# 🏛️ Governance

VIBES is a decentralized [cryptonetwork](https://docs.sickvibes.xyz/protocol/vibes-token) that is owned by the community. 

While VIBES is a token-coordinated protocol, **it was designed to be as governance-minimal as possible** and encourage more [decentralized coordination](https://docs.sickvibes.xyz/curation#influence) and [organization](https://docs.sickvibes.xyz/protocol/community) over monolithic "governance".

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🚀 You do not need anybody's approval to start building in VIBES.
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## Process

VIBES is a process-minimal organization, but below is a rough outline of how we coordinate.

### Discord Discussion

Protocol governance starts with informal discussion on Discord. Have an idea? Want to see something changed? Float it in the chat and see what others think. 

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Use the [#⚙️-protocol channel](https://discord.gg/C5TFZVjSZ5) on Discord to discuss any ideas for changes or possible future proposals for VIBES.
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### Off-chain Signaling

VIBES uses [Snapshot](https://snapshot.org/#/sickvibes.eth) for off-chain signaling, which lets you securely vote by using your web3 wallet to cast a signed ballot. 

Off-chain signaling is great for gauging community consensus around how to use shared resources or signal support for a change in the protocol. Feel free to use Snapshot in more creative ways if you think it'd be helpful or fun.

Don't feel like a Snapshot proposal needs to be created for everything (we build first and ask for permission later), but it can be a great way to encourage community involvement and allow people to voice their opinion

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**Snapshot is just a tool**: since it's not on-chain it's not binding except at the "social layer". 
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## Organization

The organization of VIBES is intentionally very flat, simple, and non-prescriptive.

We are an early-phase protocol and are avoiding having explicit roles and favor open, permissionless contribution. 

### VIBES Multisig

The VIBES multisig members where chosen by @bvalosek in the initial phases of VIBES based on mutual trust, friendship, crypto fluency, and support of both the VIBES project and the [BVAL NFT project](https://docs.sickvibes.xyz/resources/updates/prologue) that started it.

The multisig is a social-layer coordination group, and a Gnosis Safe has been deployed to manage protocol assets and smart contract control in a way that requires **3-of-5 consensus** on all transfers or contract invokes.

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**The VIBES Multisig is controls a relatively small part of VIBES**. 

Multisig action is only required occasionally, and the community, protocol, and art collective can evolve and change without any need to involve the multisig.

**You do not need the approval of the multisig to start building in VIBES.**
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The address of the multisig Gnosis Safe:

* `0x41925458151134A5324c9382915fc94C31Bce1B3` \[[polygonscan](https://polygonscan.com/address/0x41925458151134A5324c9382915fc94C31Bce1B3)]

The multisig is responsible for:

* Handling [VIBES Treasury](https://docs.sickvibes.xyz/protocol/vibes-token/treasury-allocations) funds
* Setting / resetting [Influence](https://docs.sickvibes.xyz/protocol/curation) for curators
* [Smart Contract](https://docs.sickvibes.xyz/resources/architecture) administration and protocol control
* [Snapshot Space](https://snapshot.org/#/sickvibes.eth) configuration
* [Discord](https://discord.gg/qDrsjcGR2F) administration

#### VIBES Multisig Members

Members can be identified in Discord via the **@VIBES multisig** role.

| Discord          | Address                                      |
| ---------------- | -------------------------------------------- |
| `bvalosek#9578`  | `0x303eefedee1ba8e5d507a55465d946b2fea18583` |
| `zamboni#2731`   | `0x8AbAf5733742B1506F6a1255de0e37aEc76b7940` |
| `leesah#3235`    | `0xf8530CcA204442e56F8f55ea35Eb0fDF0b40eEc8` |
| `lootsoot#7959`  | `0x0c6204B8ebaF837d5cff51447050777CD9B39FC4` |
| `jpangelle#5070` | `0xf976128e5c9214F802184A3d6f97DdEeEa78c124` |

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**Please do not DM members of the multisig** regarding any administrative questions or requests, ask in public Discord channels and tag the **@VIBES Multisig** role.
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