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However, this case provides concrete evidence that [[futarchy adoption faces friction from token price psychology proposal complexity and liquidity requirements]] operates even when the economics appear favorable.
### Additional Evidence (confirm)
*Source: [[2024-08-27-futardio-proposal-fund-the-drift-superteam-earn-creator-competition]] | Added: 2026-03-15*
Drift's $8,250 creator competition proposal failed despite having clear upside potential (community engagement, content generation, B.E.T awareness) and minimal downside risk. The proposal offered a structured prize pool across multiple tracks (video, Twitter threads, trade ideas) with established evaluation criteria, yet still failed to generate sufficient market participation. This is a canonical example of participation friction killing an economically sensible proposal.
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date: 2024-08-27
domain: internet-finance
format: data
status: unprocessed
status: enrichment
tags: [futardio, metadao, futarchy, solana, governance]
event_type: proposal
processed_by: rio
processed_date: 2026-03-15
enrichments_applied: ["futarchy-proposals-with-favorable-economics-can-fail-due-to-participation-friction-not-market-disagreement.md"]
extraction_model: "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5"
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## Proposal Details
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- Autocrat version: 0.3
- Completed: 2024-08-31
- Ended: 2024-08-31
## Key Facts
- Drift Protocol is the largest open-sourced perpetual futures exchange built on Solana
- Drift launched B.E.T, described as Solana's first capital efficient prediction market
- The Drift Superteam Earn Creator Competition proposal (AKMnVnSC8DzoZJktErtzR2QNt1ESoN8i2DdHPYuQTMGY) was proposal #4 on MetaDAO
- The proposal requested $8,250 total prize pool split across: Grand prize ($3,000), Video track ($1,750), Twitter thread track ($1,750), Trade ideas track ($1,750)
- Each individual contest had prize structure: 1st place $1,000, 2nd place $500, 3rd place $250
- Funding would have come from Drift Foundation Grants Program in DRIFT tokens
- Competition would have been run through Superteam Earn platform
- Proposal was created 2024-08-27, completed and ended 2024-08-31, status: Failed