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# Protocol Guild Case Study
Consisting of core Ethereum developers, Protocol Guild prioritizes minimal governance for the most member engagement.
[Funding Ethereum with Protocol Guild - DAOcember 2022](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2HP3GTbkUs)

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Next iteration of Protocol Guild, by Trent
- conversion of 0xSplits
- about 100 members
- compensation staking and periodic claims

don't want lots of governance around a treasury
don't want a few signers on a safe
want it more disaster resilient/resistant

Treasury is automated with 0xSplits stuff
Moloch manages members and limits decisions

It's mostly a Member Registry
- extar metadata about members
- keeps track of seconds worked and start date
- vote in new members
- update treasury split
- execution rights for everyone

Made a special member registry contact with integration of 0xSplits contracts
Used DAOhaus front end tool kit for UI
Set up to be iterated on going into PGV2 next month

3 meetings 
- with
    - Protocol Guild
    - DAOhaus
    - 0xSplits
- about
    - contract infrastructure
    - gas optimization
    - discussions around UI

**Goal: Decentralize and Get Everyone Involved**

Time calculation, which is in seconds here, could also be used for reputation things, like voting
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Protocol Guild consists of core Ethereum developers. Many are working full time, or close to full time, on the protocol. This level of focus is encouraged.

When the guild wanted to upgrade to storing more data on chain, they turned to DAOhaus. In designing a DAO for Protocol Guild, the priority was to get all members involved in governance and to decentralize.

To begin the development of a custom DAO with DAOhaus V3, core developers from DAOhaus met with Protocol Guild to learn more details of what’s needed.
- DAO is mostly for member registry
- Protocol Guild has about 100 members
- Avoid lots of governance around a treasury
- Avoid a centralized safe, with few signers
- Improve governance disaster resilience and resistance
- Integrate 0xSplits contracts, which handles payment distribution

The treasury is automated with 0xSplits contracts, while DAOhaus V3 manages members and limits decisions. 

Members’ flow
- Members join the dao
- The treasury is split among them
- Their time is tracked by the second
- New members proposals are voted on
- As more members join, the treasury split is adjusted
- All members have execution rights

With the custom DAOhaus V3 DAO for Protocol Guild
- 2 types of erc20 shares per member
- Voting status: active, inactive, start date and end date
- Members can delegate their voting power
- Shares of assets can’t be delegated and are pro-rata, based on minutes worked in that time period
- Shares are distributed to active members every 30 days

Three discussions, with DAOhaus, Protocol Guild and 0xSplits, occurred throughout the development of the custom DAO, which clarified:
- Contract infrastructure
- Gas optimization
- UI decisions

In the case of Protocol Guild, time is tracked by the second, but these mechanisms could also be applied to things like voting and reputation. If your organization is looking for minimal governance that is also decentralized and can’t seem to find the DAO tools that fit your specific needs, let DAOhaus know in the discord.
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