Opengov Articles
OpenGov is all about putting governance in the hands of the community. In this category, we explore how Polkadot's unique governance model empowers users to propose, vote, and shape the future of the network. From referendum mechanics to decision-making processes, these articles break it all down so you can better understand how Polkadot's decentralized governance works—and how you can get involved.
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What if They Both Pass?
Referenda 1728 and 1729 offer two options to continue the treasury acquisition of stablecoins by DCA on Hydration for an additional six months. In addition to 2.64M DOT for DCA, Referendum 1728 proposes adding an additional 1M DOT to the money market via the yield-bearing aDOT token. If passed, these proposals will set up the Rolling DCA feature, meaning that future smaller top-ups can be executed by sending DOT to the proxy account.
Pulling Some Directors out of the Hat
The White Rabbit has initiated Polkadot WFC Referendum 1737 to define a framework for nominating and filling the two vacant community director positions for the Polkadot Community Foundation. The proposal suggests using the WFC governance track for both the nomination and removal of candidates, ensuring a transparent, structured process.
Unstaking the Core Community
The Astar Main Council has proposed the delisting of Core Contributor and Community Treasury from dApp staking. They were created to help bootstrap the system in the early days of the program, but neither are standalone dApps. Removing them would not have a significant effect on the Astar Treasury, and would free up 600M ASTR to stake towards active projects in the ecosystem.
Council, Collators, and Latin Fest Fun
In this week’s Astar governance highlights, voting is live to select the next community council rep, Pithecus has applied to become an Invulnerable Collator Node, and Ezio Rojas’ proposal for Sponsorship and Activation at Cripto Latin Fest Buildathon passed.
