Futarchy is no where near viable
I do love the idea of Futarchy, and among the potential use cases for it, I do think that Zcash devbox proposals are a good fit for that tool.
However there are several problems that make it none viable as a near-mid term solution.
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MetaDAO is currently the premier Futarchy experiment for organizational decision making, however MetaDAO itself has serious mechanics problems that is currently duct taping over in their MVP.
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The Futarchy markets require subsidy to function and there is not always a clean way to receive that subsidy. It is unclear that the economics are sustainable.
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Futarchy markets require liquid betting order books and an oracle price. Zcash is not suitable to provide these functions any time soon, if at all.
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To implement most versions of Futarchy would require doing it on another chain, which I think may not be appropriate for devbox funds.
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Doing anything in with Futarchy requires a substantial lift requiring research, modeling, building tech and user interfaces. Some of these are not solved problems that can simply be copied by the Zcash ecosystem
I think it’s a useful thing to discuss and ideate on, and perhaps is worthy of a research grant. However it is not a viable solution to immediate governance proposals and is not well developed enough to make it a part of a roadmap.