Q Development AG, a company supporting the development of the Q
Protocol, announces its collaboration with Kleros - a decentralized
dispute resolution protocol to offer more resilience governance
solutions for DAOs projects.
Renowned for its impartiality and efficiency in resolving
conflicts within decentralized ecosystems, Kleros is an Ethereum
based autonomous organization incorporated in France that leverages
blockchain, crowdsourcing and game theory to offer alternatives to
centralized justice in crypto.
This partnership aims to combine the strengths of Kleros’s
dispute resolution procedures with Q’s capabilities to enforce
off-chain decisions on-chain. This will make DAOs safer, establish
accountability, and increase transparency and reliability.
Seamless Governance, Enhanced Security
By default, DAOs on Q embrace optimistic on-chain governance,
ensuring swift decision-making processes. This means that without
any conflict, successful proposals can be executed on-chain by the
DAO itself without external dependencies. However, to fortify
governance security without impeding agility, DAOs require a safety
net - an external body capable of impartially evaluating decisions
when conflicts arise. This is where Kleros steps in, offering an
option to challenge DAO decisions and uphold governance
integrity.
"Accountability is a foundational pillar for robust governance.
We're excited to witness the emergence of 'Constitutional Checks'
for DAOs, and we eagerly anticipate the integration of Kleros
Courts as a cornerstone service for maintaining checks and balances
within DAOs on Q," said Federico Ast, Founder & CEO of
Kleros.
Upholding Constitutional Integrity
By appealing to Kleros Courts, DAOs can ensure alignment of
decisions with their constitutions—a pivotal aspect often
overlooked in the ecosystem. Decisions stemming from DAO voting can
be appealed to Kleros courts based on the DAO's constitution. This
integration introduces a checks-and-balances mechanism, holding
DAOs accountable to their founding principles and fostering trust
within the community. This way, discretionary criteria like the DAO
Purpose, individual stakeholder responsibilities, or qualitative
proposal criteria can be enforced, allowing the DAO to operate
beyond the code-is-law paradigm.
"DAOs have long recognized the limitations of relying solely on
code during conflict, yet finding a dependable solution has been
challenging. With Kleros' track record in leveraging human judgment
within Web3, I'm eager for DAOs on Q to access Kleros Courts as an
external point of reference, ensuring adherence to the DAO
Constitution and fostering trust within their communities," said
Gerrit Brugge, DAO Ecosystem & Community, Q Development AG.
Expanding the Scope of Discretion
In leveraging Kleros services, DAOs can acknowledge the spectrum
of human judgment. This is a matter of decision-making and
disagreement in the DAO. As Eigenlayer's recent token whitepaper
aptly illustrates, the need for (inter-)subjective evaluation is
undeniable but requires an external point of reference. Together
with governance services available on Q, Kleros paves the way for
its realization.
Enforcement Through Governance Services
Crucially, enforcement is considered in addition to the
evaluation and judgment provided by Kleros. Through a dedicated
governance service on Q, Kleros Court can be called upon as an
independent judiciary service to resolve disputes. Rulings could
then be enforced within the Q ecosystem through governance
services, leveraging Q’s network of Root Nodes.
A Roadmap to Success
The path to integrating Kleros services into DAOs on Q is clear,
thanks to existing prerequisites. The existing standard for DAO
constitutions, coupled with governance services for the Q ecosystem
and Q's diverse and impartial set of Root Nodes, provide a robust
foundation for seamless integration. These fundamental building
blocks ensure impartiality, accountability, and
incorruptibility—essential tenets for effective governance in
decentralized ecosystems.
A Vision for the Future
As we look ahead, the potential of Kleros services for DAOs on Q
is boundless. By bridging the gap between internal decision-making
and human judgment with an external point of reference, we chart a
course toward a governance paradigm of transparency,
accountability, and reliability.
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About Kleros
Kleros is an open-source online dispute resolution protocol that
uses blockchain and crowdsourcing to adjudicate disputes fairly.
Development efforts are coordinated by Coopérative Kleros, a
Société Coopérative d’Intérêt Collectif (SCIC) incorporated in
France. All our research and code development are open-source and
free for anyone to use.
About Q Development AG
Q is a novel blockchain protocol acting as a fundamental
governance layer in Web 3.
It combines the benefits of a public, open, and decentralized
ledger with the transparency and predictability of enforceable
private contracts. It enables adoption by many use cases that
desire decentralization but require scalability and
dependability.
Q Development AG is a private company based in Gamprin-Bendern,
Liechtenstein, whose primary purpose is to advance the Q protocol
and support the Q ecosystem. To learn more about Q, please visit:
https://q.org/
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