Aragon’s New DAO Toolkit on Polygon Takes Aim at Voter Apathy
“This is huge for the next generation of DAOs," Aragon's head of growth Anthony Leutenegger told Decrypt. "This is especially great for developing countries, who need this type of technology the most. For just cents, people can organize themselves, launch and manage their DAO without needing to code, and do it all on-chain.”
So what about voter apathy?
Alongside increasing speeds, launching on Polygon will also lower the cost of voting and executing governance proposals. "If votes cost $20 or $30 every time, it’s likely that you’ll see a drop off in voters," Aragon said in a prepared statement. "Polygon helps solve this with extremely low-cost gas fees."
erm... is that it?
OK, let's stick to the ease of use.
Importantly, it requires no coding skills, minimizing technical barriers and allowing users to painlessly design important DAO functionality, such as creating proposals, casting governance votes, and onboarding new community members.
It's a serious issue - and lowering fees isn't the answer.
Apathy can react to negative stimuli - extract the fee from every holder for every vote - then return the fee upon voting. Similar to quadratic voting.
or, as in q-voting, return the fee to the "losers" only - so in the end one pays to win.