Configure Voting Power Calculations

Organizations can configure multiple Voting Power Calculations to use in different stages of their governance workflows.

Adding a New Vote Power Calculation

Step 0: Navigate to the Vote Power Calculation Section

Connect your wallet and navigate to the Governance page of your Organization. Click the Governance Settings Tab.

Step 1: Add a new Calculation

In the Vote Power Calculation Section, click Add. This will create a new voting power that will have type 1 member 1 vote by default. To change this, Edit your Voting Power Calculation.

Editing A Vote Power Calculation

Step 0: Navigate to the Vote Power Calculation you want to edit

Connect your wallet and navigate to the Governance page of your Organization. Click the Governance Settings Tab. Find the Voting Power Calculation you want to manage and click it.

Step 1: Click the edit icon

Step 2: Fill out the form to edit the Voting Power Calculation

Name: Give this Voting Power Calculation a name.

Use as Default?: Select if this is the default calculation for your Organization. Default Calculations are used by default when creating new Snapshot Governance Items.

Short Description: A brief description of this Voting Power Calculation

Compatibility: Cannot be edited. On-chain, Agora for Agora Voting Power Calculations, Off-Chain, Clarity for all Snapshot Calculations.

Calculation Type: Token Weighted, 1 Member 1 Vote, or Stake Pool

Configuring Tokens in a Token-Weighted Voting Power Calculation

For Token Weighted Voting Power Calculations, Governance Assets will need to be added to the Calculation. To add a new asset, select from the Add Asset dropdown list. The assets in this list are the Governance Tokens Configured in your Governance Tokens section.

Each token you add will have some options to customize how it is used in this calculation:

Scale: Linear or Quadratic.

Weight: The weight to give this asset

Click here to see more about how Voting Power Calculations are made using these inputs.

Configuring a Stake Pool Voting Power Calculation

Stake Pool Id: The stake pool ID of the stake pool to give users power by staking to. Pool IDs should start with pool1...

Stake Pool Power Scale: Linear or Quadratic scale applied to the amount of ADA staked

Time Bonus: An optional multiplier to a members stake pool power if they delegate beyond a certain number of epochs.

Time Bonus Epochs: The number of consecutive epochs a user must delegate to this stake pool in order to receive the time bonus multiplier.

Time Bonus Multiplier: The multiplier to use for users who meet the time bonus requirements. Ex: A 10% bonus would be a 1.1 multiplier. Ex 2: A double power bonus would be a 2 multiplier.

Configuring a DRep Voting Power Calculation

DRep Id: The CIP-129 DRep ID of the stake pool to give users power by staking to. DRep IDs should start with drep1... Note: there are also legacy CIP-105 DRep IDs that are not compatible with the Clarity platform. Check gov.tools to get the relevant CIP-129 DRep ID.

DRep Power Scale: Linear or Quadratic scale applied to the amount of ADA delegated

Time Bonus: An optional multiplier to a members stake pool power if they delegate beyond a certain number of epochs.

Time Bonus Epochs: The number of consecutive epochs a user must delegate to this stake pool in order to receive the time bonus multiplier.

Time Bonus Multiplier: The multiplier to use for users who meet the time bonus requirements. Ex: A 10% bonus would be a 1.1 multiplier. Ex 2: A double power bonus would be a 2 multiplier.

Click here to see more about how Voting Power Calculations are made using these inputs.