Contribute
ZENTORY isn't just a product — it's a protocol. Three contributor tracks earn from real protocol revenue, with reputation enforced on-chain and rewards paid in ZENT. Pick the one that matches what you do.
Signal provider
You have alpha. Sign it on-chain, stake ZENT against it, get paid when you're right.
Quants, systematic traders, on-chain analysts — anyone with a thesis they can put a number on.
- Wallet with ZENT (testnet faucet during testnet phase; mainnet ZENT from open market or contributor allocation at launch)
- Comfortable signing EIP-712 messages — most wallets support this natively
- Willing to commit stake that gets slashed on wrong calls. No skin = no game
Per-epoch rewards from the protocol reward pool, weighted by accuracy × stake. Top quants earn additional ZENT from the contributor allocation. Subscription revenue share for high-performing providers.
Strategy operator
You have a quant strategy. Wrap it as a vault. Get LP capital. Keep your edge private.
Teams running systematic strategies on Hyperliquid (perps + spot) who want LP capital without custody.
- Live strategy with >6 months of out-of-sample performance
- Verifiable execution (on Hyperliquid or a chain we can mirror to our keeper)
- Comfortable with mandate-bounded execution — position size + leverage caps enforced in Solidity
- Willing to publish a redacted strategy thesis (not the alpha) for prospective LPs
20% performance fee on yield generated above high-water mark. Of that 20%: 50% routes to ZENT buyback, 25% to the GP engine, 15% insurance, 10% routed through ProtocolTreasury (which splits 50/50 to additional buyback + operations — effective buyback share ~55%). Strategy operator can earn from the ops tranche or via a separate revenue share contract — terms negotiated per operator.
Protocol developer
You build smart contracts, indexers, or dApp features. The protocol is open-source under BSL-1.1 / AGPL-3.0.
Solidity / TypeScript / Python engineers comfortable with DeFi infra, ERC-4626, EIP-712, and on-chain event indexing.
- GitHub history of shipping production code
- Read the whitepaper + at least one of the architecture posts on the blog
- Open a PR or an issue with a concrete proposal — we triage all of them
Bounties on major issues (sized to the work). Contributor ZENT allocation for sustained contributions. Co-author credit on the open-source repos. Direct line to the founders.
Why contribute here instead of somewhere else?
Your reputation is portable
Every signal is signed by your wallet and lives on-chain forever. Build a track record once; it follows you to any product, any fund, any future job. No platform can claw it back or hide your bad calls.
Real economic stake, both sides
You stake ZENT to back your calls. LPs put real capital behind vaults that follow real signals. The whole loop is denominated in economic risk — no points, no testnet-only rewards, no speculative airdrop fishing.
Open-source where it matters
The protocol (BSL 1.1) and dApp (AGPL-3.0) are public. The proprietary algorithms inside our own strategies are private. The parts that affect your funds are auditable; the parts that just earn the operator a return are not your concern.
Built for serious people
No gamified XP. No referral pyramids. No 1000% APY incentive schemes. The protocol exists to reward verifiable accuracy and honest yield generation. If that's not what you do, this isn't the right home.
Ready to start?
Pick the track that fits and click through to get started. Or join Discord and ask first.