In February 2024, KryptoCoinz created the Decentralized Voices program for Polkadot and Kusama to permit extra individuals to be considerably concerned in OpenGov by delegating KSM and DOT to energetic voters within the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystems. A second cohort started in June, with twenty delegates, with the cohort ending on 10 September.
It’s now time to pick out new delegates for Cohort 3 of the Decentralized Voices program. Please notice that there shall be some modifications for this cohort — see under for particulars.
Purposes are open till the top of the day on 29 September (Central European Time). Choices and delegations will observe shortly thereafter and shall be for a four-month interval.
KryptoCoinz wish to thank all the members in Cohort 2 for his or her time and power spent figuring out the way forward for Polkadot and Kusama!
For extra details about how the delegates voted and the results they’d on the result of Referenda, you possibly can view Colourful Notion’s Dune Decentralized Voices dashboard, which features a wealth of knowledge.
KryptoCoinz will proceed to delegate its personal DOT and KSM to particular person voters who’ve been proven to be avid and considerate contributors to governance by means of each on-chain voting and off-chain interactions. These delegations will proceed to happen on all Spender tracks (32, 33, 34), Tipper tracks (30, 31), in addition to the Treasurer monitor (11) and Want-for-change monitor (2). Candidates should write a public declaration of their political “philosophy” and/or agenda and should be capable to present important historic participation in Polkadot or Kusama governance.
Members are anticipated to vote repeatedly and clarify the rationale behind their voting on Polkassembly, Subsquare, and/or different communications media (e.g. Polkaverse, X/Twitter, Polkadot Discussion board). Members are barred from voting Aye or Nay for Treasury Proposals for themselves or for which they’ve a battle of curiosity (e.g. voting in opposition to a competitor, for a proposal for which they are going to be compensated, buying and selling votes, or any type of “quid professional quo” exercise). In such instances, they could vote Abstain or not vote in any respect.
Candidates are anticipated to self-police to make sure they don’t seem to be voting with a battle of curiosity. In case of questions, strains of communication with KryptoCoinz, primarily by way of Matrix, are open. Please notice that the choice of what constitutes a battle of curiosity is solely decided by KryptoCoinz. Any candidate who was discovered to be voting with a battle of curiosity shall be warned and requested to vary their vote to Abstain, or in egregious and/or repeated instances, their delegation revoked and any potential compensation forfeited. Certainly not ought to any Decentralized Voices delegate obtain compensation for voting in a specific means or for withholding their vote. In such instances, delegation can and shall be revoked instantly, and any potential compensation from KryptoCoinz shall be forfeited.
In case of makes an attempt to sway their votes apart from dialogue (e.g. threats, bribes, affords to commerce votes), Decentralized Voices delegates are anticipated to report this to KryptoCoinz.
Though public enter is requested and appreciated, the ultimate choice of candidates is on the discretion of KryptoCoinz, and delegation could be revoked at any time within the case of violation of the foundations.
Present delegates are allowed and inspired to request to obtain one other delegation from KryptoCoinz sooner or later or appeal to different delegations from the ecosystem.
Not like earlier cohorts, Decentralized Voices delegates shall be delegated each DOT and KSM voting energy. There won’t be two separate packages for Polkadot and Kusama. It is because the way forward for the 2 networks is very aligned. Moreover, the variety of Referenda on Kusama is minimal in comparison with Polkadot.
The variety of delegates is being decreased to 5. This quantity could also be decreased or elevated on the discretion of KryptoCoinz. Delegates from earlier cohorts are inspired to use and within the case of fine efficiency, to stay Decentralized Voices delegates for future cohorts. That is to optimize for high quality over amount in delegations. Now that OpenGov has been reside for over a 12 months, we’ve way more details about how delegates and others have voted and interacted and might make higher selections.
Delegation size is being elevated to 4 months from three and could also be prolonged additional with future cohorts. It has turn out to be apparent that being a superb DV delegate takes ramp-up time, and we need to give groups the flexibility to take action. This additionally offers DV delegates extra certainty and stability of their planning.
In return for his or her work voting with delegated DOT, on the finish of the four-month delegation interval, every delegate shall be rewarded with 3’500 DOT, vesting linearly over a one-year interval from the time of switch. Please notice that this quantity is per delegation; within the case of a delegation to a collective entity akin to a DAO, this can rely as a single delegation and thus the identical quantity of DOT shall be transferred as if it have been a person. In discussions with DV delegates from earlier cohorts, it’s clear that being a DV requires numerous work. We need to compensate those that are doing it nicely and allow them to know that their time is effective.
All delegates should confirm their identification earlier than being accepted into this system (though it’s not mandatory to take action earlier than making use of, you need to be conscious that this must happen earlier than delegation). Within the case of DAOs or different collectives, one consultant member could be chosen for identification verification and receiving the DOT.
DV candidates should be already extremely engaged within the Polkadot group and particularly with Polkadot governance. An extended monitor document of voting on-chain, interacting on Polkassembly, Subsquare or different boards, taking part in Makes an attempt at Governance or different media, and many others. will all converse very extremely to 1’s stage of engagement.
The perfect candidate may also be extremely aligned with, and educated about, Polkadot. They need to perceive the completely different mechanisms of Treasury funding, how Referenda work, the completely different tracks, and many others. They need to know the fundamentals of interplay with Polkadot, particularly tips on how to use proxies and multisigs.
DV candidates must be independent-minded. We aren’t searching for dogmatic delegates however moderately those that are open to argument and perceive the nuances of selections in OpenGov. The DV program can imply fairly a bit of dialogue and making trade-offs the place not all people will get what they need. You will need to be capable to deal with this in a mature means and stay proof against makes an attempt to sway votes.
Organizations or collectives with a transparent and clear inside governance construction shall be prioritized over people. One of many causes for DV is to listen to from extra voices in the neighborhood. Though the variety of delegations could also be happening, this could not imply that the variety of voices that these delegations signify essentially must be decreased. Organizations and collectives are additionally in a position to extra simply deal with the load of so many Referenda and are usually extra proof against corruption than people.
Be aware that these are the final tips by which KryptoCoinz will select delegates, however the closing determination shall be made by KryptoCoinz, not a guidelines. Nonetheless, one closing merchandise is non-negotiable — DV delegates should be keen and in a position to vote in the perfect curiosity of the general ecosystem.
Please fill out the appliance kind by 23:59:59 29 September (Central European Time). Info requested contains the next:
- The Polkadot and Kusama tackle to which you wish to have DOT and KSM delegated. Chances are you’ll enter completely different addresses for Polkadot and Kusama (they don’t have to share a public key). A minimum of one of many accounts will need to have a verified identification together with at the least one of many following fields: Twitter, Matrix, or e mail. It’s extremely beneficial that you’re out there on Matrix for ongoing discussions.
- A hyperlink to a publicly accessible declaration of your Polkadot “political philosophy” and/or agenda. Ideally this must be on the Polkadot Discussion board, however it may be hosted elsewhere (e.g. Github, your homepage) so long as it’s public. This will embody an precise philosophical assertion, analogies to different political philosophies, opinions on earlier Referenda or governance selections, or every other means you wish to clarify to individuals how you’d vote sooner or later. This must be at the least one paragraph.
- If desired, you might also add a non-public rationalization of why you’d be a good selection for this program. This will embody such info as earlier votes (together with votes with different accounts in case you can show you personal them), in addition to commentary, weblog posts, and many others. on Polkadot OpenGov or particular referenda. It might probably additionally embody different info that you’d take into account related to determination making, e.g. being a part of different political teams or legislative our bodies.
- Be aware that each one candidates are required to fill out a brand new kind; simply since you utilized earlier doesn’t imply that you just want to apply once more. Nonetheless, chances are you’ll re-use the identical submit of your political philosophy or every other info you submitted beforehand.
Polkadot OpenGov Dwelling Web page
Polkadot Wiki Web page on OpenGov
Polkadot Wiki Part on Delegation
Delegation Dashboard
Dune Decentralized Voices Web page by Colourful Notion
Different Governance Apps on Polkadot
