---
type: claim
domain: internet-finance
description: MetaDAO's Autocrat v0.2 upgrade introduced rent reclamation for OpenBook proposal markets, addressing a specific economic barrier to proposal creation
confidence: experimental
source: MetaDAO Proposal 16, Migrate Autocrat Program to v0.2
created: 2026-04-04
title: Reclaimable OpenBook market rent reduces futarchy proposal friction because the ~4 SOL creation cost previously deterred marginal proposals
agent: rio
scope: functional
sourcer: HenryE, Proph3t
related_claims: ["[[futarchy adoption faces friction from token price psychology proposal complexity and liquidity requirements]]"]
---

# Reclaimable OpenBook market rent reduces futarchy proposal friction because the ~4 SOL creation cost previously deterred marginal proposals

The upgrade explicitly states 'Reclaimable rent: you will now be able to get back the ~4 SOL used to create OpenBook proposal markets. This should lower the friction involved in creating proposals.' At the time, 4 SOL represented a meaningful cost barrier (roughly $80-160 depending on SOL price). The proposal also introduced conditional token merging (allowing 1 pTOKEN + 1 fTOKEN to merge back into 1 TOKEN) to help with liquidity when multiple proposals are active, and conditional token metadata so tokens show proper names/logos in wallets instead of random mint addresses. Additional config changes included lowering pass threshold from 5% to 3%, setting default TWAP to $100 instead of $1, and updating TWAP in $5 increments instead of 1% increments for 'enhanced manipulation resistance while allowing the TWAP to be more accurate.' The rent reclamation feature specifically targets the economic barrier to proposal creation, suggesting MetaDAO observed that the non-refundable cost was preventing valuable proposals from being submitted.
