Governance

⚠️ This package is under active development and yet audited for security. Use at your own risk.

This repository contains realms (smart-contracts) for token-based governance on gno.land. Any gno.land-based tokens can use Airdrop and Snapshot for distributing tokens, and use Staker, Delegation, and Governor for governance. All realms are customizable, meaning they can be used together, or independently.

Key Components

1. Snapshot: Snapshot provides capturing, storing, and retrieving snapshots of the state of a system at specific points in time, including claimed bitmaps and the number of remaining tokens.

2. Airdrop: Airdrop handles token distribution events, including the claiming process and refund if necessary.

3. Staker: Staker allows users to stake tokens and delegate voting power. It maintains a history of delegation data to support time-weighted voting.

4. Delegation: Delegation allows token holders to delegate their voting power without transferring token ownership, increasing governance participation flexibility.

5. Governor: Governor manages the proposal's lifecycle, including creation, voting, and execution. It also handles the governance configuration and upgrades.

System Overview

The following diagram illustrates hw the main components of the governance system interact with each other:

sequenceDiagram
    participant U as User
    participant T as Token Contract
    participant S as Staker
    participant D as Delegation
    participant G as Governor
    participant SN as Snapshot

    Note over U,SN: 1. Stake
    U->>T: Approve tokens
    U->>S: Stake tokens
    S->>T: Transfer tokens
    S->>SN: Create stake snapshot

    Note over U,SN: 2. Delegate
    U->>D: Delegate voting power
    D->>S: Update delegation info
    S->>SN: Create delegation snapshot

    Note over U,SN: 3. Governor
    U->>G: Create proposal
    G->>SN: Capture proposal state
    G->>S: Check proposer's stake

    Note over U,SN: 4. Voting
    U->>G: Cast vote
    G->>S: Check voter's stake/delegation
    G->>SN: Record vote
    G->>G: votes
    G->>G: Execute proposal (if passed)

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Features

• Distribution of gno.land based tokens with Snapshot and Airdrop
• Creation of a governance system for gno.land based tokens with Staker, Delegation, and Governor
• Proposal creation and management
• Configurable governance parameters
• Providing query functions for delegation such as current delegation, historical delegation, average delegation, and cumulative delegation
• Upgradable contract design

Usage

Here's a basic example of how to use:

package main

import (
    "gno.land/r/governance/governor"
    "gno.land/r/governance/staker"
    "gno.land/p/demo/grc/grc20"
)

func main() {
    // Initialize the underlying token
    token := grc20.NewToken("Governance Token", "GOV", 18)

    // Initialize the staker
    staker.Init(token)

    // Initialize the governor with a configuration
    config := governor.Config{
        VotingPeriod: 604800, // 1 week in seconds
        // ... other config parameters
    }
    governor.Init(staker, config)

    // Create a proposal
    proposalID, _ := governor.Propose(`[{"to": <address>, "selector": 1, "data": "..."}]`)

    // Vote on the proposal
    governor.Vote(proposalID, true)

    // Execute the proposal after voting period
    governor.Execute(proposalID, `[{"to": <address>, "selector": 1, "data": "..."}]`)
}

Testing

To run the tests, move all the subdirectories to the forked gno repository and run the following command:

cd governance
gno test -v .

If it does not work, reinstall the gno again:

make install

License

This package is licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more information.