Kindred DAO

The Kindred DAO serves as the central governance framework for the Agentic Kindred Protocol, enabling transparent and decentralized decision-making across the ecosystem. With the integration of AS-DAOs, governance responsibilities are distributed, empowering tailored decision-making for individual agents while maintaining overarching protocol oversight. This dual governance model enhances the scalability and adaptability of the protocol, balancing ecosystem-wide initiatives with agent-specific customization.

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Core Responsibilities

1. Protocol-Wide Governance:

   • Oversees global policies, ecosystem upgrades, and resource allocation.

   • Manages tokenomics and treasury for protocol-wide initiatives.

2. Agent-Specific Delegation:

   • Delegates governance for individual agents to their respective AS-DAOs.

   • Allows AS-DAOs to manage agent-specific updates, bonding curves, and treasury allocations.

3. Proposal Management:

   • Handles submission, review, and approval of proposals affecting the protocol or multiple agents.

   • Tracks all proposals on-chain for transparency.

4. Treasury Management:

   • Allocates funds for ecosystem-wide development, agent creation, and liquidity provisioning.

   • Provides initial seed funding to AS-DAOs to bootstrap their operations.

5. Oversight and Ethical Governance:

   • Ensures ethical AI practices and validates contributions to the ICV.

   • Oversees compliance with protocol standards across AS-DAOs.

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Key Responsibilities with AS-DAOs Integration

1. Decentralized Governance:

   • Kindred DAO focuses on protocol-wide decisions, while AS-DAOs govern agent-specific issues.

   • Each AS-DAO operates independently to manage its agent’s customization and treasury.

2. Treasury Delegation:

   • Kindred DAO manages the global treasury for ecosystem-level initiatives.

   • AS-DAOs maintain independent treasuries funded through IAOs and agent-specific revenues.

3. Proposal Routing:

   • Proposals affecting a specific agent are directed to the relevant AS-DAO.

   • Cross-agent or global ecosystem proposals remain under Kindred DAO’s jurisdiction.

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Technical Architecture

Core Modules

1. Proposal Management System:

   • Tracks and manages proposals for both protocol-wide and AS-DAO-specific decisions.

2. Voting Mechanism:

   • Implements weighted voting for governance proposals using global or agent-specific tokens.

   • Supports quorum requirements and majority rules for approval.

3. Treasury Manager:

   • Allocates funds for approved proposals from the respective treasury.

   • Tracks fund disbursements for both global and AS-DAO treasuries.

4. Contribution Validator:

   • Validates datasets, models, and other contributions submitted to the ICV.

   • Ensures all contributions meet protocol standards before integration.

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Key Functions

Proposal Submission

solidityCopy codefunction submitProposal(
    string memory title,
    string memory description,
    uint256 fundingRequest,
    bytes memory payload,
    bool isGlobal
) public returns (uint256) {
    uint256 proposalId = _generateProposalId();
    proposals[proposalId] = Proposal({
        proposer: msg.sender,
        title: title,
        description: description,
        fundingRequest: fundingRequest,
        payload: payload,
        votesFor: 0,
        votesAgainst: 0,
        isGlobal: isGlobal,
        status: ProposalStatus.Pending
    });
    emit ProposalSubmitted(proposalId, msg.sender, title, description);
    return proposalId;
}

• Inputs:

  • title: Proposal title.

  • description: Detailed explanation of the proposal.

  • fundingRequest: Amount of funds requested from the treasury.

  • payload: Additional data (e.g., agent parameters, updates).

  • isGlobal: Indicates whether the proposal is for Kindred DAO or an AS-DAO.

• Outputs:

  • Returns a unique proposalId for tracking.

Voting

solidityCopy codefunction vote(
    uint256 proposalId,
    bool support
) public onlyTokenHolders {
    require(proposals[proposalId].status == ProposalStatus.Pending, "Proposal not active");
    uint256 votingPower = proposals[proposalId].isGlobal
        ? governanceToken.balanceOf(msg.sender)
        : agentToken[proposals[proposalId].agentId].balanceOf(msg.sender);
    if (support) {
        proposals[proposalId].votesFor += votingPower;
    } else {
        proposals[proposalId].votesAgainst += votingPower;
    }
    emit VoteCast(msg.sender, proposalId, support, votingPower);
}

• Weighted Voting:

  • Global proposals: Voting power is proportional to governance tokens held.

  • AS-DAO proposals: Voting power is based on agent-specific token holdings.

Treasury Allocation

solidityCopy codefunction allocateFunds(uint256 proposalId) internal {
    require(proposals[proposalId].status == ProposalStatus.Approved, "Proposal not approved");
    uint256 funding = proposals[proposalId].fundingRequest;
    if (proposals[proposalId].isGlobal) {
        globalTreasury.transfer(proposals[proposalId].proposer, funding);
    } else {
        asDaoTreasuries[proposals[proposalId].agentId].transfer(proposals[proposalId].proposer, funding);
    }
    emit FundsAllocated(proposalId, funding);
}

• Outputs:

  • Transfers funds from the respective treasury based on the proposal type.

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Integration with Ecosystem

ICV:

• Validates and approves contributions for both protocol-wide and agent-specific updates.

• Ensures cryptographic integrity of datasets and models.

SAR:

• Deploys approved updates from Kindred DAO or AS-DAOs.

CPIL:

• Integrates updates to ensure seamless interaction across platforms and devices.

Governance Tokens:

• Kindred DAO Governance Tokens:

  • Used for voting on global proposals.

  • Distributed through IAOs or as rewards for contributions.

• AS-DAO Tokens:

  • Grant voting power within individual AS-DAOs.

  • Enable agent-specific customization and feature governance.

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Governance Mechanism

1. Proposal Lifecycle:

   • Submission: Proposals are submitted by governance token holders.

   • Voting: Token holders vote within a predefined period.

   • Approval: Proposals are approved based on quorum and majority requirements.

   • Execution: Approved proposals are executed via smart contract logic.

2. AS-DAO Integration:

   • Proposals specific to an agent are routed to its AS-DAO for governance.

   • AS-DAOs manage their own voting and execution processes, independent of the Kindred DAO.

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Security Features

1. Access Control:

   • Ensures only eligible holders can submit proposals or vote.

2. Immutable Records:

   • All proposals, votes, and treasury allocations are stored on-chain for transparency.

3. Fraud Prevention:

   • Proposals with invalid or conflicting data are flagged and rejected.

4. Reentrancy Protection:

   • Prevents recursive calls in fund transfers to ensure secure operations.

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Future Scalability

1. Decentralized Customization:

   • AS-DAOs enable governance at the agent level, ensuring scalability as new agents are introduced.

2. Modular Framework:

   • Supports upgrades to voting mechanisms, treasury policies, and governance models.

3. Cross-Chain Governance:

   • Facilitates participation from token holders across multiple blockchain ecosystems.

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Conclusion

The integration of AS-DAOs decentralizes governance within the Agentic Kindred Protocol, enabling tailored decision-making for individual agents while maintaining global oversight through the Kindred DAO. This dual governance model ensures scalability, flexibility, and transparency, empowering both the community and stakeholders to drive the evolution of the ecosystem in alignment with shared priorities and values.