Flexible Voting is an extension to the widely used OpenZeppelin DAO Governor that enables novel voting patterns for delegates. It is developed by ScopeLift, and was originally funded by a grant from the Uniswap Grant Program (UGP).
For a DAO that adopts it, the Flexible Governance extension allows delegates to split their voting weight across For/Against/Abstain options for a given proposal. This new building block allows arbitrary delegate contracts to be developed which can unlock all kinds of new use cases, such as:
- Voting with tokens while earning yield in DeFi
- Voting with tokens bridged to L2
- Shielded voting (i.e. secret/private voting)
- Cheaper subsidized signature based voting
- Better voting options with tokens held by custodians
To learn more about Flexible Voting, and the use cases it enables, read the introduction on the ScopeLift blog.
src/GovernorCountingFractional.sol- The Governor extension which enables Flexible Voting. A DAO adopting Flexible Voting would deploy a new Governor which used this extension.src/FractionalPool.sol- A proof-of-concept contract demonstrating how Flexible Voting can be used. It implements a Compound-Finance-like governance token pool that allows holders to express their votes on proposals even when their tokens are deposited in the pool.test/- A full suite of unit and fuzz tests exercising the contracts.
This repo is built using Foundry
- Install Foundry
- Install dependencies with
forge install - Build the contracts with
forge build cp .env.example .envand edit.envwith your keys- Run the test suite with
forge test
ScopeLift is looking for help from the ecosystem to make Flexible Voting a reality for real DAOs. Here are some ways that you can contribute to its development and adoption:
- Help ScopeLift implement real-world, production ready use cases for the Flexible Voting extension
- Lobby your existing DAO community to adopt a Governor that uses the Flexible Voting extension
- Start a new DAO that uses a Flexible Voting enabled Governor from day 1
- Help update existing DAO tooling to directly support Flexible Voting
If you work with or in a community that could benefit from these tools, or you're interested in helping on the implementation, please reach out.
Code contributions to this repo are also welcome! Fork the project, create a new branch from master, and open a PR. Ensure the project can be fast-forward merged by rebasing if necessary.
Fractional Voting is available under the MIT license.
Copyright (c) 2022 ScopeLift