From 6f703cfbb8475e9f5e3fa74e8f688a6d0b6d7ff6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: m3taversal Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2026 18:52:32 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Auto: entities/internet-finance/metadao-hire-robin-hanson.md | 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+) --- .../metadao-hire-robin-hanson.md | 51 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+) create mode 100644 entities/internet-finance/metadao-hire-robin-hanson.md diff --git a/entities/internet-finance/metadao-hire-robin-hanson.md b/entities/internet-finance/metadao-hire-robin-hanson.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4164d5f6 --- /dev/null +++ b/entities/internet-finance/metadao-hire-robin-hanson.md @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +--- +type: entity +entity_type: decision_market +name: "MetaDAO: Hire Robin Hanson as Advisor" +domain: internet-finance +status: passed +tracked_by: rio +created: 2026-03-11 +last_updated: 2026-03-11 +parent_entity: "[[metadao]]" +platform: "futardio" +proposer: "Proph3t" +proposal_url: "https://www.futard.io/proposal/AnCu4QFDmoGpebfAM8Aa7kViouAk1JW6LJCJJer6ELBF" +proposal_date: 2025-02-10 +resolution_date: 2025-02-13 +category: hiring +summary: "Hire Robin Hanson (inventor of futarchy) as advisor — 0.1% supply (20.9 META) vested over 2 years for mechanism design and strategy" +tags: ["futarchy", "robin-hanson", "advisory", "mechanism-design"] +--- + +# MetaDAO: Hire Robin Hanson as Advisor + +## Summary +Proposal to hire Robin Hanson — the economist who originally proposed futarchy in 2000 — as an advisor. Scope: mechanism design and strategy advice, co-authoring blog posts and whitepapers on new futarchic mechanisms (specifically mentioning a "shared liquidity AMM" design). Compensation: 0.1% of supply (20.9 META) vested over 2 years. Early termination allowed by Robin, MetaDAO, or Proph3t and Kollan unanimously. + +## Market Data +- **Outcome:** Passed (2025-02-13) +- **Autocrat version:** 0.3 +- **Key participants:** Proph3t (proposer), Robin Hanson (advisor) + +## Significance +The futarchy mechanism's inventor becoming an advisor to its most advanced implementation creates a theory-practice feedback loop. Hanson's insights have already influenced concrete product design — the proposal mentions a "shared liquidity AMM" where META/USDC liquidity can be used in both pMETA/pUSDC and fMETA/fUSDC conditional markets, addressing a key capital inefficiency problem. + +The compensation terms (0.1% of supply) are modest relative to founder allocations (10% each for Proph3t and Nallok), appropriate for an advisory role. The 2-year vest with early termination clause is standard advisory structure — another example of futarchy-governed DAOs adopting traditional corporate governance patterns for operational decisions. + +This is also the first time a major academic figure (GMU economics professor, >10,000 citations) has been hired through futarchic governance, lending institutional credibility to the mechanism. + +## Relationship to KB +- [[metadao]] — advisory hire +- [[shared-liquidity-amms-could-solve-futarchy-capital-inefficiency-by-routing-base-pair-deposits-into-all-derived-conditional-token-markets]] — Hanson-Proph3t collaboration product +- [[futarchy implementations must simplify theoretical mechanisms for production adoption because original designs include impractical elements that academics tolerate but users reject]] — Hanson bridges theory and implementation +- [[futarchy-governed DAOs converge on traditional corporate governance scaffolding for treasury operations because market mechanisms alone cannot provide operational security and legal compliance]] — standard advisory terms within futarchy governance + +--- + +Relevant Entities: +- [[metadao]] — parent organization +- [[proph3t]] — proposer + +Topics: +- [[internet finance and decision markets]]