III. Actors & Main Responsibilities (Who?)

A. Identification of the actors involved in decentralized blockchain governance

• Validators

  • Validators play an oversized role in the governance process and are primarily responsible for the security of the network and for voting on proposals.

  • All Validators should be incentivized to required weigh-in and participate, engaging in a culture of good communication and governance.

  • Incetivizations may include quarterly foundation delegations for Validators who have maintained a threshold of votes cast.

• The Proposal Author(s)

  • Having identified needed changes or actions, they take the initiative to socialize idea, create and submit proposals for community consideration and feedback.

  • Author(s) of proposals should actively watch each platform where their proposal is posted to cross-pollinate, synthesize, and summarize ideas

  • A summary of community feedback and the final decision should be provided periodically in the forums by the author(s).

  • Proposals should include all necessary information need for voters to make informed decisions and include links to initial Discussions in commonwealth or other platforms

  • Grants requested from the Community Spend Pool should be well-defined, with clear deliverables, timelines, and accountability measures.

  • If Community Spend proposal which includes funds distributed to a Multisig account, all instructions for multisig holder execution must be specified in the proposal

  • Multisig holders should not have to make decisions on their own unless that authority is specified as part of proposal

• The Community as a Whole (Body of Stakeholders)

  • Community members should be encouraged to vote and participate in all discussions.

  • The community should decide what the appropriate value in fiat terms should be the cost for on-chain proposals to ensure that all proposals are carefully thought out and due diligence has been given.

  • The community as a whole participates in the governance process by discussing proposals, offering feedback, and voting on decisions.

  • Bring bad actors to the attention of Community Moderators

• Stakers/Token Holders

  • Stakers/Token Holders delegate their stake to validators who garner their trust and who best represent their interest

  • Should be active in governance processes, hold their validators accountable, and are aware that they can override their validator's vote proportional to their own stake

  • Blockchain and dApp Developers

  • Build and maintain the decentralized applications that run on the blockchain.

  • Should pay special attention to upgrades and parameter changes

  • Should participate in testing new releases on testnets and in local dev environment

• Community Moderators

  • Help to maintain a constructive and respectful environment for proposal discussions and community feedback.

  • Take action on abusive actors by flagging inappropriate behavior, warning privately, and/or banning immediately if terms of server are clearly violated