Article 12. Principle of Single Decision-Making Body
DAO Assembly is the sole governing body of the Earthlings Fund. All decisions on fund distribution, rule changes, and strategic development are made exclusively through DAO Assembly voting.
Fundamental principle: One person = one vote. Vote weight does NOT depend on the amount of invested funds, reputation, or participation time.
Article 13. On-chain Reputation System
The Earthlings system has a reputation system that does NOT affect vote weight, but affects proposal visibility and delegation recommendations.
The "one person = one vote" principle is absolute. Reputation does NOT provide additional influence in voting.
Reputation Factors (on-chain):
- Regular participation in voting
- Successful implementation of financed projects
- Contribution to community and platform development
- Quality and validity of proposals
- Peer-to-peer evaluations from other Earthlings
Reputation Application:
- High-reputation proposals are shown first in the DAO interface
- Recommendations when delegating vote to an expert
- Access to expert delegate role in specialized areas
- does NOT affect vote weight in voting
Formally:
Let Ri be participant i's reputation, Vi be their vote weight.
Regardless of Ri: Vi = 1 ∀i
Reputation affects only visibility: Visibility(proposal) ∝ Rauthor
Article 14. Delegated Voting
Earthlings may voluntarily delegate their vote to another Earthling with recognized expertise in a specific area (finance, ecology, law, technology, education).
Delegation Principles:- Delegation is voluntary and can be revoked at any time
- One delegated vote = one vote (delegation does NOT create additional influence)
- All delegate votes are visible on-chain and transparent to all participants
- Expert delegates have a public decision history in their area of specialization
Delegation does NOT apply in voting on:
- Changing the Earthlings Charter or basic Fund rules
- Major financial decisions (over 100,000 EC)
- Formation of Emergency Multisig
- Changing immutable principles (Article 40)
Formally:
Let D be the delegate, VD be the set of votes delegated to them.
Delegate influence I(D) = |VD| + 1 (own vote + delegated),
but weight of each vote remains equal: wi = 1 ∀i ∈ VD
Article 15. Voting Types
The DAO Assembly uses different types of voting depending on the importance and nature of the decision:
| Decision Type | Threshold | Quorum | Duration |
|---|
| Project financing up to 10,000 EC | 51% | 15% | 7 days |
| Project financing 10,000-100,000 EC | 51% | 20% | 14 days |
| Major decisions over 100,000 EC | 67% | 30% | 21 days |
| Changing basic Fund rules | 67% | 30% | 21 days |
| Changing Earthlings Charter | 67% | 30% | 21 days |
| Emergency technical decisions | 51% | 15% | 48 hours |
Article 16. Conflict of Interest in Fund Distribution
Transparency in resource distribution is the foundation of trust in the Fund. Any situation creating the appearance or reality of bias undermines this trust.
Mandatory restrictions: An Earthling does not participate in voting on fund distribution if they:
- are the applicant or co-author of the funding application
- are part of the team of a project applying for a grant
- are in close family relationships (spouse, parents, children, siblings) with the applicant
- have contractual obligations to the applicant involving compensation
Disclosure of connections: When submitting a funding application, the project initiator must indicate all Earthlings associated with the project. This information is published together with the application.
Voting Transparency: All votes on Fund distribution are open. Every Earthling can see how other participants voted. This creates a social control mechanism.
Article 17. Project Submission and Review Procedure
Stage 1: Proposal Submission
- Any Earthling can submit a project funding proposal
- Application contains: description, goals, budget, roadmap, team, success metrics
- Proposal is published on-chain for public discussion
Stage 2: Community Discussion (7-14 days)
- Open discussion on DAO forum
- Questions to project authors and clarifications
- Feedback from other Earthlings
- Opportunity to refine the proposal
Stage 3: Voting
- Duration according to decision type (7-21 days)
- Each Earthling has one vote
- Results are recorded on-chain
Stage 4: Implementation
- Upon approval: smart contract automatically allocates funds
- Funding may be phased (milestone-based)
- Mandatory public reporting for each milestone
Article 18. Milestone-based Financing
All projects with budgets over 25,000 EC are financed in stages:
- Milestone 1: 30% of budget upon project approval
- Milestone 2: 40% upon reaching intermediate goals
- Milestone 3: 30% upon successful project completion
Moving to the next milestone requires:
- Public report on completion of previous stage
- Confirmation of goal achievement (metrics, results)
- Simple majority (51%) DAO Assembly approval
If milestone is not met, financing stops. Unused funds are returned to the Fund.