OIP#1 Building and Enabling Staking for the OBOL Token

This is 100% the intention if the proposal passes so we can capitalise on this important touchpoint with users.

Very important question, we will edit the proposal to reflect these this. I am 100% against the practice of locked tokens being able to participate in staking. This will not be allowed if the proposal passes. Only unlocked tokens would be eligible to stake, so: airdrop recipients, RAF recipients, part of Coinlist sale and in time, once unlocked, investors/team. The full unlock schedule as been published as part of OIP#2 Unlock OBOL Token.

Regarding governance this is a bit more tricky. Currently most of locked tokens are with custodians that do not support voting yet so they are ruled out. But in time I think it could be a good idea to allow locked tokens to be delegated to give the entire Collective a voice in the governance decisions. For now, we are starting with the smaller group described above in the staking section to keep governance aligned and nimble. It will expand over time as per its obejctives to decentralise.

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