RC-XX: Revised RARI DAO Security Council Election Proposal
Author: coffee-crusher
Reviewer: @Anria , RARI Foundation
Summary
This is a revised forum proposal for the RARI DAO Security Council elections. The current Security Council’s term expires on September 30, 2025, and this proposal outlines the framework for a new council election that uses a progressive decentralized approach for a combination of council seats that are elected and appointed.
Based on valuable community feedback and co-creation, this proposal now shifts to a model of three appointed seats and two elected seats, ensuring a balance between decentralization and security.
Since our Tally v2 governance contract does not allow for multiple-choice voting, a forum poll will be conducted as a temperature check for the DAO to select the top two candidates. These two individuals will then proceed to a Tally v2 vote for election to the Security Council.
Motivation
The decentralization of the RARI DAO is a core value. This revised proposal, building upon the principles of RRC-33, integrates community feedback to create a framework that balances continuity, technical expertise, and accountability. This model empowers delegates and token holders to directly influence the protocol’s most critical decisions while ensuring proven experts are in place to safeguard its security.
The two elected Security Council seats will ensure the Council is accountable to the DAO, and allows for the removal of elected Security Council members who are not acting in the best interests of the DAO. Every elected Security Council member will be required to complete KYC/KYB verification.
This framework draws inspiration from successful DAO-led governance models, such as the Arbitrum Security Council election process, and builds upon the foundational RARI proposal, RRC-33.
Security Council Details
Mandate and Scope of Work
A vital body to mitigate risks associated with decentralization of the Rarible Protocol and RARI chain is the Security Council. A functioning Security Council is a mechanism to prevent governance attacks in which an attacker acquires voting power through legitimate means but uses that to manipulate votes to their own benefit—i.e., exploiting the DAO’s treasury or the Protocol via skewing governance or introducing Protocol vulnerabilities. The Security Council has the ability to perform emergency and non-emergency actions such as urgent upgrades, minor, routine maintenance to the Rarible Protocol, and stopping DAO hack attempts.
The Safe multisig wallet addresses the Security Council uses to perform its functions are:
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Veto function: eth 0xd35ec9F67Aa082Ae666be1716C79291f1f6e4E0a (majority threshold: 3/5)
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Upgrade function: eth 0xa5e4514145463385aEF763Fc8161CB42b92c74f2 (majority threshold: 4/5)
Overall Cost
The total annual cost for the five Security Council seats is 60,000 RARI. Funding will be from the DAO operational treasury with funds transferred from RARI v1 treasury to a RARI v2 treasury, if required for funding availability.
Composition, Term, and Legal Requirements
The Security Council will consist of five (5) members and will serve a one-year term, with terms expiring approximately on October 3rd, 2026.
Based on feedback and to ensure security, the 5-member Security Council will comprise of three (3) appointed seats and two (2) elected seats.
Each elected Security Council member will be required to complete a KYC/KYB with the Foundation and all five Security Council members will be required to sign a consent agreement with the Foundation.
To ensure that the Security Council has members who have proven security, accountability, and alignment with the DAO’s strategic direction, this proposal includes three appointed seats for the Security Council:
Specifications:
(A) Appointed Security Council members
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Campbell Law, current Director of the Foundation; wallet address: 0xd9C3EeD65968443F8587Bb068e6530A48dB5d177
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Andrei Taraschuck, RARI delegate, wallet address: 0x25Ad94C7768108666BfDB6742aB66b109CA82946
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Eugene Nacu, previous RARI technical lead with deep knowledge of the RARI Chain infrastructure, security architecture, and smart contract environment; wallet address: 0x978EBcd18c5A0d829C061566AA84227e9618C1A4
(B) Removal and Scope Changes
The members of the Security Council must act upon the direction of the Director of the RARI Foundation as well as the RARI token-holders pursuant to the RRC. Failure to act in accordance with directions from either the Director of the RARI Foundation or the RRC Process constitutes a reason for an ad hoc removal of Security Council members. Such removal shall follow the RRC Process, and one member of the Security Council must remain in place.
(i) After the 12-month term of these Security Council members, the total number of elected members of the Security Council may increase by one to replace one of the appointed Security Council seats if the community decides to establish on-chain elections with a stand-alone proposal.
(ii) The number of members on the Security Council may also be expanded or reduced pursuant to the RRC Process, provided that (a) there must be at least 1 member on the Security Council and (b) at least 1 member of the Security Council must be a director of the RARI Foundation.
The community, through an on-chain vote, has the ability to remove council members purely from an administrative perspective, but only to the extent that the criteria below have been met:
- failure to adhere to the Code of Conduct
- failure to undertake security council duties and responsibilities
- a conflict of interest arises
- a member is responsible for a security breach
- the member no longer possesses the technical or strategic knowledge that is needed for future security challenges
- there is a wider community loss of confidence in a council member
Compensation and Budget
Each Security Council member will receive 1,000 RARI per month, which keeps costs aligned with responsibility and ensures the sustainability of the DAO’s treasury while still fairly compensating contributors.
Specific Instructions:
- 15,000 RARI tokens transferred at the execution of this proposal to the designated wallet address.
- The remainder balance of 45,000 RARI will be moved from the mainnet treasury after 3 months.
Timeline
The proposed timeline for this election process is as follows:
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5-Day Forum Poll & Discussion (Non-Binding Signal): The forum poll for your two elected Security Council candidates will be open for 5 days, from September 22nd to September 26th, closing at 00:00 ET on September 27th.
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2-Day Tally Submission Delay: To allow the DAO to review the voters on the forum poll and submit disputes as outlined in the Dispute Process section, there will be a two-day delay.
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Tally v2 Vote: The final vote for the 3 appointed council seats and the top two elected candidates from the forum poll will begin on September 29th. The vote will be conducted on Tally v2 and will remain open for 5 days. The execution delay will be 2 days.
The current Security Council members, even though their term is expiring on September 30, 2025, will remain active Security Council members until the execution of the Tally vote of this proposal.
Candidates
Six candidates have submitted their candidacy statements and are listed in order of application submission:
Forum Poll Instructions
As a delegate, please select your top two choices for the two elected Security Council seats. This forum poll is a non-binding signal vote . Your vote will serve as a temperature check to determine which two candidates will proceed to the final vote on Tally v2. You may only select two choices.
Dispute Process for Forum Poll
The Security Council forum poll will close at 00:00 ET on September 27th. At that time, all poll results and voter profiles will be visible. In the interest of a fair and transparent process, a simple dispute mechanism will be available to all token holders.
Any RARI token holder with voting power on Tally v2 may dispute an individual’s vote in this forum poll. This is intended to address any potential concerns regarding voter legitimacy. To ensure a thorough review, we have added a two-day Tally submission delay, which will allow the community to review all forum voters and submit disputes.
To file a dispute, please submit a new comment below this proposal with the following information:
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Disputed Profile: Link to the forum profile that cast the vote you are disputing.
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Reason for Dispute: A clear and concise explanation of why you believe the vote is invalid (e.g., “This profile has no on-chain voting power,” “This profile appears to be a duplicate account”).
Any other forum profile with voting power on Tally v2 may then endorse or support the dispute by replying to the comment.
All disputes will be reviewed by the Foundation, and any final decision regarding discrepancies will be made by them. It is important to note that the final decision on the candidates for the two elected seats will still be determined by a decentralized vote on Tally v2, which will take place after the forum poll and dispute period are finalized. This process is a non-binding signal to the community, designed to select the two candidates who will proceed to the final vote.
FORUM POLL
Security Council Elected Seat - Select your top two canditates
- Jaris James
- Johan van Caem (forexus)
- GozmanGonzalez
- coffee-crusher
- DAOplomats (WinVerse)
- PGov (Juanbug)