---
type: entity
entity_type: decision_market
name: "MetaDAO: Migrate Autocrat Program to v0.1"
domain: internet-finance
status: passed
parent_entity: "[[metadao]]"
platform: "futardio"
proposer: "HfFi634cyurmVVDr9frwu4MjGLJzz9XbAJz981HdVaNz"
proposal_url: "https://www.futard.io/proposal/AkLsnieYpCU2UsSqUNrbMrQNi9bvdnjxx75mZbJns9zi"
proposal_date: 2023-12-03
resolution_date: 2023-12-13
category: "mechanism"
summary: "Upgrade Autocrat program to v0.1 with configurable proposal duration (3-day default) and migrate 990K META + 10K USDC + 5.5 SOL to new treasury"
tracked_by: rio
created: 2026-03-11
---

# MetaDAO: Migrate Autocrat Program to v0.1

## Summary
This proposal upgraded MetaDAO's Autocrat futarchy implementation to v0.1, making proposal duration configurable with a new 3-day default (down from a longer implied period) to enable faster feedback loops. The migration required moving the entire treasury (990,000 META, 10,025 USDC, and 5.5 SOL) from the first program to the second program.

## Market Data
- **Outcome:** Passed
- **Proposer:** HfFi634cyurmVVDr9frwu4MjGLJzz9XbAJz981HdVaNz
- **Completed:** 2023-12-13
- **Proposal account:** AkLsnieYpCU2UsSqUNrbMrQNi9bvdnjxx75mZbJns9zi

## Key Risks Disclosed
1. **Smart contract risk:** Potential for new bugs in upgraded program (assessed as small by proposer)
2. **Counterparty risk:** Build was not verifiable due to technical constraints, requiring trust in proposer that no backdoor was introduced. Proposer committed to using verifiable builds for future versions.

## Significance
This was MetaDAO's first major mechanism upgrade, demonstrating:
- Willingness to iterate on futarchy parameters based on user experience (faster feedback)
- The operational friction of treasury migrations when upgrading program architecture
- Trust dynamics in early-stage futarchy implementations (non-verifiable build accepted by community)
- Evolution from hardcoded to configurable governance parameters

## Relationship to KB
- [[metadao]] - mechanism upgrade and treasury migration
- [[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]] - confirms 3-day window is configurable parameter
- [[futarchy implementations must simplify theoretical mechanisms for production adoption because original designs include impractical elements that academics tolerate but users reject]] - demonstrates production adaptation