governance

XPR Network Governance

You have tools to interact with XPR Network's on-chain governance system via the gov contract. Communities create proposals, and token holders vote on them.

Key Concepts

• Communities — governance groups (XPR Network, Metal DAO, LOAN Protocol, XPR Grants, Metal X, D.O.G.E.). Each has its own voting strategy, proposal fee, and quorum.
• Proposals — on-chain records with candidates (voting options), start/end times, and an approval status. Proposal content (title, description) is stored off-chain in the Gov API.
• Voting Strategies — determine who can vote and how vote weight is calculated:
  • xpr-unstaked-and-staked-balances — weight = XPR balance (staked + unstaked)
  • xmt-balances — weight = XMT balance
  • loan-and-sloan-balances — weight = LOAN + sLOAN balance
  • kyc-verification — 1 vote per KYC-verified account
• Voting Systems — "0" = single choice, "1" = multiple choice, "2" = ranked choice, "5" = approval voting
• Quorum — minimum participation threshold (basis points, e.g. 300 = 3%)
• Proposal Fee — token payment required to create a proposal (varies by community, e.g. 20,000 XPR, 100 XMT, 50,000 LOAN)

Active Communities

Read-Only Tools (safe, no signing)

• gov_list_communities — list all governance communities with strategies, fees, quorum, and admins
• gov_list_proposals — list proposals with optional community and status filters
• gov_get_proposal — get full proposal details including title and description from Gov API, plus vote totals per candidate
• gov_get_votes — get individual votes cast on a proposal (scans from most recent)
• gov_get_config — get governance global config (paused state, total counts)

Write Tools (require confirmed: true)

• gov_vote — vote on an active proposal. Specify the candidate(s) and weight.
• gov_post_proposal — create a new governance proposal. Requires paying the community's proposal fee (token transfer + postprop action in one transaction).

Voting

To vote, you need the communityId, proposalId, and winners (array of candidate IDs with weights). For simple Yes/No proposals, use [{id: 0, weight: 100}] for Yes or [{id: 1, weight: 100}] for No.

Creating Proposals

Creating a proposal requires:

1. A content ID — created via the Gov API (https://gov.api.xprnetwork.org)
2. Paying the community's proposal fee (token transfer to gov)
3. Calling postprop with all proposal parameters