---
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 futarchy proposals allowing multiple mutually-exclusive outcomes beyond binary pass/fail"
tracked_by: rio
created: 2026-03-11
---

# MetaDAO: Develop Multi-Option Proposals?

## Summary

Proposal by agrippa to implement multi-modal proposal functionality for MetaDAO, extending the existing binary pass/fail Autocrat implementation to support N mutually-exclusive outcomes. Requested 200 META compensation across 4 milestones. The proposal argued this would increase DAO value by ~12% through improved decision bandwidth (+5%), pork-barrel reduction (+5%), and innovation hype (+2%).

## Market Data

- **Outcome:** Failed
- **Proposer:** agrippa (99dZcXhrYgEmHeMKAb9ezPaBqgMdg1RjCGSfHa7BeQEX)
- **Proposal Account:** J7dWFgSSuMg3BNZBAKYp3AD5D2yuaaLUmyKqvxBZgHht
- **Proposal Number:** 9
- **Created:** 2024-02-20
- **Completed:** 2024-02-25
- **Autocrat Version:** 0.1

## Significance

This proposal represents an early attempt to extend MetaDAO's futarchy implementation beyond binary decisions to multi-option selection problems. The failure suggests either:
1. The DAO did not value the feature at 200 META
2. Concerns about liquidity fragmentation or complexity
3. Other priorities took precedence
4. Uncertainty about timeline and deliverables

The proposer's architectural argument—that conditional vaults should support arbitrary N outcomes without hard limits—influenced subsequent thinking about futarchy mechanism design.

## Relationship to KB

- [[metadao]] - governance decision on mechanism development
- [[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 base implementation this would extend