Governance

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Balancer Approves Liquidity Staking Incentive

25 Aug 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan

On August 23, automated market maker Balancer (BAL) passed a governance proposal that introduces BAL liquidity staking on the platform. The goal of the amendment is to increase liquidity and accelerate protocol decentralization by allowing “non-shar...

Aragon Network DAO 8 Weeks Away From Its Major Phoenix Phase

21 Aug 2020 1 minute read 8 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan

The Aragon (ANT) Network’s DAO is due to be released in 2 months, the team revealed in a blog post published on August 19. Aragon Network is a 3-phase initiative that was announced in November 2019; the team describes the DAO as being able to foster...

Timeline of the $YAM Project in a Nutshell (Updated)

13 Aug 2020 1 minute read 6 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan

On August 13, newly launched YAM Finance protocol escaped severe repercussions after the community stepped to take a vote that fixed a bug that would have gravely affected governance.  Bug in the protocol’s rebasing function minted too much YAM to t...

United Allied States (U.A.S) - First Fully Blockchain Government

12 Aug 2020 4 minute read 3 comments Chriss

According to Henry David Thoreau, the best government is that which governs the least. Thoreau advocates for the exclusion of the government from public affairs. He and others of similar persuasion believe that nations thrive under minimal regulation...

Ampleforth Removes Pausability from Its Code Making it Fully Decentralized

10 Aug 2020 1 minute read 6 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan

On August 7, Ampleforth (AMPL) co-founder Brandon Iles revealed on the AMPL Talk forum that the team had removed two emergency functions that by default made the system centralized. Meant to protect the network “against unexpected, adverse situations...

Balancer Launches Governance Polls and Voting

20 Jul 2020 1 minute read 1 comment Abhimanyu Krishnan

Balancer Labs has completed its first round of governance polls for the Balancer (BAL) network, the team announced via Twitter on July 18.  Balancer is a money market protocol through which users can contribute liquidity and consequently earn a port...

Review of the latest Cardano governance video.

15 Jul 2020 6 minute read 5 comments Allen Walters

Here you can watch the full video:  A summary, some thoughts on the approach, and a comparison to Tezos' current on-chain governance: First thing to notice: Cardano's governance attempts are in its infancy and highly experimental at this stage. Star...

Compound Approves Changing of COMP Distribution Rules

1 Jul 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan

The Compound Finance (COMP) team announced on June 29 that a new proposal that changes the distribution rules of its COMP token has been approved. Compound Proposal #11, the changes of which will come into effect on July 1 at 12:31 AM, was almost una...

1.4Billion $$$ worth of Covid-19 Stimulus Payments sent to the dearly departed

27 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Gh0st999

Nearly 1.1 million deceased received government checks The US Government Accountability Office stated: that about $1.4 billion in COVID-19 stimulus payments were mistakenly sent to dead Americans. The USGAO said that from the 30th of April, nearly...

Kyber Community Announces Community Governance Pool Ahead of Katalyst Upgrade

26 Jun 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Abhimanyu Krishnan

The Kyber Network (KNC) community’s governance pool has been greenlit for the upcoming Katalyst upgrade, according to a blog post published on June 25. Called the Kyber Community Pool, the pool is a way for KNC holders to participate in the developme...