---
type: decision
entity_type: decision_market
name: "MetaDAO: Should MetaDAO Create Futardio?"
domain: internet-finance
status: failed
tracked_by: rio
created: 2026-03-11
last_updated: 2026-03-11
parent_entity: "[[metadao]]"
platform: "futardio"
proposer: "unknown"
proposal_url: "https://v1.metadao.fi/MetaDAO/trade/zN9Uft1zEsh9h7Wspeg5bTNirBBvtBTaJ6i5KcEnbAb"
proposal_date: 2024-11-21
resolution_date: 2024-11-25
category: strategy
summary: "Minimal proposal to create Futardio — failed, likely due to lack of specification and justification"
tags: ["futarchy", "futardio", "governance-filtering"]
---

# MetaDAO: Should MetaDAO Create Futardio?

## Summary
A minimal one-sentence proposal: "Futardio is a great idea and needs to happen." Filed under the "Program" category. Failed within 4 days. No budget, no specification, no implementation plan. The proposer identity is not associated with core team members.

## Market Data
- **Outcome:** Failed (2024-11-25)
- **Autocrat version:** 0.3
- **Key participants:** Unknown proposer

## Significance
This failed proposal is more informative than many that passed. It demonstrates futarchy's quality filtering function — the market rejected an unsubstantiated proposal despite the concept (Futardio/permissionless launchpad) eventually being approved three months later with proper specification (see [[metadao-release-launchpad]]). The market distinguished between "good idea" and "well-specified proposal," rejecting the former and approving the latter.

This is concrete evidence against the criticism that futarchy markets are easily manipulated or that token holders vote based on vibes rather than substance. The failure also shows that non-founder community members can propose, even if their proposals face higher scrutiny.

Note: The later "Release a Launchpad" proposal (2025-02-26) by Proph3t and Kollan succeeded — same concept, dramatically better specification.

## Relationship to KB
- [[metadao]] — governance decision, quality filtering
- [[futarchy adoption faces friction from token price psychology proposal complexity and liquidity requirements]] — this proposal was too simple to pass
- [[futarchy is manipulation-resistant because attack attempts create profitable opportunities for defenders]] — the market correctly filtered a low-quality proposal

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Relevant Entities:
- [[metadao]] — parent organization
- [[futardio]] — the entity that was eventually created

Topics:
- [[internet finance and decision markets]]
