A pioneering framework for frictionless DAO governance with on-chain execution and plug-in dispute resolution

Sometimes called 'lazy' consensus, optimistic governance allows all proposals to pass by default, unless they are specifically challenged in Aragon Court during an execution delay window.

It is an extremely efficient and scalable way of managing DAOs, optimized for action. A lazy consensus ensures that uncontroversial decisions can be made quickly and often, without voter exhaustion, but malicious or divisive proposals can be resolved in a fair and transparent way when necessary.

Aragon Govern protects DAOs in three main ways:

‍First, it allows DAOs to restrict executive power to a whitelist of selected addresses so only they may schedule the transfer of funds.

‍Second, DAO transactions cannot be executed immediately. Instead, they are delayed by a period of time set by the DAO. This assumes 'optimistically' that all transactions are legitimate but gives any DAO member the opportunity to challenge the transaction in our decentralized dispute resolution system, Aragon Court. A successful challenge will cancel the transaction.

‍Third, a collateral deposit is required to schedule a transfer of DAO funds. This is refunded at the close of the execution window unless someone has successfully challenged the transaction in Aragon Court, in which case it will be forfeited to the Court jurors.

No, optimistic governance and lazy consensus relies on assuming actions are correct, but can be stopped. But you can still run proposals and votes for free as a signalling mechanism with your community with Aragon Voice, and use the voting results as your action justification on Govern.

DAOs created on Aragon Govern are based on written, subjective agreements between all members. These documents ought to be written carefully and cover as many scenarios as possible to reduce the scope of interpretation. Nevertheless, any transaction that is deemed contrary to the DAO agreement may be challenged in Aragon Court.