xGovs

An xGov MUST have an Algorand Address.

An xGov MUST provide a Voting Address.

It is RECOMMENDED to provide a Voting Address different from the xGov Address, to facilitate voting operation on behalf of the xGov Address (supposed to be secure and less accessible).

The xGov Address and the current Voting Address MAY update the Voting Address.

📝 NOTE

xGov Address can be associated with any Account type. This ensures the compatibility and inclusivity of xGov participation (direct or delegated).

Subscription

The xGov Registry provides two xGov subscription procedures:

• Self-Subscription: the xGov Address MUST call the xGov Registry.

• Managed-Subscription: the ownership of the xGov App Address is verified off-chain, by the Algorand Foundation, according to a pre-defined trust model. The Managed-Onboarding is executed in two steps:

  1. Users issue a Subscription Request, declaring the xGov App Address, the Application Owner Address, and a Relation Type (enumerative that identifies a pre-defined trust model).

  2. The Algorand Foundation verifies the declared and accountable xGov/Owner Addresses relationship off-chain (based on the Relation Type) and eventually approves it.

📝 NOTE

For further details about existing and new Relation Types, refer to the Relation Types section.

An xGov Fee MUST be paid to the xGov Treasury for the subscription or subscription request.

📝 NOTE

The xGov Manager MAY update the xGov Fee.

The xGov Fee has the following scope:

1. Minimal deterrent for Sybil attacks;

2. Covering the xGov Box MBR (see below).

xGov Box

An xGov is associated with a Box on the xGov Registry, called xGov Box.

xGov Box ID is equal to: [X||<xgov address>], where X is a domain separation prefix and || denotes concatenation.

An xGov Box has the following ABI schema:

{
    "voting_addr": "address",
    "voted_proposals": "uint64",
    "last_vote_timestamp": "uint64",
    "subscription_round": "uint64"
}

The xGov Fee MUST NOT be lower than the xGov Box MBR.

xGov Self-Subscription

The xGov Fee MUST be paid to the xGov Treasury upon xGov Box creation.

The xGov Fee MAY NOT be paid by the xGov Address.

The Voting Address declared on subscription MUST BE assigned to the xGov Box.

xGov Managed-Subscription

An xGov Subscription Request is associated with a Box on the xGov Registry, called xGov Subscription Request Box.

The xGov Fee MUST be paid to the xGov Treasury upon xGov Subscription Request Box creation.

The xGov Fee MAY NOT be paid by the xGov Address.

xGov Subscription Request Box ID is equal to: [R||<counter>], where R is a domain separation prefix, <counter> is a global counter for pending requests, and || denotes concatenation.

An xGov Subscription Request Box has the following ABI schema:

{
    "xgov_addr": "address",
    "owner_addr": "address",
    "relation_type": "uint64"
}

The xGov Subscription Request MUST be performed by the Owner Address.

The xGov Fee MUST NOT be lower than the xGov Subscribe Request Box MBR.

If the Algorand Foundation approves the subscription request:

1. The xGov Subscription Request Box MUST be destroyed;

2. An xGov Box MUST be created using the xGov Address declared on the subscription request.

3. The Owner Address declared on the subscription request MUST be assigned to the Voting Address in the created xGov Box.