Sputnik DAO

Building on the functionality of Sputnik V1, Sputnik DAO V2 offers even more features and enhanced configuration ability. Sputnik V1 is archived because it can no longer be extended. Its newer version, Sputnik V2, aims to be more flexible in this regard and it provides new features that can be opt-in by the users.

Overview

Name	Description
Setup	Step-by-step guide to deploy a DAO factory and DAO contracts.
Roles & Permissions	Setup roles and define permissions for each role.
Proposals	Each action on the DAO is done by creating and approving a proposal.
Voting	Configure policies, setup governance tokens, and vote on proposals.
Bounties	Add and configure bounties.
Blob Storage	Store large data blobs and content and index them by the data's hash.
Upgradability	Upgrade the DAO to different contract code versions.

Setup

Prerequisites

3-Step Rust Installation.

Install Rustup:

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

(Taken from official installation guide)

Configure your current shell:

source $HOME/.cargo/env

Add Wasm target to your toolchain:

rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown

1. Login with your account.

Using near-cli, login to your account which will save your credentials locally:

near login

2. Clone repository.

git clone https://github.com/near-daos/sputnik-dao-contract

3. Build factory contract.

cd sputnik-dao-contract/sputnikdao-factory2 && ./build.sh

4. Deploy factory.

Create an env variable replacing YOUR_ACCOUNT.testnet with the name of the account you logged in with earlier:

export CONTRACT_ID=YOUR_ACCOUNT.testnet

Deploy factory contract by running the following command from your current directory (sputnik-dao-contract/sputnikdao-factory2):

near deploy $CONTRACT_ID --wasmFile=res/sputnikdao_factory2.wasm --accountId $CONTRACT_ID

5. Initialize factory.

near call $CONTRACT_ID new --accountId $CONTRACT_ID --gas 100000000000000

6. Define the parameters of the new DAO, its council, and create it.

Define the council of your DAO:

export COUNCIL='["council-member.testnet", "YOUR_ACCOUNT.testnet"]'

Configure the name, purpose, and initial council members of the DAO and convert the arguments in base64:

export ARGS=`echo '{"config": {"name": "genesis", "purpose": "Genesis DAO", "metadata":""}, "policy": '$COUNCIL'}' | base64`

Create the new DAO!:

near call $CONTRACT_ID create "{\"name\": \"genesis\", \"args\": \"$ARGS\"}" --accountId $CONTRACT_ID --amount 10 --gas 150000000000000

Example Response:

Scheduling a call: sputnik-v2.testnet.create({"name": "genesis", "args": "eyJjb25maWciOiB7Im5hbWUiOiAiZ2VuZXNpcyIsICJwdXJwb3NlIjogIkdlbmVzaXMgREFPIiwgIm1ldGFkYXRhIjoiIn0sICJwb2xpY3kiOiBbImNvdW5jaWwtbWVtYmVyLnRlc3RuZXQiLCAiWU9VUl9BQ0NPVU5ULnRlc3RuZXQiXX0K"}) with attached 5 NEAR
Transaction Id 5beqy8ZMkzpzw7bTLPMv6qswukqqowfzYXZnMAitRVS7
To see the transaction in the transaction explorer, please open this url in your browser
https://explorer.testnet.near.org/transactions/5beqy8ZMkzpzw7bTLPMv6qswukqqowfzYXZnMAitRVS7
true

Note: If you see false at the bottom (after the transaction link) something went wrong. Check your arguments passed and target contracts and re-deploy.

7. Verify successful deployment and policy configuration.

The DAO deployment will create a new sub-account ( genesis.YOUR_ACCOUNT.testnet ) and deploy a Sputnik v2 DAO contract to it.

Setup another env variable for your DAO contract:

export SPUTNIK_ID=genesis.$CONTRACT_ID

Now call get_policy on this contract using near view

near view $SPUTNIK_ID get_policy

Verify that the name, purpose, metadata, and council are all configured correctly. Also note the following default values:

{
  "roles": [
    {
      "name": "all",
      "kind": "Everyone",
      "permissions": ["*:AddProposal"],
      "vote_policy": {}
    },
    {
      "name": "council",
      "kind": { "Group": ["council-member.testnet", "YOUR_ACCOUNT.testnet"] },
      "permissions": [
        "*:Finalize",
        "*:AddProposal",
        "*:VoteApprove",
        "*:VoteReject",
        "*:VoteRemove"
      ],
      "vote_policy": {}
    }
  ],
  "default_vote_policy": {
    "weight_kind": "RoleWeight",
    "quorum": "0",
    "threshold": [1, 2]
  },
  "proposal_bond": "1000000000000000000000000",
  "proposal_period": "604800000000000",
  "bounty_bond": "1000000000000000000000000",
  "bounty_forgiveness_period": "86400000000000"
}

Roles and Permissions

The DAO can have several roles, each of which allows for permission configuring. These permissions are a combination of proposal_kind and VotingAction. Due to this combination these permissions can be scoped to be very specific or you can use wildcards to grant greater access.

Examples:

A role with: ["transfer:VoteReject","transfer:VoteRemove"] means they can only vote to reject or remove a transfer proposal but they can't vote to approve.
A role with: ["transfer:*"] can perform any vote action on transfer proposals.
A role with: ["*:*"] has unlimited permission. Normally, the council role has *:* as its permission so they can perform any vote action on any kind of proposal.

Here is a list of actions:

AddProposal - Adds given proposal to the DAO (this is the primary mechanism for getting things done).
RemoveProposal - Removes given proposal (this is used for immediate deletion in special cases).
VoteApprove - Votes to approve given proposal or bounty.
VoteReject - Votes to reject given proposal or bounty.
VoteRemove - Votes to remove given proposal or bounty (this may be because the proposal is spam or otherwise invalid).
Finalize - Finalizes proposal which is cancelled when proposal has expired (this action also returns funds).
MoveToHub - Moves a proposal to the hub (this is used to move a proposal into another DAO).

Proposals

Proposals are the main way to interact with the DAO. Each action on the DAO is performed by creating and approving a proposal.

Contents
Proposal types
Add proposal
View proposal
View multiple proposals
Approve proposal

Proposal types

Each kind of proposal represents an operation the DAO can perform. Here are the kinds of proposals:

ProposalKind::ChangeConfig { .. },
ProposalKind::ChangePolicy { .. },
ProposalKind::AddMemberToRole { .. },
ProposalKind::RemoveMemberFromRole { .. },
ProposalKind::FunctionCall { .. },
ProposalKind::UpgradeSelf { .. },
ProposalKind::UpgradeRemote { .. },
ProposalKind::Transfer { .. },
ProposalKind::SetStakingContract { .. },
ProposalKind::AddBounty { .. },
ProposalKind::BountyDone { .. },
ProposalKind::Vote,
ProposalKind::FactoryInfoUpdate { .. },
ProposalKind::ChangePolicyAddOrUpdateRole { .. },
ProposalKind::ChangePolicyRemoveRole { .. },
ProposalKind::ChangePolicyUpdateDefaultVotePolicy { .. },
ProposalKind::ChangePolicyUpdateParameters { .. },

ChangeConfig - used to change the configuration of the DAO
ChangePolicy - used to change the full policy of the DAO
AddMemberToRole - used to add a member to a role in the DAO
RemoveMemberFromRole - used to remove a member from a role in the DAO
FunctionCall - used to a call a function on any valid account on the network including the DAO itself, any other DAO, or any other contract. This is a useful mechanism for extending the capabilities of the DAO without modifying or complicating the DAO contract code. One can imagine a family of contracts built specifically to serve the DAO as agents, proxies, oracles and banks, for example.
UpgradeSelf - used to upgrade the DAO contract itself.
UpgradeRemote - used to upgrade other contracts. For DAOs that are governing other protocols, this type of proposal will allow to upgrade another contract with its newer version.
Transfer - used to move assets from this DAO to another account on the network. Supports both NEAR and any NEP-141 token that this DAO has.
SetStakingContract - used to set the staking contract of the DAO to help users delegate their tokens.
AddBounty - used to add a bounty to encourage members of the DAO community to contribute their time and attention to the needs of the DAO
BountyDone - used to mark the completion of an available bounty
Vote - used to create polls. Vote proposal doesn't have any action.
FactoryInfoUpdate - used for changing permissions of the factory that created the DAO. By default, the factory has permission to upgrade the DAO, but this can be modified by using FactoryInfoUpdate.
ChangePolicyAddOrUpdateRole - used to add a new role to the policy of the DAO. If the role already exists, update it.
ChangePolicyRemoveRole - used to remove a role from the policy of the DAO.
ChangePolicyUpdateDefaultVotePolicy - used to update the default vote policy from the policy of the DAO.
ChangePolicyUpdateParameters - used to update the parameters from the policy of the DAO. Parameters include: proposal bond, proposal period, bounty bond, bounty forgiveness period.

Add proposal

Adds a proposal to the DAO contract and returns the index number of the proposal or "proposal ID". By default, anyone can add a proposal but it requires a minimum 1 Ⓝ bond (attached deposit).

method: add_proposal
params:
- proposal
  - description
  - kind
proposer account ID
attached deposit (minimum 1 Ⓝ)

Example argument structure:

{
  "proposal": {
    "description": "Add New Council",
    "kind": {
      "AddMemberToRole": {
        "member_id": "council_member_3.testnet",
        "role": "council"
      }
    }
  }
}

Example near-cli command:

near call genesis.sputnik-v2.testnet add_proposal \
'{"proposal": {"description": "Add New Council", "kind": {"AddMemberToRole": {"member_id": "council_member_3.testnet", "role": "council"}}}}' \
--accountId proposer.testnet \
--amount 1

Example response:

Transaction Id HbJdK9AnZrvjuuoys2z1PojdkyFiuWBvrDbXsAf5ndvu
To see the transaction in the transaction explorer, please open this url in your browser
https://explorer.testnet.near.org/transactions/HbJdK9AnZrvjuuoys2z1PojdkyFiuWBvrDbXsAf5ndvu
0

Note: The number under the transaction link is the proposal ID.

View proposal

Returns proposal details by passing the ID or index of a given proposal.

method: get_proposal
- params: id

Example near-cli command:

near view genesis.sputnik-v2.testnet get_proposal '{"id": 0}'

Example response:

{
  "id": 0,
  "proposer": "near-example.testnet",
  "description": "Add New Council",
  "kind": {
    "AddMemberToRole": {
      "member_id": "council_member_3.testnet",
      "role": "council"
    }
  },
  "status": "InProgress",
  "vote_counts": {},
  "votes": {},
  "submission_time": "1624947631810665051"
}

View multiple proposals

Returns multiple proposal details by passing the index ("ID") starting point and a limit of how many records you would like returned.

method: get_proposals
params:
- from_index
- limit

Example near-cli command:

near view genesis.sputnik-v2.testnet get_proposals '{"from_index": 1, "limit": 2}'

Example response:

[
  {
    id: 1,
    proposer: 'near-example.testnet',
    description: 'Add New Council',
    kind: {
      AddMemberToRole: { member_id: 'council_member_4.testnet', role: 'council' }
    },
    status: 'InProgress',
    vote_counts: {},
    votes: {},
  submission_time: '1624947785010147691'
  },
  {
    id: 2,
    proposer: 'near-example.testnet',
    description: 'Add New Council',
    kind: {
      AddMemberToRole: { member_id: 'council_member_5.testnet', role: 'council' }
    },
    status: 'InProgress',
    vote_counts: {},
    votes: {},
    submission_time: '1624947838518330827'
  }
]

Approve proposal

Approves proposal by ID. Only council members can approve a proposal

method: act_proposal
params:
- id
- action
account ID that is a council member.

Example near-cli command:

near call genesis.sputnik-v2.testnet act_proposal '{"id": 0, "action": "VoteApprove"}' \
--accountId council_member_1.testnet

Example response:

Receipts: 3mkSgRaHsd46FHkf9AtTcPbNXkYkxMCzPfJFHsHk8NPm, GjJ6hmoAhxt2a7si4hVPYZiL9CWeM5fmSEzMTpC7URxV
        Log [genesis.sputnik-v2.testnet]: ["council"]
Transaction Id BZPHxNoBpyMG4seCojzeNrKpr685vWPynDMTdg1JACa7
To see the transaction in the transaction explorer, please open this url in your browser
https://explorer.testnet.near.org/transactions/BZPHxNoBpyMG4seCojzeNrKpr685vWPynDMTdg1JACa7
''

Voting

Vote on a proposal

Only council members are allowed to vote on a proposal.

Voting policy

You can set a different vote policy for each one of the proposal kinds.

Vote policy can be: TokenWeight, meaning members vote with tokens, or RoleWeight(role) where all users with such role (e.g."council") can vote.

Also a vote policy has a "threshold". The threshold could be a ratio. e.g. threshold:[1,2] => 1/2 or 50% of the votes approve the proposal, or the threshold could be a fixed number (weight), so you can say that you need 3 votes to approve a proposal disregarding the amount of people in the role, and you can say that you need 1m tokens to approve a proposal disregarding total token supply.

When vote policy is TokenWeight, vote % is measured against total toke supply, and each member vote weight is based on tokens owned. So if threshold is 1/2 you need half the token supply to vote "yes" to pass a proposal.

When vote policy is RoleWeight(role), vote % is measured against the count of people with that role, and each member has one vote. So if threshold is 1/2 you need half the members with the role to vote "yes" to pass a proposal.

Token voting

DAO votes to select some token to become voting token (only can be done once, can't change later).

User flow to vote with selected token:

Users deposit the desired amount of the token to the separate staking contract defined by the DAO.
They can then choose who to delegate these tokens. It can be to themselves or to other users to increase their vote weight.
When users vote for proposals, their vote is weighted by all the delegations to them.
Undelegating will block delegating / withdrawing until one voting period passes.
Undelegated tokens can be withdrawn by the user.

Bounties

Add and configure bounties using AddBounty proposal.

The lifecycle of a bounty is the next:

Anyone with permission can add proposal AddBounty which contains the bounty information including token to pay the reward in and amount to pay it out.
This proposal gets voted in by the current voting policy.
After proposal is passed, the bounty gets added. Now it has an id in the bounty list which can be queried via get_bounties.
Anyone can claim a bounty by calling bounty_claim(id, deadline) up to repeat times which was specified in the bounty. This allows to have repetitive bounties or multiple working collaboratively.
deadline specifies how long it will take the sender to complete the bounty.
If claimer decides to give up, they can call bounty_giveup(id), and within forgiveness_period their claim bond will be returned. After this period, their bond is forfeited and is kept in the DAO.
When a bounty is complete, call bounty_done(id), which will add a proposal BountyDone that, when voted, will pay to whoever completed the bounty.

Blob storage

DAO supports storing larger blobs of data and content indexing them by hash of the data. This is done to allow upgrading the DAO itself and other contracts.

Blob lifecycle:

Store blob in the DAO.
Create upgradability proposal.
Proposal passes or fails.
Remove blob and receive funds locked for storage back.

Blob can be removed only by the original storer.

Upgradability

Allow the DAO to be upgraded to different contract code versions. This allows the DAO to use a newer, more stable and faster version of the contract code. New versions usually include new features, bug fixes and improvements in performance. Downgrade to an older version is also possible.

There are two major ways to upgrade the DAO:

Self upgrade by storing blob on the DAO contract and then voting to UpgradeSelf
Upgrade from the factory - factory stores new contract and then, if allowed, it upgrades the DAO by calling upgrade(code).

DAOs can explicitly vote to disable factory auto upgrades and can pull the upgrade themselves from the factory.

autogestion/fedi-near-dao

Sputnik DAO

Overview

Setup

Prerequisites

Roles and Permissions

Proposals

Proposal types

Add proposal

View proposal

View multiple proposals

Approve proposal

Voting

Vote on a proposal

Voting policy

Token voting

Bounties

Blob storage

Upgradability