Community

The Governance Framework.

At this stage, our focus is relentlessly on building and securing the core protocol. The vibrant, self-sustaining ecosystem we envision is still forming. This page outlines the foundational framework for how community participation will be structured as the protocol matures, moving from a build-centric operation to a truly decentralised and sovereign economy.

The Vision for a Composable Governed Ecosystem

Future participation and governance in 3 are designed around four specialised roles, each aligned with a specific part of the protocol's architecture through dedicated tokens. This vertical and lateral composability ensures that influence is scaled with both responsibility and demonstrated stake.

Farmers: The Integrators
- Focus: The Grove, its Compound and Liquidity Deposit Pools (CDPs/LDPs), and the strategic composition of 3Receipts and 3NFTs.
- Future Governance Role: Through a future Governance iNcubator, depositors will be able to propose and shape new protocol integrations, with voting weight derived from their deposit positions.
Creditors: The Capital Stewards
- Focus: Holding 3Bonds and GUILD, providing the foundational capital that secures the protocol.
- Future Governance Role: Creditors will will have their own iNcubator to validate significant financial expenditures. When a proposal requires capital from the ecosystem (e.g. to fund a new POD), a segregated vote among creditors will serve as a critical check and balance before funds are allocated.
Guardians: The Governance Directors
- Focus: Staking 3Fi tokens to earn VW3, the protocol's core governance asset.
- Future Governance Role: Guardians exert direct influence over capital allocation. By staking VW3 tokens to whitelisted contracts, they guide resources (e.g. ETH from the Distribution Engine or crvUSD from 3Bond sales), towards approved initiatives and PODs, acting on the financial validation provided by Creditors.
Guarantors: The Sovereign Backstop
- Focus: Legends NFT holders who activate and operate Legend iNcubators.
- Future Governance Role: As benefactors of the ecosystem's success, Guarantors act as a final layer of security and oversight, wielding control over critical protocol functions (e.g. halting /resuming deposits), to ensure its long-term health and sovereignty.

Guiding Principles

Our path to decentralisation is guided by a few core principles:

Meritocracy of Ideas: Value is recognised and rewarded based on contribution and execution, not rhetoric.
Protocol-Aligned Incentives: All participation is structured to reinforce the long-term health and autonomy of the 3 ecosystem.
Progressive Decentralisation: As the protocol matures through its development stages, control and initiative will increasingly shift from the core team to this composable community framework.

Join the Journey

While the full governance system is under active development, we welcome developers, researchers, and aligned partners to engage with us early. To follow our progress, you can find us on: