Community Governance
HUMΛN evolves through community consensus. Builders, deployers, and users all have a voice in shaping the protocol's future through proposals, voting, and transparent decision-making.
Stakeholder-Driven Governance
HUMΛN governance is participatory and inclusive. Multiple stakeholder groups contribute to decisions:
Builders
Developers building on HUMΛN. Vote weight based on contribution history and deployed agents.
Operators
Organizations deploying HUMΛN at scale. Vote weight based on network usage and orchestration volume.
End Users
Humans delegating to agents. Vote weight based on active Passports and delegation activity.
Core Contributors
Maintainers of core protocol infrastructure. Vote weight based on code contributions and stewardship.
Proposal Process
Discussion Phase (2 weeks)
Anyone can start a discussion in the community forum. Ideas are refined through open dialogue.
Forum: https://community.human.dev/proposals
Formal Proposal (HIP)
After discussion, submit a formal HUMΛN Improvement Proposal (HIP) with specification and rationale.
# Submit HIP via CLIhuman-cli proposal submit \ --title "Add rate limiting to delegation tokens" \ --type "protocol" \ --specification ./hip-0042.md \ --author "passport_alice"Review Period (4 weeks)
Community reviews, requests changes, and tests implementation. Core team provides technical feedback.
Voting (1 week)
Stakeholders vote using their Passports. Votes are weighted by contribution and usage.
# Vote on proposalhuman-cli proposal vote \ --hip-id 42 \ --vote "yes" \ --passport "passport_alice" \ --rationale "Improves security without breaking changes"Implementation
If approved (>50% yes votes), the proposal enters the implementation queue. Progress tracked publicly on GitHub.
Voting Mechanics
Quadratic Voting
HUMΛN uses quadratic voting to balance influence fairly. Vote weight scales with the square root of contribution/usage, preventing large stakeholders from dominating.
Formula: Vote Weight = √(Contribution Score)
| Contribution | Score | Vote Weight |
|---|---|---|
| Small builder (10 agents deployed) | 100 | 10 |
| Medium operator (100 agents) | 10,000 | 100 |
| Large enterprise (1000 agents) | 1,000,000 | 1,000 |
Types of Proposals
Protocol Upgrades
Changes to core protocol behavior
Threshold: 50% approval
Constitutional Amendments
Changes to foundational rules
Threshold: 67% supermajority
Feature Requests
New capabilities or improvements
Threshold: 50% approval
Treasury Allocations
Funding for ecosystem projects
Threshold: 50% approval
Get Involved
Join the Conversation
Your voice matters. Whether you're building, operating, or using HUMΛN, you can shape its future.