Developer Guide — Governance Integration for Compliance (Phase 0 — High-Level)

Document Version: 1.0 Date: August 8, 2025 Author: CrownThrive, LLC — [email protected] Project: CHLOM™ — Compliance Hybrid Licensing & Ownership Model

1. Objective

Provide an extremely high-level, developer-focused guide for implementing DAO-driven governance hooks into the DLA’s compliance enforcement process, ensuring all high-impact actions (suspensions, revocations, escalations) follow transparent, decentralized decision-making procedures.

2. Developer Priorities

• DAO Interoperability — Seamless integration with CHLOM DAO smart contracts.
• Secure Voting Flows — Protect against vote manipulation or identity spoofing.
• Action Traceability — All governance decisions must be immutably recorded.
• Scalable Governance Hooks — Support multiple governance models (token-weighted, quadratic voting, delegated voting).

3. Governance Integration Architecture

Core Modules:

• Governance Proposal Engine — Creates proposals for enforcement actions.
• Voting Module — Manages vote submission, counting, and verification.
• Quorum Validator — Ensures governance thresholds are met before execution.
• Execution Bridge — Executes approved actions in the Compliance Enforcement smart contract.
• Ledger Logger — Records final governance outcome on the CHLOM Ledger.

Data Flow:

Compliance Trigger → Proposal Creation → DAO Voting → Quorum Check → Action Execution → Ledger Logging

4. Development Workflow

Step 1 — Proposal Creation

• Accept inputs from Compliance Enforcement Module.
• Auto-generate proposal metadata (licenseId, violation type, proposed action).

Step 2 — Voting Integration

• Integrate with CHLOM DAO’s on-chain voting system.
• Support multiple voting strategies.

Step 3 — Quorum & Validation

• Validate that voting thresholds are met.
• Ensure proposals have not expired.

Step 4 — Execution & Logging

• Trigger enforcement functions if vote passes.
• Log all actions to the CHLOM Ledger.

5. Example Solidity Integration Hook

function proposeEnforcement(string memory _licenseId, string memory _action) public onlyDAO {
    uint proposalId = daoContract.createProposal(_licenseId, _action);
    emit GovernanceProposalCreated(proposalId, _licenseId, _action);
}

function executeEnforcement(uint _proposalId) public onlyDAO {
    require(daoContract.proposalPassed(_proposalId), "Proposal did not pass");
    string memory action = daoContract.getProposalAction(_proposalId);
    complianceContract.applyAction(action);
    logToLedger(_proposalId, action);
}

6. Security Considerations for Developers

• Prevent double execution of proposals.
• Validate proposal authenticity before DAO vote.
• Use secure hashing for proposal metadata.
• Implement DAO-approved multi-sig for critical actions.

7. Phase Roadmap for Development

• Phase 0 — Define governance architecture and DAO integration points.
• Phase 1 — Implement proposal creation and voting hooks.
• Phase 2 — Integrate with Compliance Enforcement executor.
• Phase 3 — Stress test governance flows under high network load.
• Phase 4 — Deploy to mainnet with DAO oversight.
• Phase 5 — Expand to cross-chain governance interoperability.

Next Developer Task: Proceed to DLA Smart Contract API Reference (Phase 0) — define all callable functions, expected inputs/outputs, and integration examples for developers.