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Ways to Participate

Thank you for your interest in the Global Synchronizer Foundation.

There are a number of ways for individuals and organizations to participate in GSF.

Slack Channel Guide

To help navigate the Canton workspaces and ensure you're looped in on the most relevant conversations, hereโ€™s a list of key Slack channels to join, based on your role or what you're working on:

๐Ÿ”#validator-operations
Who should join:
  • Anyone running a validator node on the network.
What itโ€™s for:
  • Validator onboarding and coordination
  • Technical support and operational updates
  • Sharing best practices and monitoring tools

Want to join? DM GSF Operations

๐ŸŒ#gsf-global-synchronizer-appdev
Who should join:
  • Anyone building or contributing to applications on the Canton Network.
What itโ€™s for:
  • Sharing development updates
  • Collaborating on app architecture and patterns
  • Getting help and feedback from other builders

Want to join? DM GSF Operations

๐Ÿ“ฃ#gsf-outreach
Who should join:
  • Anyone interested in marketing updates, announcements, and external communications.
What itโ€™s for:
  • Ecosystem and partner announcements
  • GSF campaign updates
  • Events, press, and public engagement

Want to join? DM GSF Operations

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ#utility-ops
Who should join:
  • Anyone using or supporting:
  • Credential billing utility
  • Registry utility
  • Tokenization utility
What itโ€™s for:
  • Operational questions and feedback
  • Updates, bug reports, and troubleshooting
  • Coordination across users of shared tools

Want to join? DM anyone at Digital Asset

Other Closed Group Channels:
  • #gsf-general โ€“ Not really used since most people are on Slack Connect
  • #gsf-operations โ€“ Back office operations (not relevant to most people)
  • #gsf-board โ€“ Board members only
  • #gsf-audit-and-finance-committee โ€“ Premier Members only
  • #gsf-legal โ€“ Premier Members only
  • #gsf-marketing-committee โ€“ Committee Members only
  • #gsf-tokenomics-committee โ€“ Committee Members only
  • #gsf-global-synchronizer-appdev โ€“ About app writing
  • #gsf-outreach โ€“ Learning about newest GSF news
  • #supervalidator-operations โ€“ Only for Super Validators
  • #validator-operations โ€“ For everyone
  • #foundation-supervalidator-ops

Is your company ready for the next step of involvement and wants to become a member of the Global Synchronizer Foundation (GSF) provides key strategic advantages for organizations involved in synchronized finance, decentralized interoperability, and blockchain applications. Membership enables companies to drive innovation, expand their influence, and stay at the forefront of industry advancements.

To get started here are some important documents.