Chainflow’s Vote - Option 3, Validators, Delegators & Other Stakeholders
Inclusivity is one of Chainflow’s four core values. From our perspective, Option 3 is the most inclusive of the three options. This is why we chose it.
The choice represents our well-intentioned and best effort to make a decision to move the Solana governance process forward. We recognize it’s based on incomplete information (as most, if not all decisions are) and made within an evolving process.
We recognize that Option 3 is also probably the most complicated of the three. We feel that these complications can be figured out and handled over time.
Solana governance is in a very early developmental stage. It feels important to keep the process as open and inclusive as possible at this stage.
That said, we are open to supporting a more restrictive option, such as Option 2, in the future, if that trade-off is required to take an incremental step forward. We would weigh this decision against a number of factors if and when that time arrives.
Our experience, however, having participated in governance on many chains over the years, has demonstrated that blockchain decision-making is generally led by engineers. As such, the tendency is to move toward efficiency and simplification. So for us to support Option 2, we would need to see a clear commitment to re-opening the voting process to a more inclusive set of stakeholders in the future.