Great analytics @Tane … There’s ~60+ topics under the Delegation category so after deducting pinned messages, there may be 40+ platforms. Elsewhere @jengajojo identified the most active quintile “deserving” of reward.
Stepping back, the decision about treasury delegation is a variant of a triage. There is a pool of UNI which is “lent” (OK it appears to be a absolute grant but shouldn’t be treated as irrevocable) so from a triage perspective,
- delegates who have sufficient “weight” to swing the dial
- semi-active delegates who may consider their paltry holdings not worth the “effort”
- newly established platforms who lack street cred to delegators
- non-performers (who may be weeded out … )
So triage is to allocate the limited resources where it may mobilise more delegators to choose those delegation platforms. What data would help make a more informed choice?
- distribution of delegations VP sizes … Is it bimodal, lumpy or long-tailed?
- have there been active points of discussion which subsequently are not reflected in the actual vote … This the “abstain” vote which is not easily captured unless a subsequent explanation given post-vote;
- minority opinions … have there proposals where the larger VPs “oppress” the concerns raised by the minority;
- have certain delegators gone dark due to Uniswap Foundation being the source of grant money - before and after analysis?
- unknown is that due to original commitments, Uniswap Labs employees are not eligible to vote … If this was changed and conflicts of interest can be addressed, how many would delegate?
What other known unknowns are there to help make a decision?