Whitelist Union deployer address

[Superior]

That’s good though,I love the proposal and I’m voting for it right away

[Judefx]

Absolutely agree. Union going live on mainnet would be a major step forward. The synergy between Union and Babylon is unmatched ZK-powered trustless messaging from Union, fortified by Babylon’s Bitcoin-grade security and modularity.

Union’s proven performance with millions of transfers and deep integration into Babylon’s stack shows this isn’t just theoretical it’s already working. Together, they’re building the foundation for seamless, secure cross-chain apps, without the trade-offs.

Let’s go ZKGM.

[Rhamzy]

This is absolutely game changer.

[Goldofweb3]

Support from here

Would love for a union whitelist

[iamzaxs]

Zkgm, Full support to the Union Build and Babylon partnership.

[Bitkong]

Union has been impressive during it’s TESTNETs roll out
No doubt mainnet is gonna be super impressive it
Let it happen
Union build and Babylon partnership will surely yield that boom

[Hxncho]

Support from @Hxncho

Though I might not be so privy to the technicalities, I can speak to the good intentions of the Union team.
They have my full support.

[chainless]

I absolutely agree with the content herein, and it makes perfect sense to have the union whitelisted, considering the immense possibilities and benefits this will have on the entire ecosystem, particularly the cosmos. The union is building something remarkable, and I believe it will be mutually beneficial.

[3MPEROR]

what a good proposal from the union team

[anaraydinli]

Zkgm, wish union good luck

[Foureyed]

@kaiserkarel

This proposal seeks to grant Union authorization to upload CosmWasm contracts to Babylon Genesis without requiring further governance approval for each upload. The contracts serve to support bridging into Babylon, as well as Baby transfers into various BTC L2s.

As a supporter of Union, I believe this proposal is a no-brainer. Giving Union the green light to upload CosmWasm contracts without needing separate votes each time will save time and keep us agile. These contracts are key for bridging and Baby transfers across BTC L2s, and delaying them with repetitive approvals only slows down progress. Let’s empower Union to move fast and build what Babylon needs from day one

[Certifi3d]

It would be beneficial for Union to deploy contracts on the Babylon mainnet, given its extensive activity and contributions during the testnet phase, including identifying key vulnerabilities. Additionally, Union’s innovative bridge has the potential to significantly enhance liquidity within the Babylon ecosystem.

zkGM

[Nsol]

I support this proposal

[Musazwal41]

Zkgm union will rule

[olamij3]

Support for union to be whitelisted

[kdolaa]

@kaiserkarel

Babylon Genesis Whitelisted Address for Deployment of the Union contract set.

Summary

This proposal seeks to grant Union authorization to upload CosmWasm contracts to Babylon Genesis without requiring further governance approval for each upload. The contracts serve to support bridging into Babylon, as well as Baby transfers into various BTC L2s.

Proposal Details

Type

• Proposal Type: Parameter Change
• Chain: Babylon Genesis Mainnet
• Messages: /MsgAddCodeUploadParamsAddresses

Overview

The address will deploy and maintain the bridge and zkp verifier contracts on Babylon, as well as route swaps for gas into Tower. It may later add additional middlewares for 1-click integrations into Babylon’s DeFi ecosystem for bridge transfers (routing, staking, LPing).

The proposal is a parameter change update to the WASM module of the Babylon Genesis chain. Specifically the addresses array will be appended with the Union deployer address to enforce whitelisting. Union leverages role-based access as is the current security best practise, meaning that we separate the deployer from the admin account. The admin will be a multisig consisting of Union core members and third party security advisors, while the deployer initially is an operational wallet to deploy the full contract set.

Parameter Specifications

Technical Details

The message:

{
    "messages": [
        {
            "@type": "/cosmwasm.wasm.v1.MsgAddCodeUploadParamsAddresses",
            "authority": "bbn10d07y265gmmuvt4z0w9aw880jnsr700jduz5f2",
            "addresses": [
                "[TBD after mainnet]"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "metadata": "ipfs://CID",
    "deposit": "200000bbn",
    "title": "Whitelisting Address for Union",
    "summary": "Governance proposal to grant the Union operational address authorization to upload CosmWasm contracts for interoperability integrations",
    "expedited": true
}

Security Considerations

Union develops cutting edge interoperability solutions and has extended IBC to new ecosystems, such as Ethereum, Bob, Corn, Berachain, Arbitrum, and Scroll.

• Smart Contract Audits: The codebase has undergone audits by Informal Systems and Spearbit, and new components continue to be audited
• Rigorous Testing: Extensive testing leveraging unit tests and integration tests.
• Loadtested: Union conducted one of the largest bridge testnets in history, handling over 50 million IBC transfers, doing more daily transfers than all other IBC enabled chains combined do in a month.
• Multi-Signature Security: The admin address will operate under a multi-signature scheme to ensure that multiple validations are required for any critical action, reducing the risk of unilateral mistakes or malfeasance. An M-of-N threshold will be used with M being a total number of three potential signers and threshold N requiring at least two signatures. The quorum is placed at an odd number and secures the majority of the potential signers to avoid a tie situation in decision making.
• Monitoring and Incident Response: Ongoing monitoring of contract interactions combined with a robust incident response plan to address potential security breaches promptly. We are supported by range.org and groomla.ke.
• Physical Security: Every key will be stored on different devices and it will be made sure that no direct connection between those devices will be ever established.
• Social Engineering Proof: The Union team has undergone social engineering training and is conducting regular phishing attack simulations and training with our security advising team.
• Risk Assessment: Low
• Operations: Union leverages RBAC to ensure that the deployer and admin account are separated.
• Testing Status: Tested and audited.
• Monitoring: The Union team will intensively monitor the behavior of the uploaded code and is available to intervene if necessary.

While this proposal authorizes the specified address to upload CosmWasm contracts to the Babylon Genesis network without independent governance proposals, it specifically will be only used to upload the contracts necessary for the operation of the Union bridge. Any future products or significant changes to the architecture will be subject to a new governance proposal (in the form of Text Proposal) to ensure transparency and community oversight.

Timeline & Expected Effects

• Implementation Timeline: Immediately after Babylon Mainnet Launch
• Dependencies: Whitelisting of the address

Team & Resources

Union is the most advanced interoperability protocol, leveraging zero-knowledge cryptography and custom circuits to deliver the most gas efficient and high-performance bridge experience to end users.

The Union team has worked on significant innovations in the Cosmos ecosystem and delivered the first IBC connection to Ethereum and various other ecosystems.

• Proposing Entity: Union Labs
• Website: union

Benefits

• Union bridge support, granting major LST providers like Bedrock with secure and efficient avenues to bridge assets from Ethereum and Berachain to Babylon.

Conclusion

By supporting this proposal, the Babylon community will enable Union to efficiently deploy and manage their bridge contracts.

Addendum

• This proposal is written using the Tower proposal as reference.
• Since this proposal is posted by a ‘new user’, the amount of hyperlinks was limited to 2

support from kdolaa

This proposal will streamline contract deployments, boosting efficiency for Union’s bridge operations. It ensures smoother integration with strong security, supporting Babylon’s growth while keeping future changes transparent.

[Emmzy]

This looks great—super thorough and well thought out. Love the focus on security and the way you’re setting things up with the multisig and role separation. Excited to see Union playing a key role in Babylon’s growth. Definitely supporting this!

Will be glad if union gets whitelisted

[Nurturer]

brilliant
looking forward to what you guys are building

[jeetu]

Not a technical person, love Union and I love babylon.
I would love to see both of the projects work together!

[Lapido]

Awesome from union

Uniting cosmos ecosystem and EVM is very impressive