The CERUS Protocol vision is to be the centralized front-end to ever-expanding decentralized infrastructure for various blockchains. This ecosystem of Verifier and Sequencer nodes pays rewards to the protocol and it's community, much like an index fund. We aim to be the gold standard of blockchain sustainability, high rewards and even higher protocol health. CERUS proposes to be one of the first DACs on the METIS network, giving the decisions and the power to influence the protocol to the people who invest, contribute, and build it. It is the mission of "CERUS" to power the blockchain with decentralized Verifier and Sequencer nodes. Starting with Metis blockchain, we will make nodes accessible to the Metis global community via our crowdsourcing protocol. We believe here at CERUS that sustainability is paramount, this is laid out in our core principles and influences how we make all of our decisions. Our goal is to be the lifeblood of any new or existing blockchain. The community will own the protocol, nodes, existing assets and rewards along with it through the DAC. By using the power of crowdsourcing we can scale any blockchain infrastructure at an exceptional rate. Typically these node based services are limited to big investors due to the large cost of startup and substantial knowledge needed to maintain these systems. We are going to change that and bring it to the masses.