Roles

A timelock with an exclusive proposer governs all Kernel smart contracts. Three other roles namely an admin, manager and pauser share multiple responsibilities necessary to successfully configure and operate the Kernel protocol. Here are all the multisigs and signers. Timelock Contract - 0xc34C665264DAC8a589F240684aFd18f52d98C602 Currently, the timelock delay is set to 3 days to provide transparency and notify the broader ecosystem of upcoming changes.

Timelock Proposer - 0x845c3dB355f7bEcA27Ac8b4652517f8594369261 The timelock proposer is a 8 signer multisig and needs 5 signatures to upgrade any contracts ( additionally has to pass timelock) formed by prominent community members from the BNB ecosystem. The signers of this multisig are as follows -

1. Igal Bini (Partner & Head of Partnerships, Israeli Blockchain Association) LinkedIn, Twitter/X (@igalb77) Wallet: 0x3FCAEeafC0f9Ec1FD8e2AEAe1276935c636b0dAF

2. Lars Rensing (CEO, Protokol, Core Team at Cluster Capital) LinkedIn, Twitter/X (@l_rensing) Wallet: 0x2198A3188A0dc5526567A5D17b06e466C042D702

3. Michael Kam (Investment Partner, Avid VC) Link Wallet: 0x61f45F63e06aa0DAE039BcFDa2c4Aab017441Ee7

4. Amrit Kumar (COO, AltLayer) LinkedIn, Twitter/X (@maqstik) Wallet: 0x7Da5A697980E53Ecc137c0f7E96F4Cb656130098

5. Ramani Ramachandran (CEO, Router Protocol & Dfyn.network) LinkedIn, Twitter/X (@CryptoMan_Ram) Wallet: 0xd4C9d49bBda1F074ba8363bfc5D72Fd2a9dFC77F

6. Dheeraj Borra (Co-Founder of KernelDAO) LinkedIn Wallet: 0x7AAd74b7f0d60D5867B59dbD377a71783425af47

7. Emanuele (KernelDAO member) Website Wallet: 0xa9De8755FaCD88Fd82894afD2C014C860993042f

8. Manoj Patra (KernelDAO member) LinkedIn Wallet: 0x0e4B97563723eF7f0a7FDe4c7bD3B17a5bF63fBf

Admin Multisig - 0x40f5f0f5e78289b33e450fbca1cbd8700098cd23 This role is used for admin related operations on Kernel contracts.

Manager Multisig - 0x85dfbf5a7c26da08406b792e673d847755498bc8 This role is used for manager level low-impact operations on Kernel contracts.

Pauser Multisig - 0x762966a8f4f4ed9016f8651b352e9435ce733b67 This role is explicity used for pausing contracts as a response to emergencies.