🏗️Contributor Hub

Community contributions, whether in code, content, or engagement, are essential for strengthening the network’s reliability and to accelerate its progressive sovereignty of its ecosystem.

Canopy Contributor Values

1. Collective Ownership: We believe infrastructure should be shaped by those who use it. Every contributor is a stakeholder in the Canopy ecosystem.

2. Practical Coordination: We aim to reduce friction, not add it. Contributions should be high-signal, grounded in utility, and help others build faster or smarter. You don’t need to ask permission to contribute, just go for it.

3. Composable by Default: We value systems, content, and tools that can be remixed, extended, or reused by others in the ecosystem.

4. Transparency Over Perfection: Share early and often. We grow through feedback, iteration, and open dialogue. The first draft doesn’t need to be perfect.

5. Respectful Disagreement: Diverse perspectives make us stronger. Disagreeing is welcome so long as it’s done constructively and respectfully.

6. Clarity Before Hype: We prioritize clarity, accuracy, and accessibility over jargon or hype. Canopy is for real builders solving real problems.

7. Give First: We believe in upholding the spirit of open-source and decentralization. Open-source thrives when those who gain value from a system give back, without expectations of getting anything back.

Contribution Paths

Say Hello & Hang Out

• Join the Discord and post a brief intro and why Canopy interests you.

• Drop into the open weekly community syncs (Protocol, Ecosystem, Growth) to get updates, ask questions, and meet fellow contributors to support each other.

• Engage with the community, share insights, and help answer questions. Teaching and learning can go a long way for both sides to grow together.

• Share feedback and suggestions, as every perspective helps to strengthen our network.

• Ask yourself how you can best contribute your abilities to Canopy. Every contribution, no matter how small or large, is a great benefit to all.

Spread the Word & Support

• Follow @CNPYNetwork on X & @canopynetwork.bsky.social on Bluesky, enable notifications so you're first to share the news.

• Spread our mission, and help to highlight Nested Chain launches, milestones, or research posts.

• Help us reach new audiences by translating key announcements into languages you know. Canopy is a global chain without borders, so let’s make sure of it.

Build Cool Stuff

• Build your own L1 with Canopy as a Nested Chain via our ‘clone and fork’ approach, and start your path to becoming a fully sovereign L1 blockchain.

• Contribute code to our GitHub by helping to improve Canopy Blockchain and/or resolving issues. Canopy is an open-source project, created by the community, for the community.

• Integrate your existing chain into the Canopy ecosystem as a generalized side-chain application, all without requiring any modification to the existing chain software or protocol.

• Extend Canopy’s functionality by contributing to building additional tooling and improving the overall experience of our ecosystem.

• Hunt them bounties when available for treasures, and become a legendary bounty hunter!

Keep the Chain Humming

• Join the Node party by staking and restaking your CNPY to become a Validator or Delegator to keep our entire network secured, and receive both the block reward and the native rewards of nested chains through our unique cross-pollinating economics.

• Test new releases and report your logs in our Discord’s Developer Chat or open Issue tickets on our Github so we can squash them bugs.

Create Content, Teach and Inspire

• Publish explainer videos, threads, infographics, and smart memes in alignment with our branding to teach and inspire others to learn more about Canopy.

• Support the improvement of our documentation with clarification, tutorial walk-throughs, or architecture diagrams. Write the tutorial you wish existed.

• Publish your own insight blogs. We love unique opinions, so don’t be afraid to let them be known.

• Create funny brand-aligned memes for a good laugh, but most importantly, keep it “big brain” and authentic.

Seed Future Growth

• Stake CNPY as a Validator to earn voting power under our ‘United Governance’.

• Partake in the discourse of governance proposals and straw polls to solidify your voice within the ecosystem and plant the seeds for future growth.

• Got a great idea? Submit a governance Straw Poll or Proposal to kick it off while adhering to the ‘Proposal Post Guidelines’. While the agreement of the Validator Set determines voting, any participant within the ecosystem may submit a governance straw poll or proposal.

Code of Conduct

We enforce the Contributor Covenant. By participating, you agree to uphold a respectful & harassment-free environment.

Guidelines & Best Practices

Tone & Voice

Canopy’s tone is clear, cooperative, and optimistic. Avoid hypey language and unnecessary jargon. Refer to the Brand Kit for style references.

Attribution & Citations

• Always credit sources

• Link to the Canopy Gitbook or relevant documentation when citing internal concepts. If you need help with a concept, please ask!

• Avoid spreading unverified or speculative information

Respect & Inclusion

We are a values-driven network. All contributors are expected to:

• Engage respectfully

• Uphold inclusive and non-discriminatory communication

• Follow the Code of Conduct