# Research & Protocol Improvements **URL:** https://forum.livepeer.org/c/research/15.md [Latest](https://forum.livepeer.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.livepeer.org/categories.md) --- ## [About the Research & Protocol Improvements category](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/about-the-research-protocol-improvements-category/259)
**Author:** [@dob](https://forum.livepeer.org/u/dob)\ **Replies:** 0
Research, ideas and suggested improvements to the Livepeer protocol and core software. See https://github.com/livepeer/research/issues for a list of the open topics. --- ## [LIP-118 secured one side of the network. The other side still has one key holding everything](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/lip-118-secured-one-side-of-the-network-the-other-side-still-has-one-key-holding-everything/3349)
**Author:** [@chrishobcroft](https://forum.livepeer.org/u/chrishobcroft)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2026, 8:12pm UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/lip-118-secured-one-side-of-the-network-the-other-side-still-has-one-key-holding-everything/3349 "2026-09-01T20:12:55Z")
Summary. Livepeer’s payment protocol already contains the machinery to let a sender authorise other addresses to sign its tickets. It is present in the codebase and switched off. Turning it on would let a gateway’s fun… --- ## [Delegators 2.0 - Topic Specific Thread](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/delegators-2-0-topic-specific-thread/3300)
**Author:** [@dob](https://forum.livepeer.org/u/dob)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2026, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/delegators-2-0-topic-specific-thread/3300 "2026-08-25T19:44:10Z")
This is a thematic topic thread related to the proposed Livepeer 2.0 Protocol Updates. There will be many such threads in the coming days and weeks to dive into each topic in detail. This thread covers the role of deleg… --- ## [Burn-Mint-Equilibrium (BME) 2.0 and Token Emissions - Topic Specific Thread](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/burn-mint-equilibrium-bme-2-0-and-token-emissions-topic-specific-thread/3331)
**Author:** [@dob](https://forum.livepeer.org/u/dob)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 4:45pm UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/burn-mint-equilibrium-bme-2-0-and-token-emissions-topic-specific-thread/3331 "2026-08-20T16:45:25Z")
This is a thematic topic thread related to the proposed Livepeer 2.0 Protocol Updates. There will be many such threads in the coming days and weeks to dive into each topic in detail. This thread covers the Burn-Mint-Equ… --- ## [Min-Fee-Stake (MFS) variant on Livepeer 2.0 protocol concepts](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/min-fee-stake-mfs-variant-on-livepeer-2-0-protocol-concepts/3329)
**Author:** [@dob](https://forum.livepeer.org/u/dob)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2026, 4:12am UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/min-fee-stake-mfs-variant-on-livepeer-2-0-protocol-concepts/3329 "2026-08-15T04:12:19Z")
During the discussions on Livepeer 2.0 there have been many great ideas floated to address challenges that the protocol will face. Some are slight variations on the 2.0 concepts, and some are a larger departure to attemp… --- ## [Validators 2.0 - Topic Specific Thread](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/validators-2-0-topic-specific-thread/3318)
**Author:** [@dob](https://forum.livepeer.org/u/dob)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 6:12pm UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/validators-2-0-topic-specific-thread/3318 "2026-08-14T18:12:11Z")
Validators 2.0 - Topic Specific Thread This is a thematic topic thread related to the proposed Livepeer 2.0 Protocol Updates. There will be many such threads in the coming days and weeks to dive into each topic in detail… --- ## [A Path to Livepeer 2.0](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/a-path-to-livepeer-2-0/3291)
**Author:** [@dob](https://forum.livepeer.org/u/dob)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/a-path-to-livepeer-2-0/3291 "2026-08-11T18:36:24Z")
Abstract The world of video, and media creation generally, has evolved significantly in the 10 years since Livepeer was originally conceptualized as the world’s open video infrastructure. What was once a highly relevant … --- ## [Node Operator 2.0 - Topic Specific Thread](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/node-operator-2-0-topic-specific-thread/3309)
**Author:** [@dob](https://forum.livepeer.org/u/dob)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2026, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/node-operator-2-0-topic-specific-thread/3309 "2026-07-30T16:58:01Z")
This is a thematic topic thread related to the proposed Livepeer 2.0 Protocol Updates. There will be many such threads in the coming days and weeks to dive into each topic in detail. This thread covers the new role of N… --- ## [RFC: Agent framework — the five milestones](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/rfc-agent-framework-the-five-milestones/3311)
**Author:** [@qiang.han](https://forum.livepeer.org/u/qiang.han)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 28, 2026, 5:46pm UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/rfc-agent-framework-the-five-milestones/3311 "2026-07-28T17:46:50Z")
RFC: Livepeer Agent Framework — the five milestones Author Qiang Han (network technical lead, Livepeer Inc) Status Draft for comment Version v0.1 Comment window Opens 2026-07-27 · closes 2026-08-10 (two w… --- ## [Report: Livepeer Data Geography](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/report-livepeer-data-geography/3108)
**Author:** [@awma](https://forum.livepeer.org/u/awma)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 26, 2025, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/report-livepeer-data-geography/3108 "2025-10-26T14:37:34Z")
Hello Livepeer Community, I’m Andrew from Shtuka Research. I’m sharing here a report commissioned by the Livepeer Foundation with the goal of identifying data and information needs in the Livepeer ecosystem, evaluating t… --- ## [Bringing FourToTheFloor, one of the UK's leading music, youth and systems change series on-chain with Livepeer and the decent/dUSD stablecoin](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/bringing-fourtothefloor-one-of-the-uks-leading-music-youth-and-systems-change-series-on-chain-with-livepeer-and-the-decent-dusd-stablecoin/2815)
**Author:** [@mrb](https://forum.livepeer.org/u/mrb)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2025, 11:10am UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/bringing-fourtothefloor-one-of-the-uks-leading-music-youth-and-systems-change-series-on-chain-with-livepeer-and-the-decent-dusd-stablecoin/2815 "2025-03-18T11:10:15Z")
Hi Livepeer folks - I have been in/around the project from early days and am excited about the emerging real-time AI roadmap. The strategy aligns perfectly with our plans for the re-launch of FourToTheFloor (FTTF) a … --- ## [Modernize the Network with Agents](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/modernize-the-network-with-agents/2797)
**Author:** [@DeFine](https://forum.livepeer.org/u/DeFine)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 4, 2025, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/modernize-the-network-with-agents/2797 "2025-03-04T13:54:03Z")
Hello! This thread extends our earlier conversation with Titan and Dob regarding the transformative potential of agents and their derivatives (including rag agents and multi-agent teams) in modernizing and optimizing net… --- ## [AI Video Compute Technical Update 4/08/24](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/ai-video-compute-technical-update-4-08-24/2388)
**Author:** [@rickstaa](https://forum.livepeer.org/u/rickstaa)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/ai-video-compute-technical-update-4-08-24/2388 "2024-04-08T20:13:45Z")
Technical Update Hey all :waving\_hand:, I’m excited to share our latest technical update with you! After a month of part-time onboarding to familiarize myself with our project’s structure and codebase, I’m now teaming u… --- ## [AI Video Compute Technical Update 3/18/24](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/ai-video-compute-technical-update-3-18-24/2336)
**Author:** [@yondon](https://forum.livepeer.org/u/yondon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2024, 7:13pm UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/ai-video-compute-technical-update-3-18-24/2336 "2024-03-22T19:13:42Z")
Summary The focus since the last update has been on completing the engineering milestones required for an e2e paid AI inference job execution workflow where a broadcaster can send a request along with a payment ticket to… --- ## [A benchmarking script for AI video subnet jobs](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/a-benchmarking-script-for-ai-video-subnet-jobs/2251)
**Author:** [@yondon](https://forum.livepeer.org/u/yondon)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 12, 2024, 10:46pm UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/a-benchmarking-script-for-ai-video-subnet-jobs/2251 "2024-03-12T22:46:50Z")
As development on the go-livepeer updates for the AI video subnet progresses, wanted to share a benchmarking script that could be of interest to the community for starting to experiment with running text-to-image, image-… --- ## [AI Video Compute Technical Update 2/22/24](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/ai-video-compute-technical-update-2-22-24/2276)
**Author:** [@yondon](https://forum.livepeer.org/u/yondon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/ai-video-compute-technical-update-2-22-24/2276 "2024-02-23T21:58:06Z")
Summary The focus since the last update has been on implementing the workflows for text-to-image, image-to-image and image-to-video capabilities in the ai-video branch of go-livepeer and in the ai-worker repo. Highlight… --- ## [AI Video Compute Technical Update 1/16/23](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/ai-video-compute-technical-update-1-16-23/2232)
**Author:** [@yondon](https://forum.livepeer.org/u/yondon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/ai-video-compute-technical-update-1-16-23/2232 "2024-02-07T17:00:52Z")
Summary The focus since the last update has been on finishing research prototyping in order to begin development on the subnet deliverables for the AI Video subnet MVP proposed by the AI Video SPE. Highlights include: … --- ## [AI Video Compute Technical Update 12/29/23](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/ai-video-compute-technical-update-12-29-23/2212)
**Author:** [@yondon](https://forum.livepeer.org/u/yondon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2024, 9:01am UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/ai-video-compute-technical-update-12-29-23/2212 "2024-01-05T09:01:03Z")
Summary The initial focus for R&D on supporting AI video compute to the network has been prototyping to identify a practical way for orchestrators to run AI inference jobs (i.e. generation, upscaling, frame interpolation… --- ## [LAWG Meeting - 2023-04-12](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/lawg-meeting-2023-04-12/2048)
**Author:** [@iameli](https://forum.livepeer.org/u/iameli)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 12, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/lawg-meeting-2023-04-12/2048 "2023-04-12T17:13:43Z")
We just wrapped up the first public Livepeer API Working Group meeting! Adam gave an overview of the LAWG and its mission, I gave an overview of some of the background, and Chase discussed some of the ways we’re thinking… --- ## [Near Duplicate Video Detection / Video Based Fraud Detector](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/near-duplicate-video-detection-video-based-fraud-detector/1958)
**Author:** [@ndujar](https://forum.livepeer.org/u/ndujar)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2023, 10:22am UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/near-duplicate-video-detection-video-based-fraud-detector/1958 "2023-02-24T10:22:58Z")
Context Near-Duplicate Video Detection (NDVD) and Near-Duplicate Video Retrieval are hot research topics of increasing interest in recent years due to the exponential growth of online video creation. It is considered ess… --- ## [Protocol Update Idea](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/protocol-update-idea/1968)
**Author:** [@NightNode](https://forum.livepeer.org/u/NightNode)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2022, 7:04pm UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/protocol-update-idea/1968 "2022-12-02T19:04:39Z")
Moving from: Transferrable ownership of an O (reversable) · Issue #2648 · livepeer/go-livepeer · GitHub I had submitted an issue on github and was directed to post it over here. Below is what was in the issue but the g… --- ## [Holešovice Testnet Project](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/holesovice-testnet-project/1853)
**Author:** [@chrishobcroft](https://forum.livepeer.org/u/chrishobcroft)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/holesovice-testnet-project/1853 "2022-11-29T18:47:26Z")
As part of my work across the Ethereum ecosystem, I’m currently supporting a project known as Holešovice Testnet. The project asks the question “what is the future of the future” in terms of base-layer blockchain infrast… --- ## [Dynamic commitment subsets pre-proposal](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/dynamic-commitment-subsets-pre-proposal/1838)
**Author:** [@rbiosas](https://forum.livepeer.org/u/rbiosas)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2022, 4:22am UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/dynamic-commitment-subsets-pre-proposal/1838 "2022-06-13T04:22:05Z")
Context The Livepeer protocol uses probabilistic micropayments (PM) as a payment model. The probabilistic micropayment model allows to aggregate bulks of payments associated to off-chain work and to settle them on-chain … --- ## [Orchestrator Pool Modification pre-proposal](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/orchestrator-pool-modification-pre-proposal/1795)
**Author:** [@kautukkundan](https://forum.livepeer.org/u/kautukkundan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2022, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/orchestrator-pool-modification-pre-proposal/1795 "2022-04-26T21:36:22Z")
Currently the orchestrator pool consists of 100 orchestrators based on their stake. In case a new orchestrator wants to join the pool, they must possess stake greater than the orchestrator with the lowest amount of stake… --- ## [A Proposed Scaling Strategy for the Livepeer Protocol](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/a-proposed-scaling-strategy-for-the-livepeer-protocol/1583)
**Author:** [@yondon](https://forum.livepeer.org/u/yondon)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 6, 2021, 4:18pm UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/a-proposed-scaling-strategy-for-the-livepeer-protocol/1583 "2021-12-06T16:18:38Z")
A Proposed Scaling Strategy for the Livepeer Protocol The purpose of this post is to propose a strategy for scaling the Livepeer protocol based on my view of the evolving blockchain scaling landscape and to encourage the… --- ## [Transcoding Verification Improvements: Fast & Full Verification](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/transcoding-verification-improvements-fast-full-verification/1499)
**Author:** [@yondon](https://forum.livepeer.org/u/yondon)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2021, 7:25pm UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/transcoding-verification-improvements-fast-full-verification/1499 "2021-11-29T19:25:35Z")
Motivation One of the most important research areas for Livepeer is the verification of work on the network. The verification solutions used in the network have evolved in the past few years: The original whitepaper pr… --- ## [Pre-Proposal: L1 \<\> L2 Migration Workflow](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/pre-proposal-l1-l2-migration-workflow/1480)
**Author:** [@yondon](https://forum.livepeer.org/u/yondon)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2021, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/pre-proposal-l1-l2-migration-workflow/1480 "2021-11-23T13:51:16Z")
Motivation Today, the protocol contracts are deployed on L1 Ethereum and the gas fees for transactions depend on the limited blockspace of L1 which is currently consistently being filled by other popular applications (i.… --- ## [Pre-Proposal: Confluence Protocol Upgrade](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/pre-proposal-confluence-protocol-upgrade/1482)
**Author:** [@yondon](https://forum.livepeer.org/u/yondon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 23, 2021, 1:19pm UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/pre-proposal-confluence-protocol-upgrade/1482 "2021-11-23T13:19:43Z")
Motivation One of the biggest problems facing the Livepeer network today is high gas fees on L1 Ethereum which has made it difficult for orchestrators to earn/distribute LPT rewards, for delegators to delegate stake to o… --- ## [Livepeer Explorer – Rewarding Top Performers Through UI Changes](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/livepeer-explorer-rewarding-top-performers-through-ui-changes/1479)
**Author:** [@adamsoffer](https://forum.livepeer.org/u/adamsoffer)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/livepeer-explorer-rewarding-top-performers-through-ui-changes/1479 "2021-09-15T20:48:03Z")
In this post, @dob suggested a community goal centered around activating the top 66 performing nodes by the end of September so that they can profitably call reward and grow their equity in the network. What do we think… --- ## [The Future of Support for AMD GPU Transcoding](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/the-future-of-support-for-amd-gpu-transcoding/1465)
**Author:** [@yondon](https://forum.livepeer.org/u/yondon)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://forum.livepeer.org/t/the-future-of-support-for-amd-gpu-transcoding/1465 "2021-09-09T22:05:10Z")
Today, the Livepeer node (i.e. go-livepeer) does not support transcoding with AMD GPUs. While increasing the hardware diversity on the network by adding support for GPUs built-in video encoding/decoding chips from anothe… [Next page](https://forum.livepeer.org/c/research/15.md?page=1)