Question 1

What is MANA?

Accepted Answer

MANA is a fungible ERC-20 token associated with the Decentraland ecosystem and operates on Ethereum. Fungible means that each unit of MANA is equivalent, at the token level, to an equal amount of MANA; it differs from unique assets representing a specific parcel or name. MANA's roles include transactions within the ecosystem and participation in DAO governance. It is an ecosystem asset of Decentraland and does not automatically represent ownership of any LAND parcel, NAME, DAO treasury, or platform revenue.

Question 2

What can MANA be used for?

Accepted Answer

MANA can be used to purchase LAND parcels, NAMEs, and other digital assets or services within the ecosystem. It acts as a token that can be paid and transferred in these contexts; a buyer pays with MANA, but this does not make MANA itself the purchased LAND or NAME. The assets actually available for purchase, transaction prices, and payment methods are determined by the rules of the specific marketplace or service. Therefore, “can be used for purchases” describes an ecosystem use case, not a guarantee of a fixed price, continuing supply, or certain execution for any asset.

Question 3

What is the difference between MANA, LAND, and NAME?

Accepted Answer

MANA, LAND, and NAME are all related to eligibility to participate in the Decentraland DAO, but they are different types of assets. MANA is a fungible token; LAND is a virtual parcel asset; and NAME is a name-type asset. Holding the respective asset can provide entry into the DAO's decision-making system, but does not mean the three have the same market use or asset characteristics. This distinction is important: paying with MANA to purchase an asset and participating in governance with that asset are different actions. The DAO includes multiple types of ecosystem stakeholders in governance, rather than establishing all governance relationships around only one fungible token.

Question 4

How can holding MANA participate in Decentraland DAO governance?

Accepted Answer

Yes. MANA, LAND, and NAME holders can participate in community decisions through proposals and voting in the Decentraland DAO. Matters the DAO can handle include awarding grants and adjusting DAO-managed records or contract matters such as banned names, points of interest, and catalyst nodes. The process is not “the chain changes automatically after a vote.” Predefined proposals are submitted on the governance platform, and votes and results are stored on IPFS through Snapshot; approved proposals with binding on-chain actions are then executed on Ethereum by the committee through a multisignature wallet. In other words, the proposal type and whether on-chain execution is required determine how voting results are turned into actual changes.

Question 5

Can the Decentraland DAO mint, pause, or freeze MANA?

Accepted Answer

No. The Decentraland DAO does not control the MANA contract, and the official documentation states that no contract or wallet permission exists to modify or pause the MANA supply. Therefore, even though the DAO can decide matters within its scope of management, it cannot arbitrarily mint additional MANA or freeze its supply through governance. The DAO's authority comes from specific records and smart contracts it controls, such as the LAND and Estate contracts and governance matters executable through predefined proposals; authority over MANA's supply belongs to a different contract boundary. “Participating in the DAO” should not be misunderstood as meaning that the DAO has unlimited control over all ecosystem token functions.

Question 6

What is the relationship between DAO governance and MANA's price or holder interests?

Accepted Answer

DAO governance and MANA's market price are not the same thing. DAO voting can determine grants or world-management matters within its authority; MANA's market price, meanwhile, is determined by supply and demand between buyers and sellers. A governance decision may affect participant expectations or ecosystem usage conditions, but does not mechanically mean that MANA must rise or fall. To assess the relationship between a decision and MANA, it is necessary to further examine whether it actually changes MANA use cases, tradable supply, holder behavior, or market liquidity, and to distinguish among the different stages of “proposal submitted,” “vote approved,” and “on-chain execution completed.”

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