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Lately, I've been getting a bit annoyed watching DAO voting proposals... On the surface, they sound very idealistic, with phrases like "community co-creation" and "long-term incentives." But when I scroll to the end, who gets the incentives, who can nominate, who can veto—all of these quietly lock the power into a few addresses. To put it plainly, some proposals aren't about whether to do the work, but about deciding who will have the final say in the future.
Now, every day someone is watching staking unlocks and unlock schedules. I understand the anxiety about market pressure, but what I fear more is that while everyone is only looking at "Will the unlock cause a dump," someone might change governance permissions. By the time people realize it, voting will just be going through the motions. Anyway, before I vote now, I always check permissions and incentive flows. I manually open all links, and the signature pop-up asks a lot more questions like "What exactly am I authorizing?" Better to be slow and cautious than to send out keys and control rights together.