Why the Program Was Funded
This program was designed by Plurality Labs to :
- Create a scalable platform to build upon a successful proof of concept built for Zuzalu
- Leverage the expertise of highly respected advisors to conduct novel research
- Discover if a better forum can drastically improve the quality of conversation
- Use the forum under-the-hood design to allocate funding on a niche, high-expertise topic
- To ensure platforming for a broad selection of researcher opinions in the gas fee optimization and MEV space which has incentives to platform only financially beneficial views-
Rounds & Milestones
Milestones 1-3 Build Plural Voting App (complete) – Bespoke mobile-friendly front-end and back-end for private registration via Zupass, gathering registration data, implementation of plural voting and data visualization (100k ARB)
Milestone 4 Populate Research Community (Feb 18th) - Identify and invite top 50-100 MEV researchers to register. Create and disseminate initial marketing. Use plural voting to set agenda for in-person conference (35k ARB)
Milestone 5 Add Forum Functionality (March 8th) - Add plural discussion functionality to tool and hold initial meetup. Prepare venue, logistics, marketing and external plural advisors for May event (35k ARB)
Milestone 6 Host Event and Distribute Grants (May 31st) - Two-day ETH Berlin event May 22-23. Forum, voting and other plural mechanisms used to produce research proposals where participants collaborate across organizations. Votes will allocate grants to best proposals (100k ARB)
Conduct end of Program data analysis and post results on forum
N.B. the timeline was updated from the initial proposal as key MEV researchers could not attend ETHDenver. The tool can be viewed at staging.pluralresearch.org
Decision Mechanism
The decision of what to fund is made using a novel forum architecture measuring social distance, providing correlation discounting, and using quadratic voting. MEV is a topic that only a select few researchers are truly qualified to debate. Based on the professional and education backgrounds of the researchers, they may be inclined to certain schools of thought. An MVP proof-of-concept for this forum was built out for Zuzalu and worked.
The program supports experiments to see if…
- Exploring using external data to measure social distance.
- Considering academic and professional credentials in up and down voting.
- Evaluating group thinking.
- Using quadratic voting.
- Correlation discounting.
- Creating cluster map.
Expected Outcomes
- A new forum dedicated to high expertise discussions, pushing the boundaries of decentralized governance and credibility.
- The forum will be a place where qualified voices and thought leaders stand out and the most important discussion get attention in a decentralized way.
- Radically amplify new ideas and technology.
PL assessment according to strategic priorities
Delegate Sentiment
- Delegate - 91% support
- Community - 90% support