Authors: tonyolendo, willblackburn.eth

What is a DDIP?

A Developer DAO Improvement Proposal (DDIP) is a proposal that seeks to enact a change or changes regarding how the DAO is governed. DDIPs should be limited to the following areas:

For example, a DDIP is not required for:

Who can create a DDIP?

While anyone can complete the first steps below to begin a discussion around a proposal, there are requirements for the Forum and Snapshot vote phases. Our explicit intention is to continue to remove controls around the proposal process. Proposal procedures are at risk for various governance attacks. As we mature our governance mechanisms, we can continue removing controls and decentralizing further.

For a proposal to move to the Forum and Snapshot vote phases, it must be championed by a DAO member with a minimum of 50,000 $CODE who has been allow-listed for Governance procedures. The passing of this process allow-lists the Founding Team members for the Governance process. The governance approved allow-list will be actively maintained and visible on our Wiki.

We hope that by the end of Season 1, we can reduce the controls on this process as we get accurate information about items such as active governing power (percentage of $CODE that is voting in proposals), $CODE liquidity, supermajority refinement, and more. A DAO member who accumulates 50,000 $CODE can trigger a governance allow-list vote without the need for a champion.

What is the DDIP process?

DDIPs must follow the process and format specified below to qualify for our governance process.

Phase 1: Conversations

The starting point of any proposal is a conversation. Discussion of a DDIP should take place on Discord, where members can provide opinions on the impact of the DDIP. There should be clear, observable agreement on an item before entering the next phase. Phase 1 can be further broken down into the following stages.