Contract Deployer Allowlist

Overview

The Contract Deployer AllowList precompile controls who can deploy smart contracts on your Avalanche L1. If an address is not allowed, contract deployment transactions will revert.

• Precompile address: 0x0200000000000000000000000000000000000000
• Genesis config key: contractDeployerAllowListConfig
• Permission model: uses the AllowList interface

This is commonly used to:

• Prevent malicious or unreviewed contract deployments
• Enforce “only approved deployers” policies (CI/CD wallets, audited teams)
• Run curated ecosystems with stronger guarantees

Genesis activation

To enable it from genesis, include a config block like - the Console will have a toggle button to do this automatically:

{
  "config": {
    "contractDeployerAllowListConfig": {
      "blockTimestamp": 0,
      "adminAddresses": ["0x...yourAdminAddress"]
    }
  }
}

The adminAddresses become AllowList Admins for this precompile.