What is Scroll DAO?

Overview of the Scroll DAO

The Scroll DAO is a decentralized autonomous organization that will manage the Scroll protocol as it progressively decentralizes over time. DAO members will be able to enact key protocol decisions across several areas of interest, through the voting power of the $SCR token.
The Scroll DAO operates within a broader governance framework that also includes the Scroll Foundation and a Security Council.

The DAO came into existence with the launch of $SCR, its native token (details on the token provided below).

$SCR

The first and easiest way you can participate in the Scroll DAO is through holding Scroll’s native token $SCR.
As a $SCR holder, you will be able to vote on:

  • DAO treasury allocations
  • Creation of funding programs, such as grant programs
  • Social ratifications, such as revisions to governing docs

As an $SCR holder, you can choose to personally participate in the voting process.
Beyond that, the Scroll DAO will bring delegates on board to lighten the burden on $SCR holders who may have less time or specific expertise to participate in the governance process personally.
As in other democratic systems, $SCR holder can give delegates authority to represent them in the governance process and these delegates will vote on behalf of the $SCR holder’s interest.

Getting Involved

If you are a $SCR holder, you can start by delegating your tokens.
Those who are deeply interested in governance can also consider becoming a delegate.
To learn about the Delegate and Voter Code of Conduct, please refer to the governance documents.

Additionally, everyone in the community is welcome to partake in the proposal co-creation and to jump into the relevant discussions on the forum. We use the Co-Creation Cycle (CCC) to ground the DAO’s work in thoughtful deliberation and collaborative design, ensuring decisions are made through intentional, inclusive community processes.
For more information about how to get involved, please refer to:

  • Notion DAO Hub – The central source for Scroll’s governance – including what being a delegate entails and how to become one, the board of active proposals, and ways to get involved.
  • Scroll Forum – Our main space for governance conversations, proposals, and community discussions.

Future Directions

As the protocol eventually decentralizes, the DAO will continue to build on this initial foundation and increase in complexity over time.
Some key areas of activity will include:

  • Forming and electing Committees with focus areas (i.e. ecosystem growth, community, governance iteration, treasury management, data and impact, etc.)
  • Funding parallel paths of blockchain research
  • Seeding open problems in governance to research, including topics such as delegate compensation models and conflict of interest, amongst others
  • Experimenting with on-chain governance models
  • Collective decision-making using data-driven methodologies
  • Building out a program of programs of multiple grant programs with various mechanisms to maximize efficacy
  • Exploring the nature of output, outcome, and impact measurement for the Scroll ecosystem
  • Building decentralized and autonomous global communities

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