I’ll Vote YES
Advance Cardano’s mission with quantified, evidence-backed net positive value, where benefits strongly outweigh risks:
- Core Technology: Enhance blockchain security, scalability, or efficiency with tested upgrades/tools (e.g., Hydra, Ouroboros Leios), backed by audits or prototypes.
- Ecosystem Growth: Drive unique adoption via open-source projects, interoperability, or real-world applications with specific metrics. Minor duplication allowed if benefits are distinct.
- Community Empowerment: Promote decentralisation, transparency, or inclusivity with evidence of engagement.
- Treasury Use: Deliver value with detailed cost-benefit analyses, sustainable plans, and Intersect oversight.
- Cardano’s Values: Support research-driven innovation, sustainability, or social impact, explicitly aligned with the Constitution.
- Feasibility: Include specific milestones and credible vendor expertise.
- Ecosystem Alignment: Enhance synergy with other proposals and address ecosystem risks.
Net Benefit Clause: YES if innovation or adoption yields quantified long-term gains, even with minor NO criteria, provided risks are mitigated and community sentiment is positive.
I’ll Vote NO
Introduce risks or inefficiencies that outweigh benefits or fail to meet new evidence thresholds:
- Transparency: Use closed-source code, lack open discussion, or have unclear milestones. Deal-breaker unless mitigated by audits or public metadata.
- Low Value: Duplicate tools without clear improvements, lack specific metrics, or overlap excessively with other proposals.
- Decentralisation: Concentrate power or undermine network principles.
- Financial Risk: Request unsustainable or poorly justified funds.
- Ethical/Constitutional Misalignment: Violate Cardano’s principles or lack Constitutional compliance.
- Ecosystem Risks: Fail to address external risks like market volatility, regulatory hurdles, or regional underrepresentation.
Net Risk Clause: NO if deal-breakers are unmitigated or risks dominate, even with YES matches.
I’ll Abstain
Lack clarity, have balanced pros/cons, or need further evaluation:
- Missing specific milestones, metrics, or risk mitigation.
- Equal pros and cons or unproven benefits without community consensus.
- Niche areas needing audits or broader input.
Follow-up Clause: ABSTAIN triggers engagement to seek clarifications. Community sentiment and outcome data guide vote shifts.
Scoring System
YES Criteria:
- +3 for high-priority matches: Core technology (security, scalability, efficiency with independently verified evidence) or ecosystem growth.
- +2 for other positive factors: Community empowerment, treasury use, Cardano’s values, feasibility, or ecosystem alignment.
- Partial scores restricted to criteria with strong intent but only minor gaps.
NO Criteria:
- -3 for deal-breakers: Lack of transparency, undermining decentralisation, significant financial risk, or ethical/Constitutional misalignment.
- -2 for other concerns: Low value, moderate financial risk, feasibility doubts, or ecosystem risks.
- -1 for missing past performance data.
Net Score Thresholds:
- +7 → Lean YES: Benefits clearly outweigh risks with robust evidence, community buy-in, and projected net positive.
- <-7 → Lean NO: Risks dominate or deal-breakers unmitigated.
- -5 to +6 → ABSTAIN: Uncertain balance; requires clarification or community input.