Self-governing, sovereign appchains

Cosmos SDK is the most powerful way to incorporate resilient, sovereign governance models into your business.

Start with Delegated Proof of Stake

Sybil resistance comes from CometBFT's proven delegated PoS model. Validators vote on a 1-token 1-vote basis, and tokenholders can always override to protect minority rights.

Default vote types

Chain Upgrades

Parameter Changes

Treasury Spend

Signal Proposals

Account-based Remote Chain Actions

...and more.

Customize permissions, governance and compliance
Put business logic to a vote with chain-level addresses and arbitrary message sending, or delegate budgets and permissions to a committee with granular decision making policies.
Vote to approve a new asset type
Delegate parameter controls to a committee
Restrict proposals to the most invested
Sensible defaults, equitable governance

Proportional Representation

Votes weighted to staked tokens ensure that those most invested in the community carry the most governing power.

Propose without Paying

Users recover deposits on accepted or rejected proposals and only have their deposits burned if the proposal is rejected.

Tiered Voting

4 voting options (Yes, No, NoWithVeto, Abstain) for a more nuanced view of holder interests.

Minimum Participation

Minimum vote quorum thresholds to safeguard governance.

Ensure security
for your community
Protect

Protect against spam proposals

Minimum deposits for proposals ensure that the community only votes on what matters.

Incentivize

Incentivize the best proposals

Users recover deposits on accepted or rejected proposals and only have their deposits burned if the proposal is rejected.

Customize

Customize for your community

Define the deposit and quorum requirements, as well as voting periods so that parameters match the chain's interests and scale.

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