‘Effective’ ensures that the Mina Protocol’s governance delivers on the decisions that need to be made for protocol changes and ecosystem funding.
‘Aligned’ ensures these decisions meet the wishes of the Mina community based on common values, such as Mina’s CORE values.
To be effective and aligned, the Mina Protocol’s governance should possess the following attributes:
| Workstream | Top-level Initiative | Status | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIP Upgrade | MIPs & OCV (Mina Improvement Proposals & On-Chain Voting) | 13.01: Incorporating feedback | |
| Next update: before 31.01 | The MIP Upgrade proposal is submitted to the MIP GitHub repository. The team is incorporating gathered feedback and conducting a final proposal review. |
There’s a MinaResearch thread where more detailed updates are available: https://forums.minaprotocol.com/t/upgrading-the-mip-process/6464/20
Community participation is vital to ensuring that Mina protocol’s governance continues to reflect everyone’s voice! | | Blogpost: Results and learnings from the first MEF tests | Mina Ecosystem Funding (MEF) | 13.01: Published Next update: before 31.01 | The blog post about results and learnings from the first MEF tests has been published: https://minaprotocol.com/blog/results-and-learnings-from-the-first-mef-tests
The team invites the community to discuss Mina Ecosystem Funding, a community-governed funding process that supports longer-term decentralized and sustainable funding for projects built on Mina. There’s a MinaResearch thread where everyone is invited to share their thoughts: https://forums.minaprotocol.com/t/mina-ecosystem-funding-a-new-funding-process-for-mina-and-results-and-learning-from-the-first-mef-tests/6780 | | Tokenomics Review and Recommendation | Mina Ecosystem Funding (MEF) | 13.01: In Progress Next update: before 31.01 | Work realigned with original RFP: Economics Design is now preparing an in-depth study of Mina’s current tokenomics structure. This will be followed by a comparison with other ecosystems, and a decision matrix for potential changes. | | Research Blogpost | Governance research & knowledge-sharing | 13.01: Draft published Next update: before 15.01 | Published a draft about building trust in Mina’s delegation processes: https://forums.minaprotocol.com/t/building-trust-in-mina-s-delegation-processes/6766 | | LeaderBot | Protocol Governance Toolkit (PGT) | 13.01: In Progress Next update: before 31.01 | December results shared with the community (17 winners): https://discord.com/channels/484437221055922177/1326113186411446303/1326113186411446303
January daily results are updated automatically and open for community feedback: https://discord.com/channels/484437221055922177/1326110185038675999
Program Guidelines: ****https://minafoundation.notion.site/Community-Leaderboard-Program-Guidelines-28d2d85498554c448bb3a3206eb3ca74 | | SurveyBot | Protocol Governance Toolkit (PGT) | 13.01: On hold Next update: before 31.01 | There are no open surveys at the moment. | | GovBot | Protocol Governance Toolkit (PGT) | 13.01: In Progress Next update: before 31.01 | Open source GitHub repo: https://github.com/MinaFoundation/PGT_govbot
The team is working on improvements to the platform for the next testing iterations. | | Illuminate Town Halls | Public communication | 13.01: Scheduled Next update: before 31.01 | Next Illuminate Town Hall is initially scheduled for 29.01. | | Governance AMA Calls | Public communication | 13.01: Scheduled Next update: before 31.01 | Next Governance AMA is initially scheduled for 22.01. |