Support Proposal

Signal your support for a governance proposal, contributing your stake toward the activation threshold.

Description

Each validator who calls support_proposal adds their active stake to the proposal’s cluster_support_lamports total. Once the accumulated support reaches 15% of total cluster stake (1500 basis points), voting is automatically activated:

proposal.voting is set to true
snapshot_slot is calculated and set
A ConsensusResult PDA is derived
A CPI to the NCN init_ballot_box instruction opens the operator voting window

Usage


svmgov support-proposal \
  --proposal-id "ABC123..." \
  --network mainnet

Arguments

Argument	Type	Required	Description
`--proposal-id`	String	Yes	The proposal’s PDA address (base58)
`--network`	String	No	Network override for proof fetching: `mainnet`, `testnet`

Global Arguments

Option	Short	Description
`--keypair <PATH>`	`-k`	Path to validator identity keypair JSON
`--rpc-url <URL>`	`-r`	Custom RPC URL

Requirements

Proposal must not already be in voting phase or finalized
Current epoch must be within the support period (creation_epoch + max_support_epochs)
Each validator can only support a given proposal once

Examples


# With config (recommended)
svmgov support-proposal \
  --proposal-id "AbCdEf123..." \
  --network mainnet
 
# With explicit credentials
svmgov support-proposal \
  --proposal-id "AbCdEf123..." \
  --network mainnet \
  --keypair ~/.config/solana/validator-identity.json \
  --rpc-url https://api.mainnet-beta.solana.com

What Happens After 15% Support

When your support pushes a proposal over the threshold:

proposal.voting = true
snapshot_slot is computed from the configured target epoch and snapshot_slot_offset
NCN BallotBox is initialized (operators can start voting)
start_epoch and end_epoch are computed

The NCN operators must also reach consensus on the snapshot before validators can vote. This happens in parallel — operators generate snapshots and vote on them while the proposal is still in its support/discussion phase.

Cast Vote — Vote once the proposal is in the voting phase
View Proposal — Check current support level