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| type | entity_type | name | domain | status | parent_entity | platform | proposer | proposal_url | proposal_date | resolution_date | category | summary | tracked_by | created |
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| entity | decision_market | IslandDAO: Enhancing The Dean's List DAO Economic Model | internet-finance | passed | deans-list | futardio | IslandDAO | https://www.futard.io/proposal/5c2XSWQ9rVPge2Umoz1yenZcAwRaQS5bC4i4w87B1WUp | 2024-07-18 | 2024-07-22 | treasury | Proposal to charge clients in USDC, use 80% to buy $DEAN tokens for citizen payment, retain 20% DAO tax in USDC as hedge | rio | 2026-03-11 |
IslandDAO: Enhancing The Dean's List DAO Economic Model
Summary
The Dean's List DAO proposed switching from USDC-based contributor payments to a model where client revenue (charged in USDC) is used to purchase $DEAN tokens on the open market, which are then distributed to DAO citizens as payment. The DAO retains 20% of revenue as tax in USDC to hedge against token price volatility. The proposal argued this creates structural buy pressure (80% of revenue) that exceeds sell pressure (estimated 80% of distributed tokens sold by citizens), resulting in net positive price action.
Market Data
- Outcome: Passed
- Proposer: IslandDAO
- Proposal Account: 5c2XSWQ9rVPge2Umoz1yenZcAwRaQS5bC4i4w87B1WUp
- Completed: 2024-07-22
- Platform: Futardio (MetaDAO's futarchy implementation)
Significance
This proposal represents an early experiment in DAO treasury management where:
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Token buyback as compensation mechanism: Rather than paying contributors in stablecoins, the DAO uses revenue to create buy pressure on its governance token, distributing tokens as payment.
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Stablecoin treasury hedge: The DAO retains its tax in USDC rather than its own token, acknowledging token price risk while still using the token for contributor alignment.
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Quantified price impact modeling: The proposal included detailed FDV projections (5.33% increase expected) and price impact estimates, demonstrating the analytical overhead futarchy governance requires.
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Structural buy pressure thesis: The model assumes DAO tax retention (20%) creates permanent net buy pressure because buys (80% of revenue) exceed sells (80% of 80% = 64% of revenue).
The proposal's passage suggests MetaDAO's futarchy markets validated the economic logic, though actual performance data post-implementation is not available in this source.
Relationship to KB
- deans-list - parent entity, treasury governance decision
- 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 - governance mechanism used
- token economics replacing management fees and carried interest creates natural meritocracy in investment governance - related economic model