---
type: entity
entity_type: decision_market
name: "MetaDAO: Appoint Nallok and Proph3t Benevolent Dictators for Three Months"
domain: internet-finance
status: passed
parent_entity: "[[metadao]]"
platform: "futardio"
proposer: "HfFi634cyurmVVDr9frwu4MjGLJzz9XbAJz981HdVaNz"
proposal_url: "https://www.futard.io/proposal/BqMrwwZYdpbXNsfpcxxG2DyiQ7uuKB69PznPWZ33GrZW"
proposal_date: 2024-03-26
resolution_date: 2024-03-31
category: "strategy"
summary: "Appointed Proph3t and Nallok as interim leaders with authority over retroactive compensation, business operations, and contributor payments to accelerate MetaDAO execution."
key_metrics:
  compensation_requested_meta: 1015
  compensation_requested_usdc: 100000
  retroactive_months: 4
  forward_months: 3
  estimated_success_impact: "-20% if failed"
tracked_by: rio
created: 2026-03-11
---

# MetaDAO: Appoint Nallok and Proph3t Benevolent Dictators for Three Months

## Summary
This proposal appointed Proph3t and Nallok as Benevolent Dictators For 3 Months (BDF3M) to bypass the slow proposal process and accelerate MetaDAO's execution. The appointment covered retroactive compensation for December-March and forward compensation for April-June, totaling 1,015 META and 100,000 USDC. The proposers argued that failure would decrease MetaDAO's success probability by over 20%.

## Market Data
- **Outcome:** Passed
- **Proposer:** HfFi634cyurmVVDr9frwu4MjGLJzz9XbAJz981HdVaNz
- **Created:** 2024-03-26
- **Completed:** 2024-03-31
- **Proposal Number:** 14

## Scope of Authority
The BDF3M role granted authority over:
- Retroactive compensation for all contributions prior to the proposal
- Business operations including proposal process management, project management, expenses
- Current contributor compensation including incentive-based components
- Security and efficacy improvements to the core futarchy mechanism
- Exceptional use grants for MetaDAO's code licenses
- Monthly community updates

## Compensation Structure
- **Total META:** 1,015 (average 145/month)
- **Total USDC:** $100,000 (average $14,000/month)
- **Period:** 7 months total (4 retroactive + 3 forward)
- **Vesting:** META likely issued in 5-year locked form
- **Source:** Various multisigs, not directly from DAO treasury

## Significance
This proposal represents a critical governance transition where MetaDAO acknowledged that its futarchy mechanism was too slow for operational decisions at its stage. The appointment of benevolent dictators created a hybrid model where strategic decisions remained futarchy-governed while operational execution moved to trusted individuals. The 20% success impact claim suggests the proposers viewed this as an existential decision point.

## Relationship to KB
- [[metadao]] - governance structure evolution
- [[proph3t]] - appointed leader
- [[nallok]] - appointed leader
- [[futarchy adoption faces friction from token price psychology proposal complexity and liquidity requirements]] - this proposal directly addresses the "too slow and costly" friction