broad community involvement.
3.2 Approval Threshold More than 50% of participating votes must favour the proposal. Simple majority approval balances inclusivity with decisiveness: proposals that split the community evenly cannot pass.
3.3 Voting Power Voting power is proportional to bonded LPT:
Delegators exercise governance indirectly by delegating to orchestrators whose values align with their own; orchestrators must publicly declare their positions and can cast votes accordingly.
4. On-Chain Execution Layer 4.1 Proposal Submission A formal governance proposal encodes executable contract actions. Proposal payload may include:
Parameter updates
Contract implementation upgrades
Treasury transfers
Submission triggers the deterministic governance state machine.
4.2 Voting Window Voting occurs via an on-chain smart contract. When a LIP is ready, its hash and parameters are queued, and tokenholders can vote using signature-based messages.
How to Vote
Connect Your Wallet
Connect the wallet that holds your bonded LPT. You must be on the Arbitrum One network.
Cast Your Vote
Select Yes , No , or Abstain . Your voting power equals your proportion of total bonded LPT at the time the proposal was submitted.
Monitor Execution
If quorum (33%) and majority (>50%) are met, the proposal enters a timelock queue and executes automatically after the delay period.
4.3 Quorum and Threshold Checks Proposal must satisfy:
And majority condition:
Conditions are enforced by governance contracts.
4.4 Timelock Queue Approved proposals enter a timelock period before execution.
Timelock properties:
Delay between approval and execution
Risk mitigation against sudden parameter shifts
Allows participants to assess consequences
4.5 Execution If conditions are met and timelock expires:
Encoded actions execute atomically
Contract state changes
Treasury transfers occur if included
Execution is irreversible at the transaction level.
5. Treasury Coordination Treasury allocations follow the same governance lifecycle:
Off-chain proposal discussion
On-chain encoded treasury action
Voting and quorum
Timelock
Execution
Treasury governance uses identical stake-weighted enforcement logic.
6. Livepeer Foundation and Treasury Stewardship The Livepeer Foundation, incorporated as a neutral nonprofit in 2025, stewards the protocol’s long-term health. It coordinates core development, research and ecosystem growth, but its authority derives from tokenholders via governance.
Key responsibilities include:
Responsibility Description Protocol maintenance Maintaining and upgrading smart contracts, reference implementations, and SDKs Research and standards Funding research into verifiable transcoding, zero-knowledge proofs, and new codecs Grant programmes Managing the community treasury to fund builders, tooling, and documentation Ecosystem advocacy Representing Livepeer in regulatory discussions and engaging with blockchain communities
Despite its coordinating role, the Foundation is not a central authority. Treasury disbursements, major protocol changes and long-term roadmaps require approval via LIPs.
7. Risk Mitigation and Process Safeguards 7.1 Multi-Stage Review Separation of:
Social review (off-chain)
Deterministic execution (on-chain)
Reduces accidental or malicious parameter changes.
7.2 Transparency All votes and execution transactions are publicly verifiable on-chain. Governance is auditable via block explorers.
7.3 Parameter Calibration Quorum and timelock duration are governance-level security parameters.
If is too low:
Small coalitions may pass proposals
If is too high:
Governance stagnation may occur
8. Considerations and Potential Improvements The choice of a 33% quorum and 50% approval reflects a trade-off between agility and resistance to capture. Some decentralised networks have explored:
Dynamic quorum - where the quorum adjusts based on historical turnoutConviction voting - where votes accumulate over timeQuadratic voting - to amplify minority voices
Livepeer’s governance has not yet adopted these mechanisms, but community discussions remain ongoing.
9. Governance Process Flow Diagram 10. Protocol vs Network Separation Protocol (On-Chain):
Proposal submission
Vote casting
Quorum enforcement
Timelock queue
Execution of contract changes
Network (Off-Chain):
Discussion forums
LIP drafting
Social signaling
Infrastructure execution
Governance modifies protocol rules; network actors operate within updated parameters.
References Last modified on April 7, 2026
