Communities thrive withPowers
Distribute power, increase security, transparency and efficiency with role restricted governance of the Powers protocol.
The next generation of on-chain governance
Powers + Laws = Governance
Powers is a Proof of Concept of a role restricted governance protocol.
It combines a governance engine with role restricted and modular contracts, called laws. Together they create a governance protocol that is more flexible, upgradable and safe than existing alternatives.
Advantages
Upgradability
- Fully upgradable
- Upgrades are modular and granular
- Only governed upgrades are possible
Safety
- Voting follows a multisig logic
- Roles can check each others actions
- Core protocol avoids complexity
Modularity
- Powers cannot exist without modular laws
- Laws are interoperable with any off-chain system
- Existing DAOs can take up dedicated roles
Flexibility
- Assign roles to any type of account
- DAOs, AI agents, oracles, humans, unicorns. Anything.
- Assign roles to users along legal regime.
Efficiency
- Only vote on proposals that concern you
- Streamline decision making processes
- Role restrict available governance actions
Engagement
- Assign roles based on engagement
- Tokens held, amount staked, votes delegated or community elections
- Diversify representation and boost community engagement
Use cases
Powers 101
- An introduction to the protocol
- A simple DAO with three roles
- Checking powers to execute actions
Decentralise power
- Avoid hostile takeovers
- Avoid centralisation
- Create checks and balances between roles
Governed Upgrades
- Granular controls over DAO upgrades
- Modular addoption by existing DAOs
Managed Grants
- Remove and add powers over time.
- Granular, governed, upgrades to on-chain governance.
Guard rails for AI agents
- Seamlessly integrate AI agents
- Increase transparency of AI actions
- Granular controls over AI powers
Hybrid on- and off-chain
- Full support for async governance
- Let off-chain institutions interact with on-chain governance.
Multi-jurisdictional governance
- Designate roles to reflect varied national legal jurisdictions.
- Assign powers based on on- or off-chain reputation.
Integrate existing protocols
- Haberdasher's Hats Protocol
- OpenZeppelin's Governor.sol
- More coming soon...
Or do you have a demo of your own deployed?
The protocol is proof of concept. Please deploy your own examples for TESTING PURPOSES ONLY.
Really. I'm serious. The protocol has not been audited in any way, shape or form. Don't even think about it using this for anything even remotely resembling an actual community.
