---
type: entity
entity_type: decision_market
name: "MetaDAO: Develop Multi-Option Proposals?"
domain: internet-finance
status: failed
parent_entity: "[[metadao]]"
platform: "futardio"
proposer: "agrippa (99dZcXhrYgEmHeMKAb9ezPaBqgMdg1RjCGSfHa7BeQEX)"
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 futarchy proposals allowing multiple mutually-exclusive outcomes beyond binary Pass/Fail for 200 META compensation"
tracked_by: rio
created: 2026-03-11
---

# MetaDAO: Develop Multi-Option Proposals?

## Summary
Proposal by agrippa to develop multi-modal proposal functionality for MetaDAO's Autocrat program, enabling proposals with N mutually-exclusive outcomes rather than binary Pass/Fail. Requested 200 META distributed across 4 milestones: immediate payment upon passage, completion of conditional vault program, integration with futarch, and frontend implementation. The proposal included a 5-member multisig council (Proph3t, DeanMachine, 0xNallok, LegalizeOnionFutures, sapphire) to assess milestone completion.

## Market Data
- **Outcome:** Failed
- **Proposer:** agrippa
- **Proposal Account:** J7dWFgSSuMg3BNZBAKYp3AD5D2yuaaLUmyKqvxBZgHht
- **Proposal Number:** 9
- **Created:** 2024-02-20
- **Completed:** 2024-02-25
- **Autocrat Version:** 0.1

## Significance
This proposal represents an attempt to expand futarchy's decision-making architecture beyond binary choices. The author estimated the feature would add +12.1% to DAO value through increased decision bandwidth (+5%), pork barrel prevention (+5%), innovation hype (+2%), and fee revenue (+0.1%). The failure suggests either skepticism about these value claims, concerns about implementation complexity, or competing priorities for development resources.

The proposal also introduced the concept of a draft stage for multi-modal proposals where community members could add alternatives before market activation, positioning this as "the primary mechanism" for preventing wasteful spending in governance.

## Relationship to KB
- [[metadao]] - governance mechanism proposal
- [[futardio]] - platform where proposal was submitted
- [[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]] - the program this proposal aimed to extend