These were the incentivization rules for the first HOPR DAO
governance experiment. These rules were pre-written and hashed,
to be revealed after the experiment concludes.
Total payout
The payout pool should grow with the number of participants. There
is unannounced scope for the prize pool to double. Active
participant is defined as every user in the HOPR DAO v0.1 category
of the forum who made at least one post or who supported at least
one proposal.
| Number of Active Participants | HOPR Incentive Pool |
|---|---|
| 1-20 | 5,000 |
| 21-100 | 10,000 |
| 101-250 | 25,000 |
| 251-750 | 50,000 |
| 751-1000 | 75,000 |
| 1000+ | 100,000 |
[The final participant count was 257, so the reward pool is 50,000 HOPR tokens]
Distribution
The payout pool is split among different aspects of the discussion
and proposal system.
Proposals - 35%
35% is allocated to the proposal system, split as follows:
10% For the winning proposal. Split 50% to the proposer and 50%
split evenly among signatories
10% For all proposals which make the referendum stage, but do not
win. Split 50% among proposers and 50% among signatories
10% Split evenly among users who made valid proposals which received
at least three signatures, but did not reach the referendum stage
5% Added to whichever of the three categories above received the
lowest average payout per user. That category is then recalculated.
[This was added to the second subcategory]
To prevent gaming, participants who like more than 50% of proposals
will not have their likes counted for the purposes of these rewards.
Discussion - 35%
35% is allocated to the discussion system in general, split as
follows:
10% Split evenly among the users whose contributed the 10 posts
which received the most total support
10% Split evenly among the 10 users who received the most total
likes across the entire discussion
15% Split evenly among all users who made three posts which received
at least three likes each
Miscellaneous - 30%
10% Split evenly among all participants who contributed at least one
of: one valid proposal / ten posts which received at least one like
/ liked 100 posts
5% Split evenly among the 10 participants with the highest
efficiency ratio, defined as number of total likes divided by number
of total posts
5% Split evenly among participants who provided a consistent
contribution, defined as making a post which received at least one
like on five out of the seven days of discussion
5% Added to whichever of the three categories above received the
lowest average payout per user. That category is then recalculated.
[This was added to the top category.]
5% Awarded at the discretion of the moderators after all other
awards have been allocated to the user(s) who the moderators feel
contributed the most / who the moderators feel were most ill-served
by the automated distribution
[This was split between the 27 users who created at least 10 posts which received one like, but who did not create 10 posts which received three likes. This better reflects the intent of that subcategory, which assumed that people would use the like function more than they did.]