RRC-XX: Q2 2025 Delegate Incentive Program Report (amendment)

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Authors: @jarisjames (Founder of daospace), amendment @jose_stablelab (StableLab)

Abstract

This proposal requests approval for the disbursement of Q2 2025 rewards under the amended RRC-40 Delegate Incentive Program. The updated framework introduces a fixed-per-activity reward model that simplifies compensation and aligns incentives with the DAO’s current scale and participation goals. Delegates are rewarded for onchain voting, rationale posting, and proposal authorship, each capped at 500 RARI per category, with a maximum total of 1,500 RARI per delegate. This update also includes a revised eligibility model that reflects the DAO’s dual governance setup on Ethereum and Rari Chain, along with a detailed breakdown of qualifying participants and payout calculations.

Motivation

The original Delegate Incentive Program was designed to enhance the quality and consistency of governance participation in RARI DAO. However, as governance activity on Rari Chain evolves, there is a need to adapt the incentive structure to remain aligned with the DAO’s scale, engagement, and financial sustainability.

This amendment introduces a clear, capped, and predictable reward model that supports fair compensation without overextending the DAO’s resources. The fixed model encourages broader participation by lowering entry barriers, while still promoting meaningful engagement through voting, rationale posting, and proposal authorship. The proposed structure also reflects community feedback around aligning compensation with governance workload, and aims to balance inclusivity with fiscal responsibility.

Rationale

This revised incentive model supports RARI DAO’s core values of transparency, decentralization, and open participation. By replacing the previous point-based model with fixed-per-activity rewards, the DAO simplifies operations, offers greater predictability to delegates, and ensures proportional compensation without administrative overhead.

The cap of 1,500 RARI per delegate per quarter reinforces the vision of scaling the program horizontally rather than vertically, distributing incentives more broadly to attract new contributors rather than concentrating rewards among a few.

In contrast to larger DAOs with complex participation metrics (e.g., Arbitrum or MakerDAO), RARI DAO operates with a modest governance cadence and budget. Accordingly, this program is designed to be lightweight and accessible, with low thresholds for participation and a strong emphasis on inclusivity. The 2,000 RARI voting threshold is deliberately modest, opening the door to a wider and more diverse delegate set.

Finally, by tying rewards to core activities and maintaining clarity in how rewards are earned, the DAO increases accountability while incentivizing vigilant participation. In the broader context, this helps to mitigate governance risks and aligns the incentives of contributors with the long-term security and decentralization of Rari DAO.

Specifications

Eligibility Criteria

To qualify for rewards in Q2 2025 under the RRC-40 Delegate Incentive Program, delegates were required to meet the following conditions:

  • Minimum Voting Participation: Delegates must have at least 60% voting participation requirement set in RRC-40.

  • Voting Power Requirement (Amended): Delegates must have at least 2,000 veRARI delegated to them on Ethereum Mainnet. However, to account for the dual-governance model introduced with Rari Chain, this requirement has been amended to also include delegates with at least 2,000 RARI voting power on Rari Chain.

  • Active Delegate Thread: Delegates must maintain an active Delegate Thread on the RARI DAO governance forum, posting rationale for each vote during the quarter. Forum activity was reviewed to confirm compliance.

  • Updated Delegate Profile in Tally including Delegate name and description, expertise and skills and previous achievements.

  • Not already paid for delegate services by Foundation.

Reward structure (amended)

The RARI rewards are fixed per activity, and not dependent on a pooled points system. Each delegate’s payout is determined individually based on:

  • Percentage of votes participated in

  • Percentage of rationales submitted

  • Number of proposals authored (capped at one 500 RARI reward per proposal, even with multiple authors)

This simple, transparent system ensures predictable, merit-based compensation for delegates while aligning with the DAO’s expectations for active participation.

1. Onchain Voting Activity – 500 RARI

Delegates are expected to actively vote on all onchain proposals on the RARI DAO via Tally. Participation in 100% of onchain votes during the quarter earns a delegate 500 RARI. If a delegate misses any votes, the reward will be prorated based on the percentage of votes participated in, e.g., voting on 80% of proposals will yield 400 RARI.

This component ensures that delegates remain consistently engaged with DAO decision-making.

2. Voting Rationales – 500 RARI

In addition to voting, delegates must maintain an active Delegate Thread on the RARI governance forum. After each vote, delegates should post a rationale within their thread (or link to a detailed comment left on the proposal’s forum thread) outlining:

  • How they voted (For / Against / Abstain),

  • Their reasoning for the vote,

  • Any concerns or suggested improvements,

  • Iteration ideas, even if they supported the proposal,

  • Honest reflections if they lacked clarity on the topic.

Writing rationales for 100% of onchain votes in a quarter earns 500 RARI. Partial completion will be rewarded proportionally, e.g., rationales for 60% of votes will yield 300 RARI.

We encourage thoughtful, non-generic input. Rationales must reflect independent reasoning and constructive feedback.

3. Proposal Authorship – 500 RARI

Delegates who take initiative to author proposals will receive additional rewards:

  • 500 RARI for authoring a proposal that passes the onchain stage.
  • If multiple co-authors exist, the reward will be split equally among contributors.
  • Proposals that include built-in author compensation (e.g., grants, working group budgets) are not eligible for this reward.

The proposal should be beneficial and aligned with the DAO’s strategic goals and promote growth for the DAO and/or the Rari ecosystem.

Key Terms

  • veRARI: Voting-escrowed RARI

  • RRC-40: The passed proposal establishing the Delegate Incentive Program

  • Rationale: Delegate explanation of vote posted on the forum

  • Point System: Scoring method that determines payouts

Steps to Implement

  • Publish the Q2 report and proposal to the forum

  • 7-day review period for community feedback

  • Submit proposal to Tally for DAO vote

  • Upon passing, disburse RARI to eligible wallets

Overall Cost

  • Q2 Delegate Rewards Pool: 8,214 RARI

  • Admin Fee (daospace): $1,500 in RARI

TOTAL COST: ~9,750 RARI

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Full Report & Payout Breakdown

Delegate: @Jaf

Wallet: 0xca85c622d4c61047f96e352cb919695486a193e6

Proposals Voted: 7 (100%)

Rationales: 7 (100%)

Proposal Author: 1 (Full authorship)

Total Rari: 1,500

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Delegate: @jarisjames

Wallet: 0xb04e6891e584f2884ad2ee90b6545ba44f843c4a

Proposals Voted: 7 (100%)

Rationales: 7 (100%)

Proposal Author: 0

Payout: 1,000 RARI

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Delegate: @bitblondy

Wallet: 0x4d32d90d6535bd4e7eabaa27ee72932cb214bbfa

Proposals Voted: 7 (100%)

Rationales: 7 (100%)

Proposal Author: 0

Payout: 1,000 RARI

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Delegate: @Firefly808

Wallet: 0xbe3f82034778fbf474060f7d4a032f592559ab4d

Proposals Voted: 7 (100%)

Rationales: 7 (100%)

Proposal Author: 0

Payout: 1,000 RARI

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Delegate: @forexus

Wallet: 0xd8936e602e38dfee5d6466865068b94b1943debf

Proposals Voted: 7 (100%)

Rationales: 7 (100%)

Proposal Author: 0

Payout: 1,000 RARI

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Delegate: @PGov

Wallet: 0x3fb19771947072629c8eee7995a2ef23b72d4c8a

Proposals Voted: 7 (100%)

Rationales: 7 (100%)

Proposal Author: 0

Payout: 1,000 RARI

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Delegate: @Sixty

Wallet: 0xc2971fe806ce4438da09e21fc7be7fb121cf7e13

Proposals Voted: 7 (100%)

Rationales: 7 (100%)

Proposal Author: 0

Payout: 1,000 RARI

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Delegate: @coffee-crusher

Wallet: 0x6a39677F216D8Ea21BE5F95798Cd23d0c454E818

Proposals Voted: 5 (71%)

Rationales: 5 (71%)

Proposal Author: 0

Payout: 714 RARI

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Admin Fee: 1,500 USD in RARI (500 USD/Month)

Daospace wallet: 0xd3EDA7aB6Ed6a1836EAB644D86E7f76ABAd75172

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#2

Reasonable update, thank you Jose!

This sounds more reasonable for the current state of the treasury and delegate participation. I hope the new delegate cohort will show some new faces and talent.

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#3

Glad to see this amendment. It’s well-thought-out and feels more in line with our DAO’s reality.

Big thanks to @jarisjames for trucking this one to this point, and to @Jose_StableLab for being willing to keep supporting this proposal.

Just one thing we might want to clarify (and even maybe reward):
While a proposal might get approved or defeated at the forum level and still give the author the 500 RARI reward → if a proposal makes it to Tally, that means it had enough support to go to the final stage.

How about adding an extra reward for proposals that make it to Tally after following the governance process ? i.e. 200 RARI - it encourages delegates to put forward even stronger proposals.

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#4

Thanks, @Jose_StableLab for revising this and reducing the complexity. This proposal resolves and addresses for Q2 incentives the concerns stated on Forum about demotivation for work completed, especially when expectations were met and then the rules changed.

As I mentioned in our Governance Overflow call today, I don’t see this proposal as a band aid, but more of a compromise to address those issues and concerns of Q2 disbursements, however, it does lead the bigger issue that needs to be addressed.

The need for the DAO to create a balanced delegate incentive program that addresses not only our current governance situation (of multi-chain governance and treasury), diminished voting power on Tally V1, slower governance activity but allows for flexibility and encouragement for increased delegate participation.

I support this proposal and endorse it for early governance submission to Tally v1 for the vote.

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