Summary
Governance participation is a central pillar in achieving transparency and decentralization in any DAO. This proposal suggests creating a new wallet that would receive 100,000 CTX from the DAO treasury and cast a vote in favor of or against a proposal that has not yet met quorum. The goal is to ensure that quorum is met for all proposal votes, even if top delegates are unavailable.
This proposal aims to address a voting supply-related issue by ensuring that governance votes do not fail purely due to not reaching quorum. We recognize that delegates have personal and professional responsibilities that may occasionally prevent them from casting a vote.
While we continue working to bring more qualified delegates into the DAO, it is important to address issues that could cause a key proposal to fail due to insufficient quorum.
Reasoning
Voting participation is a critical concern for the future of the DAO:
- Total delegated CTX at the time of drafting this proposal: 1.33M
- Average CTX used per vote since September 2024: 587.76K
- 6 Keepers hold approximately 45% of the delegated CTX
We are currently in a position where, if a few top delegates miss a vote due to unforeseen circumstances, proposals are at risk of not reaching quorum. This creates an unnecessary bottleneck for the DAO and could lead to increased voter apathy if left unaddressed.
To mitigate this, we propose creating a multisig wallet that will use its 100,000 CTX delegation to cast a vote in the event that a proposal is at risk of not reaching quorum. This effectively lowers the quorum threshold without affecting the simple majority condition required for a proposal to pass.
Operational
The operational process will be as follows:
- If approved, the Governance Team will set up a new multisig wallet, which will receive the 100,000 CTX.
- The multisig wallet will be administered by four members who will act as an Anti-Capture Committee (ACC): two members from the Cryptex Core Contributors and two from the pool of Keepers.
- In order to be considered for the two remaining positions on the committee, Keepers who are interested must complete a form provided by the Governance Team. All those interested in applying will have three days to complete the form after it is published. Once the submission period ends, the Governance Team will create a vote and publish the names of the applicants. All community members, including the applicants themselves, will have the opportunity to vote for the person they wish to support for the ACC role. The two candidates with the highest number of votes will be appointed to the committee.
- In addition to executing votes when necessary, the ACC will be responsible for putting all proposals up for vote on the Cryptex Governance site (Tally, at the time of drafting this proposal).
- The decision on whether the committee should cast a vote will be determined by the total number of votes cast for and against a proposal. If the total number of votes cast by the rest of the Keepers is equal to or less than 50% of the required quorum with less than 24 hours before the voting periods ends the committee will be required to execute their vote.
- In order to proceed with casting a vote in favor of the proposal, the committee must reach either unanimous agreement or a 3-to-1 majority in support.
- If this criterion is not met, the committee will be required to vote against the proposal.
- Members of this committee will still be allowed to create proposals, give endorsements, and cast votes using their own delegated voting power, even if their actions as members of the ACC are required.
Financial
The total budget for this proposal is 100,000 CTX, to be delegated to a single multisig controlled by the members of the ACC. The funds will be returned to the treasury if and when this mechanism is no longer required to guarantee quorum for DAO votes.
Technically, there is no direct cost to operate this program. No additional DAO funds will be needed to pay personnel or for tools. Any nominal costs (e.g., multisig setup) will be covered under the currently approved operations budget.
Conclusion
If this proposal passes, the Governance Team will proceed with the creation of the multisig wallet and the transfer of 100,000 CTX from the DAO treasury to that address.
Once this process is complete, the Governance Team will provide a link to the application form, allowing all Keepers interested in being considered for the two remaining committee spots to apply.
Once the two remaining spots on the committee have being filled the Governance Team will add them to the multisig.