Flexible Voting
An extension to the Governor voting system, allowing delegates to represent collective votes with various options, supporting integrations like yield-earning, L2 voting, and secret ballots. Audited and adopted by several DAOs.User Review
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Reviewed on 15 Feb 2024 06:57 AM
You are a researcher. To qualify for this round you need to have a track record of research. This can be as part of an academic affiliation or as an independent researcher. If you are applying for a grant for your first research project, email hello@metagov.org with more info on why you are the right person to conduct this research.
The project Flexible Voting appears to be developed by ScopeLift, which has demonstrated a track record of research through the development and deployment of governance-related smart contracts and tools. The user's Github activity shows significant contributions to related projects, indicating experience in research and development within this space.
Governance focus for the research. We will only accept grants that have a clear focus on governance. As noted in the description, you don’t necessarily need to focus exclusively on DAO or web3 governance, but your research needs to be applicable to decentralized governance broadly. A focus on Arbitrum or Uniswap is appreciated but not required.
Flexible Voting's project description explicitly focuses on enhancing DAO governance systems, especially by extending the Governor system for more flexible and diverse voting possibilities within decentralized governance structures. Moreover, the project has been developed in part with a grant from the Uniswap Foundation, aligning with the interests of Uniswap which is one of the supporters of the Governance Research Round.
No for-profit funding. If you have received VC funding or any other kind of funding that requires a return on investment, then it will not qualify. It is ok if you’ve received other grants.
The provided project description mentions that Flexible Voting received grants from the Uniswap Foundation, Ethereum Foundation, Aave, and Compound, but does not indicate any venture capital (VC) or for-profit funding that requires a return on investment.
No retrospective funding. The research must either be launched soon or currently ongoing. Completed projects are not eligible for funding in this round.
According to the project description, the Flexible Voting extension is complete and has already been audited, implying that it is a finished project and not one that is about to launch or currently ongoing. However, there are mentions of ongoing work and future development such as prototype Layer 2 voting. If this is what the funding is for, further clarification might be needed to determine eligibility.