---
type: decision
entity_type: decision_market
name: "MetaDAO: Approve Q3 Roadmap"
domain: internet-finance
status: passed
parent_entity: "[[metadao]]"
platform: metadao
proposer: "Proph3t"
proposal_url: "https://v1.metadao.fi/metadao/trade/7AbivixQZTrgnqpmyxW2j1dd4Jyy15K3T2T7MEgfg8DZ"
proposal_date: 2024-08-03
resolution_date: 2024-08-07
category: strategy
summary: "Proposal 4 (Autocrat v0.3) — Q3 2024 roadmap. Launch market-based grants product (5 orgs, 8 proposals), hire engineering team (interview 40 candidates), SF office, reduce page loads from 14.6s to 1s."
key_metrics:
  proposal_number: 4
  proposal_account: "7AbivixQZTrgnqpmyxW2j1dd4Jyy15K3T2T7MEgfg8DZ"
  autocrat_version: "0.3"
tags: [metadao, roadmap, grants, hiring, q3-2024, passed]
tracked_by: rio
created: 2026-03-11
last_updated: 2026-03-24
---

# MetaDAO: Approve Q3 Roadmap

## Summary & Connections

**Proposal 4 (Autocrat v0.3) — Q3 2024 roadmap approved by futarchy.** Three workstreams: (1) launch market-based grants product — 5 orgs, 8 proposals through the product, (2) build full-time team — SF office, interview 40 candidates, hire Twitter intern, (3) improve UI performance — reduce page loads from 14.6s to 1s.

**Outcome:** Passed (2024-08-07).

**Connections:**
- The "market-based grants product" became FaaS's primary use case — extending futarchy from treasury decisions to grants allocation. This is the link between [[metadao-develop-faas]] (platform) and the Drift/Dean's List/Sanctum adoptions that followed.
- 14.6s page load times → 1s target reveals the early-stage infrastructure challenges. MetaDAO was still building basic UX while simultaneously running governance.
- "Interview 40 candidates" is ambitious for a DAO — shows the team treating MetaDAO as a startup, not a hobby project. The SF office signals intent to compete with traditional companies.
- This is one of the first "roadmap-as-proposal" patterns — the market approves a plan, not just a specific action. Creates accountability: if the team doesn't deliver, future proposals face skepticism.

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## Full Proposal Text

Subject to the DAO's approval, this is what we'll be working on for the remainder of Q3:

### Launch market-based grants decisions
- Design a compelling market-based grants product
  - Research and document existing grants programs across both SVM and EVM ecosystem
  - Gather requirements and feedback from prospective users (DAOs)
  - Gather requirements and feedback from decision market traders
  - Create a 'cardboard cutout' design of what the UI will look like
- Implement the product
  - Write requisite smart contracts
  - Get smart contracts audited, either by a firm or by individuals
- Launch 5 organizations on the product
- Process 8 proposals through the product

### Start building the full-time team
- Secure an office space in San Francisco
- Interview 40 candidates for the engineering roles
- Hire a Twitter intern

### Improve the performance of the user interface
- Reduce page load times from 14.6s to 1s

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## Raw Data

- Proposal account: `7AbivixQZTrgnqpmyxW2j1dd4Jyy15K3T2T7MEgfg8DZ`
- Proposal number: 4
- DAO account: `CNMZgxYsQpygk8CLN9Su1igwXX2kHtcawaNAGuBPv3G9`
- Proposer: `65U66fcYuNfqN12vzateJhZ4bgDuxFWN9gMwraeQKByg`
- Autocrat version: 0.3
- Completed: 2024-08-07

## Relationship to KB
- [[metadao]] — parent entity, roadmap approval
- [[metadao-develop-faas]] — the market-based grants product builds on FaaS