Deploy Validator Manager

First you will need to deploy the actual Validator Manager implementation that contains the logic for managing validators.

Building on the image shown in the introduction, now our L1 will have these contracts deployed:

Implementation Contract

The Validator Manager implementation:

• Contains all validator management logic
• Implements the ACP99Manager standard
• Handles P-Chain communication
• Can be upgraded without losing state

Validator Messages Library

The ValidatorManager contract requires a separate library contract called ValidatorMessages to be deployed first. This library handles all the message encoding and decoding for communication with the P-Chain.

Why a separate library?

• Solidity requires libraries to be deployed independently before they can be linked
• The ValidatorManager bytecode contains placeholders that get replaced with the library's deployed address
• This allows multiple validator managers to share the same message handling code

What it does:

• Packs validator registration messages for the P-Chain
• Unpacks responses from the P-Chain
• Handles weight updates and conversion messages
• Ensures consistent message formatting across all validator operations

Deploy the Implementation