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Governance

Overview​

Oasys employs sophisticated decentralized governance and operates in an autonomous decentralized manner through the use of tokens.

It is designed as community-driven on-chain governance. Specifically, Oasys uses an indirect democratic approach that combines decision-making by a referendum and a council. The council is independent of the token holders and composed of members elected and delegated by the community. This governance mechanism keeps the legitimacy of decision-making while maintaining decentralization.

Principle​

Oasys’ governance is designed with the following three principles. Principle

1. Simplicity​

Complex governance mechanisms lead to a lower turnout of voters and make it less robust. Therefore, the design should be simple to make it easy for token holders to participate in governance.

2. Legitimacy​

It is difficult to confirm the legitimacy of a decision without incorporating an evaluation by experts or knowledgeable people in the decision-making process. Oasys creates legitimacy in decision-making by indirect democracy.

3. Efficiency​

The decision-making process takes time. Even if it takes time, most decisions should be carefully made by voting. However, some decisions need to be resolved quickly, such as when a critical bug is found on the network. Therefore, it is necessary to design an efficient system that can respond flexibly without significantly compromising decentralization.

Decision-making Bodies​

1. OAS Token Holders​

Any holders of OAS tokens can participate in decentralized governance. There are two ways to participate: proposal and voting.

2. Council​

The council is composed of members elected and delegated by the community. It is mainly responsible for submitting council proposals and approving public and technical proposals. The maximum number of council members is twenty-one, and their term of service is two years.

3. Technical Committee​

The committee comprises members who developed Oasys. The people who excel at certain technologies are selected by the council. In case of emergencies, the committee is responsible for fixing bugs following the technical proposal. Same as the council, the committee members can be added or removed by a majority council vote.

Proposals​

Proposals

1. Public Proposal​

You can have the right to submit a proposal to the forum as you stake OAS tokens. The token holders and the council need to approve the proposal to be adopted. The proposal will be quickly incorporated into the development schedule as soon as approval is granted.

2. Council Proposal​

This is a proposal by the council. Since the council has already approved it, it only needs to be approved by the token holders to be implemented. The proposal will be quickly incorporated into the development schedule as soon as approval is granted.

3. Emergency Proposal​

This is for emergency patching in case of bugs or defects. In order to resolve problems quickly with implementation, only a proposal needs to be submitted to the Council. However, it is obligatory to make a Public Proposal after the implementation is completed.