HIP-007: HTX DAO Development Fund (Quasi-Treasury Experiment) Proposal
Instead of immediately establishing a formal treasury, HTX DAO will first set up a “Development Fund” as a governance experiment and testing ground for resource allocation. This initiative aims to validate DAO financial collaboration mechanisms, accountability pathways, and community feedback dynamics.
This document outlines the Development Fund’s institutional structure, governance processes, fund usage, evaluation mechanisms, and plans for its future evolution into a formal DAO treasury.
1. Purpose
The HTX DAO Development Fund aims to support early-stage community building and technological advancement within the DAO, while providing a data foundation for deriving treasury models and governance mechanisms in the future.
It also explores a sustainable and scalable DAO revenue model. In the future, a portion of protocol-generated fee income (e.g., DEX, bridge, on-chain staking management fees) could be allocated to the treasury or Development Fund. This would enable automated on-chain revenue aggregation and DAO-governed expenditure, completing the financial loop from “protocol revenue generation” to “DAO governance allocation.”
2. Fund Size & Sources
Category
Description
Initial Size
10,000–100,000 USDT or equivalent HTX Tokens
Funding Sources
Project-reserved operational funds, community donations, etc.
Custody Mechanism
Multi-signature wallet managed by the HTX DAO Committee (recommended: Gnosis Safe with 3/5 or 4/7 signers)
Future Funding
Expandable to include automated revenue streams (e.g., protocol fee shares, ecosystem investment returns).
3. Fund Usage
Community Building: AMAs, event organization, content dissemination.
Technical Contributions: Rewards for small development tasks, bug fixes, documentation, or tool plugins.
Collaborative Pilots: Joint activities with other projects, cross-chain/protocol integrations.
Ecosystem Growth: Free Financial Hub expansion, hackathon support, grant distribution.
Community growth metrics (Discord activity, proposal volume).
Treasury expenditure vs. outcome ROI (rough estimates).
6. Proposal Template (for Community Use)
HTX DAO Development Fund Proposal
Proposal Title:
Proposer + Community ID:
Project Description / Goals:
Funding Requested:
Fund Usage Breakdown:
Milestones / Timeline:
Expected Outcomes:
Wallet Address:
7. Security & Operations
All transactions must be verifiable on-chain (Etherscan/Arbiscan).
Multi-signature custody with transparent, rotatable signer lists.
Monthly fund usage updates and public financial statements.
Emergency pause mechanism for halting inactive or problematic projects.
Quarterly process optimization by the Committee.
8. Core Philosophy
HTX DAO believes in “Collaboration First, Governance Later.” The Development Fund serves as a testing ground for governance culture and collaborative practices. Ultimately, it will evolve into a formal treasury framework, enabling a closed-loop ecosystem: protocol revenue → DAO allocation → community oversight.
Budget Structuring: Split into operational budgets, ecosystem grants, and strategic reserves.
Modular Governance: Community-led working groups (e.g., Treasury WG, Grants WG) to build DAO financial systems.
This mechanism will serve as the governance foundation for HTX DAO’s long-term sustainability, fostering participatory, outcome-driven autonomy for all members.