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Community Governance: The Elastos DAO

What it is​

The Elastos DAO is Elastos’s on-chain governance: a decentralized autonomous organization where ELA holders elect representatives, the council reviews formal work, and consensus rules on the ELA main chain enforce treasury moves. The goal is transparent, rule-based allocation of the DAO’s share of issuance to projects, protocol improvements, and operations.

Who participates​

  • ELA holders vote for Elastos Council candidates and can engage through the governance portal (e.g. suggestions and discussion). They are the electorate for the twelve council seats.
  • The Elastos Council (12 members) sponsors and reviews formal on-chain proposals and votes with on-chain transactions. Council-side decisions use fixed supermajority rules and time windows defined in node consensus—not ad hoc process.
  • BPoS validators secure the main chain under the current consensus model; they are distinct from the council’s proposal-review role but both sit in the broader “who runs the network” picture.

For exact review windows, approval thresholds, and the step-by-step path from idea to withdrawal, see How governance works.

Where the money comes from​

Every new ELA block allocates issuance across miners, BPoS validators, and the Elastos DAO treasury. Thirty percent of block rewards flow to the Elastos DAO fund. After CRCommitteeStartHeight, that share is directed to the CR assets program (not burned). The treasury address that receives this allocation on the main chain is:

CRASSETSXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX2qDX5J

(The legacy pre-committee address 8ZZLWQUDSbjWUn8sEdxEFJsZiRFpzg53rJ was used before the Elastos Council era; funds now flow to the CRASSETS address and can only be moved via the governance proposal process.)

Treasury source

This 30% allocation is enforced by consensus rules; it is not a voluntary contribution and cannot change without a network upgrade.

When governance features switched on at specific main-chain heights (voting, council seating, and related parameters), see the timeline in What is the Elastos DAO?.

How proposals work (conceptual)​

In practice, work often starts as community discussion and suggestions in the governance portal. A council member can turn that into a formal on-chain proposal; the council reviews it on-chain, and proposals that pass enter execution: milestones and staged budgets control when funds leave the treasury—not a single upfront lump sum. Some proposal categories (for example ELIPs and upgrades) follow stricter paths than standard funding requests.

The on-chain state order, public review periods where they apply, transaction opcodes, and payload details are specified in the reference docs—not repeated here.

Governance portal​

The primary interface is the Elastos DAO governance portal at elastos.com. It connects to ELA nodes for council and proposal data; authentication can use Elastos DID where the deployment supports it.

Secretary General and accountability​

The Secretary General coordinates day-to-day DAO operations and proposal flow; changing that role is done with a dedicated on-chain proposal type. Impeachment lets the community remove a council member between elections when rules and vote thresholds are met, so the twelve seats stay accountable.

Learn more​