This document sets out a high level structure for an overview of a blockchain project's governance.
Recording the places where governance activity is happening is one of the more important aspects of this resource. Where a blockchain aims to have decentralized governance with permissionless access, everyone who is interested should where they can observe and participate in this governance.
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Does the project have its own blockchain or is it a token on another chain? (many questions are not relevant for tokens)
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What is the mechanism for ensuring consensus about the state of the blockchain?
Consensus mechanism label:
- PoW
- PoS
- PoW/PoS Hybrid
- DPoS
- Byzantine Fault Tolerant
- Master Nodes
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Which entities interact with the blockchain? What role does each entity play? How are the "block producers" selected?
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If there is a Proof of Stake component, does it involve delegation?
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How are changes to the consensus rules implemented?
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Has the project been re-branded or re-named at any point?
- How were/are coins distributed? Was there an ICO? Is there inflation now? Is there a fixed supply?
- What is the reference node implementation?
- Any other full node implementations?
- Donations
- ICO
- Block reward
- Foundation/company
- Grants
- Not public/known
How are funds managed?
- Non-profit foundation
- For-profit company
- Community voting/DAO mechanism
What is the scope of funded work?
How are decisions about use of funds made?
Are there any significant projects which are related? For example, is this a fork of another project? Have other projects forked this one?
Name:
Type: profit/non-profit
Activity type: Investment, grant-making, product/service delivery
Managed how:
Founded when and by who
Size: Resources, Employees
Links to coins/chains other than the one in question