Getting Started
Technical Questions
Getting Started
What is SHIB DAO?
What is SHIB DAO?
- Doggy DAOs: Four official ecosystem DAOs (BONE, TREAT, SHIB, LEASH)
- Community DAOs: Grassroots DAOs created by community members
- Multi-strategy governance: Various voting mechanisms for different proposal types
- Karma-based rewards: Participation incentives and privileges
Who can participate in SHIB DAO?
Who can participate in SHIB DAO?
- Anyone holding SHIB ecosystem tokens (BONE, LEASH, TREAT, SHIB)
- Voting power based on token holdings and type
- Different DAOs have different token requirements
- Basic participation: Karma Level 1+
- Proposal submission: Karma Level 2+ (varies by DAO)
- Enhanced privileges: Karma Level 3-5
- Check Karma Levels for detailed requirements
- SNS domain ownership required for creation
- Membership requirements vary by individual DAO
- Community reputation and standing considered
How do I get started with SHIB DAO?
How do I get started with SHIB DAO?
Acquire Tokens
Connect Wallet
Verify Eligibility
Start Voting
Earn Karma
Voting and Participation
How do I vote on proposals?
How do I vote on proposals?
- Connect Wallet: Use a supported Web3 wallet (MetaMask, WalletConnect, etc.)
- Browse Proposals: Navigate to “Active Proposals” in the SHIB DAO portal
- Review Details: Read the complete proposal document and community discussions
- Cast Vote: Select “For,” “Against,” or “Abstain” based on your analysis
- Confirm: Review your voting power and confirm the transaction
- Track Results: Monitor voting progress and final outcomes
- Based on your token holdings and type
- Enhanced by Karma level bonuses
- Displayed before each vote confirmation
- Gasless - no transaction fees required
How is my voting power calculated?
How is my voting power calculated?
- BONE: 1 BONE = 1 voting power unit (highest weight)
- LEASH: Enhanced voting power (varies by DAO)
- TREAT: Standard voting power unit
- SHIB: Base voting power unit (lowest barrier)
- Level 1: Basic voting rights
- Level 2: +10% voting power bonus
- Level 3: +25% voting power bonus
- Level 4: +50% voting power bonus
- Level 5: +100% voting power bonus
- Staked tokens may receive bonus voting power
- Time-locked voting considers token age
- Quadratic voting reduces whale dominance
Can I delegate my voting power?
Can I delegate my voting power?
- Delegate to trusted community members with expertise
- Maintain voting presence when unavailable
- Support community leaders and governance experts
- Save time on proposal research
- Choose a trusted delegate from verified community members
- Set delegation parameters (scope, duration, limitations)
- Monitor delegation activity and voting patterns
- Retain ability to revoke delegation at any time
- Research your delegate’s voting history and philosophy
- Ensure alignment with your governance preferences
- Monitor delegation activity regularly
- Revoke delegation if concerns arise
Proposals and Governance
What kind of proposals can be submitted?
What kind of proposals can be submitted?
- Protocol upgrades and modifications
- Network parameter adjustments
- Security implementations
- Major ecosystem partnerships
- Foundation-level decisions
- Project funding requests
- Development grants
- Community initiatives
- Marketing campaigns
- Infrastructure investments
- Community events and meetups
- Educational programs
- Social initiatives
- Local community support
- Cultural projects
- Smart contract upgrades
- DApp improvements
- Integration proposals
- Technical standards
- Development roadmap changes
How are proposals approved or rejected?
How are proposals approved or rejected?
- Standard Proposals: 5% quorum, simple majority (50% + 1)
- Major Proposals: 10% quorum, supermajority (66% + 1)
- Critical Proposals: 15% quorum, supermajority (75% + 1)
- Review Period: 3-7 days for community feedback
- Voting Period: 3-14 days depending on proposal type
- Execution Period: Variable based on complexity
- Meet minimum quorum requirements
- Receive more “For” votes than “Against” votes
- Pass any additional DAO-specific requirements
- Complete community review and feedback process
What happens after a proposal is approved?
What happens after a proposal is approved?
- Proposal status changes to “Approved”
- Implementation team is notified
- Resources are allocated as specified
- Timeline begins for execution
- Smart Contract Changes: Automated execution where possible
- Development Projects: Assigned to development teams
- Community Initiatives: Coordinated by community managers
- Partnerships: Negotiated by ecosystem representatives
- Progress tracking through SHIB DAO portal
- Regular status updates to community
- Milestone verification and completion
- Success metrics measurement
Technical Questions
Do I need to pay gas fees to vote?
Do I need to pay gas fees to vote?
- All governance actions processed off-chain
- No blockchain transactions for voting or proposals
- Instant processing and real-time results
- Maximum accessibility for all participants
- Minimal gas fees for any on-chain interactions
- Extremely low transaction costs on Shibarium
- Optimized for cost efficiency
- Enterprise-grade scalability
- No financial barriers to participation
- Encourages broad community engagement
- Eliminates gas fee concerns
- Enables frequent governance participation
Why do I need an SNS domain?
Why do I need an SNS domain?
- Required: SNS domain ownership for creating Community DAOs
- Identity: Serves as unique identifier and access credential
- Security: Ensures proper wallet ownership verification
- Integration: Seamlessly connects with all SHIB DAO features
- Not Required: For voting in existing DAOs
- Optional: For enhanced identity and reputation
- Beneficial: For community recognition and trust
- Purchase from d3.app/shib for a small fee
- Ensure wallet used for purchase matches DAO creation wallet
- Already owned SNS domains are automatically imported
- Unique across the entire ecosystem
How does the Karma system work?
How does the Karma system work?
- Voting: Each vote earns Karma points
- Proposing: Successful proposals earn significant Karma
- Community Engagement: Helpful contributions and support
- Long-term Participation: Consistent involvement over time
- Level 1: Basic participation rights
- Level 2: +10% voting power, proposal submission rights
- Level 3: +25% voting power, enhanced proposal rights
- Level 4: +50% voting power, special governance privileges
- Level 5: +100% voting power, maximum ecosystem access
- Based on quality and frequency of participation
- Considers community impact and helpfulness
- Rewards long-term commitment and engagement
- Transparent scoring system
Community DAOs
How do I create a Community DAO?
How do I create a Community DAO?
Obtain SNS Domain
Connect Wallet
Define Governance Structure
- Voting mechanisms and thresholds
- Proposal requirements and processes
- Membership criteria and management
- Execution and implementation processes
Submit Creation Proposal
Launch and Manage
What's the difference between Doggy DAOs and Community DAOs?
What's the difference between Doggy DAOs and Community DAOs?
- Creator: SHIB admins and core team
- Purpose: Ecosystem-wide governance decisions
- Structure: Standardized governance processes
- Scope: Major ecosystem initiatives and changes
- Requirements: Higher token and Karma requirements
- Strategies: Multiple governance strategies available
- Creator: Community members with SNS domains
- Purpose: Specific interests, projects, or initiatives
- Structure: Flexible, customizable governance
- Scope: Focused on particular community needs
- Requirements: Lower barriers to participation
- Strategies: Community-defined governance mechanisms
Troubleshooting
I can't connect my wallet. What should I do?
I can't connect my wallet. What should I do?
- Network Problems: Ensure you’re connected to Shibarium network
- Wallet Compatibility: Verify your wallet supports required features
- Connection Errors: Try refreshing the page or reconnecting
- Transaction Failures: Check wallet settings and permissions
- Switch Networks: Add Shibarium to your wallet if not present
- Update Wallet: Ensure you’re using the latest wallet version
- Clear Cache: Clear browser cache and try again
- Alternative Wallet: Try a different supported wallet
- Check Permissions: Ensure wallet has necessary permissions
- MetaMask
- WalletConnect
- Coinbase Wallet
- Trust Wallet
- Other popular Web3 wallets
My voting power seems incorrect. How can I verify it?
My voting power seems incorrect. How can I verify it?
- Token Holdings: Verify current balances in your wallet
- Karma Level: Check your Karma level and bonuses
- Staking Status: Confirm staked token voting power
- Time Factors: Consider time-locked voting calculations
- Network: Ensure you’re viewing the correct network
- Wallet Balance: Check token balances on Shibarium
- Karma Status: Review Karma level in SHIB DAO portal
- Staking Info: Verify staked token amounts and voting power
- Calculation: Understand the voting power formula for your tokens
- Support: Contact support if discrepancies persist
- Token transfers not yet reflected
- Karma level changes in progress
- Staking status updates pending
- Network synchronization delays
How do I stay updated on new proposals and decisions?
How do I stay updated on new proposals and decisions?
- SHIB DAO Portal: Check regularly for new proposals
- Official Social Media: Follow SHIB announcements
- Community Forums: Participate in governance discussions
- Newsletter: Subscribe to official updates
- The Shib Magazine: Read comprehensive ecosystem news
- Portal Notifications: Enable notifications in SHIB DAO portal
- Social Media Alerts: Follow official accounts for updates
- Community Channels: Join Discord, Telegram, or other community platforms
- Email Updates: Subscribe to governance newsletters
- Check the SHIB DAO portal regularly for new proposals
- Participate in community discussions
- Follow trusted community leaders and delegates
- Stay informed about ecosystem developments
Advanced Topics
What are the different voting strategies?
What are the different voting strategies?
- Standard governance mechanism
- Voting power proportional to token holdings
- Simple majority or supermajority requirements
- Used for most ecosystem decisions
- Community-focused mechanism
- Voting power increases with square root of tokens
- Prevents whale dominance
- Encourages broad participation
- Long-term decision mechanism
- Voting power based on token age and holdings
- Rewards committed, long-term holders
- Used for strategic decisions
- DAO-specific voting mechanisms
- Specialized governance rules
- Community-defined processes
- Flexible implementation options
How does the governance security work?
How does the governance security work?
- Off-Chain Processing: Reduces attack vectors
- Multi-Signature Requirements: For critical decisions
- Time Delays: For major changes and implementations
- Audit Requirements: For smart contract modifications
- Quorum Requirements: Ensures sufficient participation
- Supermajority Voting: For critical decisions
- Community Review: Multi-stage approval process
- Implementation Delays: Time for community response
- Token-Based Eligibility: Ensures stakeholder participation
- Karma Requirements: Rewards active, trusted participants
- SNS Verification: Secure identity management
- Delegation Controls: Transparent voting power management