Welcome to the third edition of DAO Digest, Lokapal’s monthly roundup of real-world governance in action. This month we witnessed a wave of smart updates and careful reforms—from L2 integrations to clearer procedural rules.

As DAOs grow, so does the need for governance that’s not only decentralized, but also practical, inclusive, and transparent.

Proposal Passed — 448.14k FOR | 0 AGAINST | Quorum Reached

Summary: Compound DAO has finalized an on-chain agreement appointing Tally Enterprise as its official Voting Service Provider (VSP) for a 12-month term starting August 1, 2025.

This follows a Snapshot vote in which Tally received 71.11% approval (552.9k votes), and now receives on-chain authorization to begin service.

Funding Terms:

• Total Budget: \$150,000 USD (in COMP)

• Payout Method: Streamed via the Compound Streamer

• Streaming Duration: 12 months (365 days)

• Buffer for Volatility: 10% (final deposit: \~3300 COMP)

• USD Conversion: Adjusted using Chainlink price feeds

• Cooldown Between Claims: 7 days

Deliverables and Oversight: Tally’s payment stream is milestone-based and tied to service-level agreements. Deliverables include:

• Monthly uptime and support guarantees

• Quarterly reporting

• Feature development deadlines

If KPIs are not met, the DAO can pause or cancel the stream with a 30-day notice via forum discussion and a follow-up onchain vote.

DAO Note: DAOs are formalizing service relationships with the kind of structured contracts typically seen in traditional orgs — but doing so on-chain and openly governed. It's a strong signal that the ecosystem is maturing without abandoning its core principles of transparency and accountability.

Proposal Passed — 1.2M FOR | 0.06M AGAINST | Quorum Reached

ENS has approved a proposal to:

1. Enable five new reverse resolvers for Layer 2 EVM chains:

• Arbitrum

• Base

• Linea

• Optimism

• Scroll

1. Deploy a fallback resolver for unsupported chains.

2. Introduce a new ‘.eth’ registrar controller with enhanced functionality.

3. Set reverse records for currently unnamed ENS contracts.

These changes bring ENS closer to a fully cross-chain naming system while also preparing for future features like referrals.

Motivation: Until now, ENS reverse resolution only worked on Ethereum Mainnet. This created friction in multi-chain environments, where users often have different addresses on different chains — especially with the rise of smart contract wallets.

By adopting the ENSIP-19 standard (in combination with ENSIP-11), this proposal enables “L2 Primary Names,” allowing wallets and apps to fully integrate ENS on L2s, without needing Mainnet interactions.

Registrar Improvements:

• The new ‘.eth’ registrar controller supports optional default reverse record setting at the time of registration.

• It also introduces a ‘referrer’ field, letting clients pass along metadata for registrations and renewals — potentially useful for future DAO-managed referral reward systems.

DAO Note: The ability to support L2-native identities without Mainnet friction is key to scaling user-friendly Web3 apps. And by baking in flexible metadata like the referrer field, ENS is future-proofing its infrastructure to accommodate more community-driven and incentive-based growth models.

Proposal Passed — 4.27M FOR | 5.69 AGAINST | 246.42K ABSTAIN | Quorum Reached

Summary: This proposal assigns the cancel role in Obol’s Governor contract to a small 2-of-3 multisig committee with a narrow, procedural mandate–to cancel proposals that are posted onchain without following the required governance process.

The committee will be composed of:

• One member from the Obol Association

• One from Obol Labs

• One trusted delegate

All actions will be accompanied by a public rationale on the forum.

Additional Measures:

• Cooling-off period: A proposal that fails two consecutive onchain votes cannot be resubmitted for 5 governance cycles (\~3.5 months).

• Discretion clause: If changes are substantial, the committee may allow earlier resubmission.

• No contract upgrade required: The CANCEL_ROLE already exists and is simply being reassigned.

DAO Note: Obol strikes a balance between efficiency and decentralization. This is not about gatekeeping ideas—it's about maintaining procedural clarity. And while this committee is small and appointed, it's meant to evolve into a more representative body over time.

DAO Digest is not an endorsement or condemnation of any project. It’s a record of what happened — a mirror for the ecosystem to see itself.

We’ll be back next month with more signals from the frontier of decentralized governance.

Until then, stay observant — and stay decentralized.

— Lokapal.eth