Bitcoin-Powered Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO)

Overview

This Clarity smart contract implements a sophisticated Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) powered by Bitcoin, providing a robust framework for decentralized governance, treasury management, and collaborative decision-making.

Features

1. Membership Management

• Join and leave the DAO
• Stake and unstake tokens
• Track member reputation and activity

2. Proposal System

• Create proposals with titles and descriptions
• Vote on proposals with weighted voting power
• Execute proposals based on majority consensus
• Time-limited proposal voting window

3. Treasury Management

• Donate tokens to the DAO treasury
• Track and manage treasury balance
• Transfer funds based on approved proposals

4. Reputation System

• Dynamic reputation tracking
• Reputation increases for active participation
• Automatic reputation decay for inactive members

5. Cross-DAO Collaboration

• Propose collaborations with other DAOs
• Accept and manage inter-DAO proposals

Contract Functions

Membership Functions

• join-dao(): Join the DAO as a new member
• leave-dao(): Withdraw membership
• stake-tokens(amount): Stake tokens in the DAO
• unstake-tokens(amount): Withdraw staked tokens

Proposal Functions

• create-proposal(title, description, amount): Create a new proposal
• vote-on-proposal(proposal-id, vote): Vote on an existing proposal
• execute-proposal(proposal-id): Execute a proposal after voting period

Treasury Functions

• donate-to-treasury(amount): Contribute tokens to DAO treasury
• get-treasury-balance(): Check current treasury balance

Collaboration Functions

• propose-collaboration(partner-dao, proposal-id): Propose collaboration with another DAO
• accept-collaboration(collaboration-id): Accept a proposed collaboration

Utility Functions

• get-member-reputation(user): Retrieve a member's current reputation
• decay-inactive-members(): Reduce reputation for long-inactive members

Reputation Mechanism

The contract implements a sophisticated reputation system:

• Members gain reputation by:
  • Creating proposals
  • Voting on proposals
  • Donating to the treasury
• Reputation decays for members inactive for more than 30 days
• Voting power is calculated based on reputation and staked tokens

Collaboration Mechanism

The cross-DAO collaboration feature allows:

• Proposing collaborations between DAOs
• Tracking collaboration status
• Inter-DAO proposal sharing and acceptance

Error Handling

The contract includes comprehensive error handling with specific error codes:

• ERR-NOT-AUTHORIZED: Unauthorized access attempt
• ERR-ALREADY-MEMBER: Membership duplicate prevention
• ERR-NOT-MEMBER: Non-member action prevention
• ERR-INVALID-PROPOSAL: Proposal validation
• ERR-INSUFFICIENT-FUNDS: Treasury fund checks

Security Considerations

• Membership required for most actions
• Proposal and voting time limits
• Reputation-based weighted voting
• Treasury fund validation
• Cross-checks before critical state changes

Technical Details

• Platform: Stacks Blockchain
• Language: Clarity Smart Contract
• Token Type: Stacks Token (STX)
• Proposal Expiration: Approximately 10 days (1440 blocks)

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Stacks wallet
• Clarinet for local development and testing
• Basic understanding of DAO governance

Deployment

1. Install Clarinet
2. Configure your Stacks environment
3. Deploy the contract using Clarinet
4. Initialize DAO by calling join-dao()

Contribution

Contributions are welcome! Please:

• Follow Clarity best practices
• Add comprehensive tests
• Document any changes or improvements