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type: claim
domain: internet-finance
description: "ORE's 3-tier boost system groups liquidity pairs by strategic importance to reduce governance overhead"
confidence: experimental
source: "ORE DAO, HNT-ORE boost proposal (futard.io), 2024-11-25"
created: 2024-11-25
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# Futarchy-governed boost multipliers use tiered systems to simplify future governance by grouping similar liquidity pairs

ORE's proposal to add HNT-ORE liquidity boost introduces a 3-tier system for boost multipliers that groups liquidity pairs by strategic importance. The proposal explicitly commits to formalizing this tier structure so that "future proposals to change boost multipliers would apply to a tier as a whole" rather than requiring separate governance decisions for each individual pair.

The three tiers are:
- **Tier 1:** Vanilla ORE stake (baseline)
- **Tier 2:** Critical liquidity pairs (SOL-ORE, USDC-ORE)
- **Tier 3:** Extended liquidity pairs (ISC-ORE, HNT-ORE, and others)

This tiered approach addresses a practical governance scaling problem: as the number of liquidity pairs grows, managing boost multipliers for each pair individually would create excessive governance overhead. By grouping pairs into tiers based on strategic importance, the DAO can adjust incentives for entire categories with a single proposal.

The proposal notes this would "simplify community proposals to manage boost multipliers in the future," suggesting the ORE team anticipates adding many more RWA pairs and needs a governance structure that scales.

## Evidence
- Proposal explicitly states: "We would additionally commit to formalizing a 3-tier system for boosts multipliers"
- Proposal passed on 2024-11-28, indicating community acceptance of this governance simplification
- HNT-ORE boost receives same multiplier as ISC-ORE, demonstrating tier-based equivalence in practice
- Tier structure groups pairs by strategic role (baseline, critical, extended) rather than individual token characteristics

## Mechanism Design Context
This is an example of applying [[optimal governance requires mixing mechanisms because different decisions have different manipulation risk profiles.md|optimal governance mechanisms]] to parameter management. The tier system reduces the frequency of governance decisions while preserving the ability to adjust incentives at the category level. It's a practical adaptation of futarchy to handle parameter management at scale, though this specific implementation has not yet been tested across multiple governance cycles.

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Relevant Notes:
- [[MetaDAO is the futarchy launchpad on Solana where projects raise capital through unruggable ICOs governed by conditional markets creating the first platform for ownership coins at scale.md]]
- [[optimal governance requires mixing mechanisms because different decisions have different manipulation risk profiles.md]]
