This post is not particularly important, but as a DAO member and Jupiter user since almost the beginning I want to express my opinion on something. This will be short and not meant to attack anyone, it is just meant to draw attention to something I would like everyone to think about.
The 70% requirement, which has never been in force before, is a bad sign. Every proposal is important and should be treated equally. A one-time situation when the team imposes such requirements may be an exception that will become the rule. Through such decisions, the team indirectly influences the outcome of the vote. DAO and democracy is about recognizing the decision of the majority, and the majority expressed its will in the first vote, which the team did not recognize. That is not how DAO works, that is not how democracy works, that is how authoritarianism / facade democracy / autocracy / oligarchy works.
Fair point but i will like to point out that this is not abnormal at all. A supermajority, such as 70%, is often required for critical decisions like constitutional amendments, veto overrides, major corporate actions, or treaty approvals. This ensures broad consensus, protects minority interests and promotes stability, as specified in some laws or organizational rules. Think that’s what the team is trying to achieve here considering the magnitude of this decision and the impact it can have to the Jup ecosystem if majority don’t align in the context of current voting system.
I’m viewing this super majority vote as a huge statement from the team… It’s been a contentious vote by the most active DAO… we all understand how important community is to be successful in this space… look at how the team was able to bring attention, learn, adapt and unite… HUGE STATEMENT! absolutely freakin genius how this was run and played out… makes me so bullish on how these guys play the game.
They choose the right way to achieve a great purpose even it is a hard one and they did it ! Everything is a new initiative, experiment and success story in Jupiverse
Thanks for your article. At the beginning of the jupuary saga, I was also uneasy with the incredibly high percentage vote demanded by the team but as time progressed and I heard meow talk in rallies, I began to understand.
The 70% super majority is a reflection of a united DAO, one where everyone is carried along. Tough but the team has done a lot to put together a proposal that reflects this.
I believe this only happened because of the peculiar nature of the JUPUARY VOTE.
Hey Berlin thanks for sharing your thoughts, I’m not sure why you think the team did not recognize the will of the majority. The voting process for this Jupuary was set up by design to be an iterative process, with the team changing the proposal until the DAO feels it’s good enough.
It divided the community, so the team felt it needed supermajority and the iterative process to ensure healthy outcome for all Jupiter. This second vote is a modified proposal given the feedback from the first one, and many people changed their vote - your point is that they changed only because meow told them to? To me, this whole process seems more like a good sign of symbiotic relation between team and community!
To me, this whole process seems more like a good sign of symbiotic relation between team and community!