Governance is how network-wide standards get set and enforced — which projects qualify, what the verification template requires, and how the protocol evolves. It is not a vote on where to invest pooled capital.
FTDAO's governance runs on Snapshot, an off-chain voting tool that records token-holding snapshots at a given block height. Holders vote without paying on-chain gas for every decision — the same tool used by the large majority of active DAOs.
Every decision follows the same lifecycle: a proposal is created, opened for community input, put to a vote, and if it passes, acted on.
| Governance areas | Project onboarding criteria, network allocation size, protocol template changes |
|---|---|
| Voting mechanism | 1-token-1-vote (1t1v) |
| Where | Snapshot (off-chain vote) → on-chain execution via factory contract |
| Who executes | FTDAO holders propose and vote; administrators execute the AI-assisted verification decision |
FTDAO uses simple 1-token-1-vote, the mechanism industry research flags as most exposed to concentrated voting power. Independent analysis of Snapshot governance elsewhere has found voting power following a Pareto-like distribution, with a small share of holders accounting for a disproportionate share of votes. This is a structural tendency across DAOs generally, not unique to FTDAO, but it's worth watching as the holder base grows. See the whitepaper, Sections 3.3 and 9.2, for the full disclosure.