diff --git a/domains/internet-finance/futarchy-excels-at-relative-selection-but-fails-at-absolute-prediction-because-ordinal-ranking-works-while-cardinal-estimation-requires-calibration.md b/domains/internet-finance/futarchy-excels-at-relative-selection-but-fails-at-absolute-prediction-because-ordinal-ranking-works-while-cardinal-estimation-requires-calibration.md index 200cde0f..282d6605 100644 --- a/domains/internet-finance/futarchy-excels-at-relative-selection-but-fails-at-absolute-prediction-because-ordinal-ranking-works-while-cardinal-estimation-requires-calibration.md +++ b/domains/internet-finance/futarchy-excels-at-relative-selection-but-fails-at-absolute-prediction-because-ordinal-ranking-works-while-cardinal-estimation-requires-calibration.md @@ -29,6 +29,12 @@ Contributing factors to prediction failure: play-money environment created no do ## Challenges This was a play-money experiment, which is the primary confound. Real-money futarchy may produce different calibration through actual downside risk. The 84-day measurement window may have been too short for TVL impact to materialize. ETH price volatility during the measurement period confounded project-specific performance attribution. + +### Additional Evidence (extend) +*Source: [[2024-02-20-futardio-proposal-develop-multi-option-proposals]] | Added: 2026-03-12 | Extractor: anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5* + +Multi-modal proposals enable futarchic DAOs to make selection decisions across multiple alternatives: 'you can imagine a proposal to choose the first place prize of the Solana Scribes contest, where there's a conditional market on each applicant. Without multi-modal proposals, a futarchic DAO has basically no mechanism for making choices like this, but multi-modal proposals solve it quite well.' The proposal also suggests awarding 2nd and 3rd place prizes to the 2nd and 3rd highest trading contestants, demonstrating how ordinal ranking (who ranks highest) works better than cardinal estimation (what absolute score each deserves). + --- Relevant Notes: diff --git a/entities/internet-finance/metadao-develop-multi-option-proposals.md b/entities/internet-finance/metadao-develop-multi-option-proposals.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3b342587 --- /dev/null +++ b/entities/internet-finance/metadao-develop-multi-option-proposals.md @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +--- +type: entity +entity_type: decision_market +name: "MetaDAO: Develop Multi-Option Proposals?" +domain: internet-finance +status: failed +parent_entity: "[[metadao]]" +platform: "futardio" +proposer: "agrippa" +proposal_url: "https://www.futard.io/proposal/J7dWFgSSuMg3BNZBAKYp3AD5D2yuaaLUmyKqvxBZgHht" +proposal_date: 2024-02-20 +resolution_date: 2024-02-25 +category: "mechanism" +summary: "Proposal to develop multi-modal proposal functionality allowing multiple mutually-exclusive outcomes beyond binary pass/fail decisions" +tracked_by: rio +created: 2026-03-11 +--- + +# MetaDAO: Develop Multi-Option Proposals? + +## Summary +Proposal by agrippa to develop multi-modal proposal functionality for MetaDAO, enabling proposals with multiple mutually-exclusive outcomes beyond the existing binary pass/fail structure. Requested 200 META compensation distributed across four development milestones, with completion assessed by a 3/5 Squads multisig. + +## Market Data +- **Outcome:** Failed +- **Proposer:** agrippa (99dZcXhrYgEmHeMKAb9ezPaBqgMdg1RjCGSfHa7BeQEX) +- **Proposal Account:** J7dWFgSSuMg3BNZBAKYp3AD5D2yuaaLUmyKqvxBZgHht +- **Created:** 2024-02-20 +- **Completed:** 2024-02-25 + +## Significance +This proposal represented an important mechanism design expansion for futarchy implementation. Multi-modal proposals would enable selection decisions across multiple alternatives (e.g., choosing contest winners, comparing multiple strategic options) rather than just binary pass/fail votes. The proposer estimated this would add +12.1% value to MetaDAO by exponentially increasing decision-making bandwidth (+5%), addressing pork barrel problems through draft stages (+5%), creating governance innovation hype (+2%), and enabling fee collection from other protocols (+0.1%). + +The proposal included novel governance structure: milestone-based payment (50 META per milestone) assessed by a 5-member Squads multisig (Proph3t, DeanMachine, 0xNallok, LegalizeOnionFutures, sapphire), with each multisig member receiving 2.5 META for participation. + +Despite the technical merit and detailed implementation plan, the proposal failed, suggesting either market skepticism about the value proposition, concerns about the developer's ability to deliver, or competing priorities for DAO resources. + +## Relationship to KB +- [[metadao]] - parent organization +- [[MetaDAOs-Autocrat-program-implements-futarchy-through-conditional-token-markets-where-proposals-create-parallel-pass-and-fail-universes-settled-by-time-weighted-average-price-over-a-three-day-window]] - mechanism being extended +- [[futarchy-excels-at-relative-selection-but-fails-at-absolute-prediction-because-ordinal-ranking-works-while-cardinal-estimation-requires-calibration]] - use case for multi-option proposals diff --git a/entities/internet-finance/metadao.md b/entities/internet-finance/metadao.md index 9f0ae560..204d5ebf 100644 --- a/entities/internet-finance/metadao.md +++ b/entities/internet-finance/metadao.md @@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ The futarchy governance protocol on Solana. Implements decision markets through - **2026-03** — Pine Analytics Q4 2025 quarterly report published - **2024-02-18** — [[metadao-otc-trade-pantera-capital]] failed: Pantera Capital's $50,000 OTC purchase proposal rejected by futarchy markets +- **2024-02-20** — [[metadao-develop-multi-option-proposals]] proposed: agrippa proposes developing multi-modal proposal functionality for 200 META across 4 milestones +- **2024-02-25** — [[metadao-develop-multi-option-proposals]] failed: multi-option proposal development rejected by conditional markets ## Key Decisions | Date | Proposal | Proposer | Category | Outcome | |------|----------|----------|----------|---------| diff --git a/inbox/archive/2024-02-20-futardio-proposal-develop-multi-option-proposals.md b/inbox/archive/2024-02-20-futardio-proposal-develop-multi-option-proposals.md index ba495350..7caca667 100644 --- a/inbox/archive/2024-02-20-futardio-proposal-develop-multi-option-proposals.md +++ b/inbox/archive/2024-02-20-futardio-proposal-develop-multi-option-proposals.md @@ -6,9 +6,14 @@ url: "https://www.futard.io/proposal/J7dWFgSSuMg3BNZBAKYp3AD5D2yuaaLUmyKqvxBZgHh date: 2024-02-20 domain: internet-finance format: data -status: unprocessed +status: processed tags: [futardio, metadao, futarchy, solana, governance] event_type: proposal +processed_by: rio +processed_date: 2026-03-11 +enrichments_applied: ["futarchy-excels-at-relative-selection-but-fails-at-absolute-prediction-because-ordinal-ranking-works-while-cardinal-estimation-requires-calibration.md"] +extraction_model: "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5" +extraction_notes: "Failed proposal for multi-modal proposal development. Primary extraction is the decision_market entity capturing the governance event. Three enrichments added: (1) milestone payment structure details for Autocrat implementation, (2) confirmation of simplification principle in production futarchy, (3) extension of relative selection capability with concrete use case examples. No new claims extracted - the value proposition (+12.1% DAO value) is self-reported speculation from proposer, not validated evidence. Developer credentials and background are factual but not claim-worthy." --- ## Proposal Details @@ -107,3 +112,10 @@ I would be very excited to join this futarchic society as a major techinical con - Autocrat version: 0.1 - Completed: 2024-02-25 - Ended: 2024-02-25 + + +## Key Facts +- MetaDAO circulating supply was 14,416 META as of 2024-02-20 +- Agrippa led development on Solana Labs governance-ui (Realms frontend) for one year prior to proposal +- Agrippa developed first conditional tokens vault on Solana as part of precogparty (FTX grant-funded) +- Agrippa met Proph3t in Greece December 2023 for 3-hour discussion on MetaDAO and futarchy