This proposal builds on the Lisk DAO constitution and leverages insights from conversations and workshops with key stakeholders.
Abstract
To streamline the effective governance of Lisk DAO and its treasury spending in line with Lisk and Superchain priorities, we propose the adoption of a Lisk DAO Seasons Strategy. Each Season will provide focus and process for Lisk DAO and consist of a 4-5 month period that closely aligns with Optimism Seasons to increase efficiency and alignment further.
Motivation
Aligning Lisk DAO’s strategy and operations with the priorities and processes of the Optimism Collective will help Lisk DAO to better position itself and have a bigger impact.
Rationale
With an initial 45M LSK allocated to Lisk DAO and up to 100M additionally allocated from 2027 onward based on a future Lisk DAO vote, Lisk DAO must establish processes and evaluation mechanisms for coordinating its resources and growing its ecosystem. Seasons, by design, provide a comprehensible roadmap for DAO coordination and contribute to streamlining voting and funding processes.
The Lisk DAO seasons will help Lisk DAO better understand its capacity for funding growth and help decide on the 100M LSK token burn. With that decision projected to take place later this year, now is the right time to kickstart the first Lisk DAO Seasons.
Specification
The LiskDAO seasons follow a comparable structure to the Optimism Seasons. Each Lisk DAO Season should be submitted as a General LiskDAO proposal following the regular Lisk DAO voting guidelines.
The below elements should be included in a Lisk DAO Season proposal:
Season Theme: The overarching theme or priority for this specific season. Examples of themes include “Governance resiliency” and " Real-World Growth.”
Season Intents: A breakdown of the high-level strategic goals for this season, inspired by Optimism Intents. Each season should consist of 1-5 Intents that define priorities. Each intent should define a clear, measurable goal, for example, “Interoperable Stage 1 chains doing $250m per month in cross-chain asset transfers”.
Some intents may exist across multiple seasons to support long-term thinking and meaningful progress. This could be seen as Lisk DAO’s core and should closely resemble its mission to provide Web3 founders with the most attractive ecosystem to realize their products, which are focused on real-world use cases in high-growth markets.
Season Budget: A description of all projects, their respective funding sources, who is responsible for budget allocation, who evaluates its impact, and when it is evaluated. An example based on the Token Allocation section in the Guide to Season 7 of Optimism is created below.
| Project | Budget | Fund | Who selects projects? (Module I) | Who evaluates impact? (Module H) | When is impact evaluated? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Example Grant Program | 1M LSK | Lisk DAO Treasury | Lisk DAO Grants Council | Lisk DAO Grants Council | Regularly throughout Season |
Start and End Date: ​Each season will have a clear start and end date. We propose that each Lisk DAO season start approximately two weeks after the beginning of each Optimism Season so there is enough time to adjust the Lisk DAO season strategy to the Optimism Collective’s priorities and operations. It may also be beneficial to end each Lisk DAO season one to two weeks before the end of the Optimism Season.
As a result, Lisk DAO will have a relatively long period between Seasons (about six weeks). To ensure continuity and enough resources for good reporting and season strategy creation, a small Bridge Period budget should be requested to ensure key teams, such as a strategy and/or Treasury Council, can uninterruptedly contribute to Lisk DAO. The Bridge Period budget should be requested as a separate Funding proposal before the end of a season. Below is a visualization of the approximate Lisk DAO season timelines for 2025.
Season Structure Description and Diagram
Each season proposal should include a description and visual diagram of the proposed organizational structure, including the different sub-organizations such as Councils and main season programs. Below is a simple example of a Season Structure Diagram.
Action plan
- Gather final input from the Lisk ecosystem on the Seasons approach
- Submit the Season Strategy Proposal to Lisk Governance for approval
- Update the Lisk Governance Docs to outline the Seasonal approach
- Collaborate with the Lisk Ecosystem to create a proposal to fund Lisk DAO Season 1
