Owner: CrownThrive, LLC Date: 2025-08-08 Classification: Internal — DAO Engagement, Incentive Structures, and Retention Protocols
1. Purpose & Scope
This framework defines the incentive structures designed to encourage active, high-quality participation in CHLOM Global DAO during Phase 4, transitioning toward fully decentralized, self-sustaining governance in Phase 5.
Goals:
- Reward meaningful governance engagement and technical contributions.
- Foster long-term loyalty and reduce voter apathy.
- Align participant incentives with DAO growth and compliance standards.
- Encourage skill-building and cross-functional participation.
2. Incentive Categories
- Governance Rewards — Token-based compensation for proposal authorship, voting participation, and constructive discussion.
- Technical Bounties — Payment for bug fixes, feature development, audits, and ZKP circuit improvements.
- Compliance Contributions — Rewards for submitting verified KYC/KYB checks, regulatory research, and policy drafting.
- Security Engagement — Compensation for responsible vulnerability disclosures and participation in chaos drills.
- Community Growth — Tokens for onboarding verified new members, hosting events, and producing educational content.
3. Reward Mechanisms
- Staking-Based Multipliers — Higher rewards for members who lock tokens for defined periods.
- Reputation-Weighted Distribution — Allocation based on a contributor’s reputation score within the DAO.
- Tiered Reward Pools — Bronze, Silver, Gold levels for different contribution categories.
- NFT Recognition Badges — Non-transferable credentials representing verified skills and contributions.
4. Anti-Abuse Controls
- Sybil Resistance — Onboarding verification, staking requirements for reward eligibility.
- Quality Checks — AI-assisted review of proposals, code commits, and educational materials.
- Fraud Detection — Integration with AegisScore-LR/GBT and PageRank-Fraud algorithms to flag suspicious activity.
5. Smart Contract Integrations
- Incentive Distribution Contracts — Automates reward payouts based on verifiable DAO actions.
- Reputation Ledger — Immutable record of contributions tied to wallet IDs.
- Decay Functions — Gradual reduction of inactive members’ influence and rewards.
6. Monitoring & Analytics
- KPI Dashboards — Track participation rates, proposal engagement, and reward distribution fairness.
- Contribution Heatmaps — Identify high-value contributors and underrepresented activity areas.
- Drift Analysis — Monitor incentive effectiveness over time and adjust dynamically.
7. Phase 4 → Phase 5 Evolution
- Phase 4: DAO-operated reward distribution with automated verification but centralized oversight.
- Phase 5: Fully autonomous incentive contracts, governed by DAO vote, with adaptive tokenomics.
Summary: This Community Participation Incentives Framework ensures that CHLOM Global DAO fosters sustained, high-value engagement, aligning personal motivation with the ecosystem’s growth, security, and compliance objectives.