I’m a bit confused about these rules. On one hand I’m happy to see Autonomi is doing everything they can to prevent fraudulent behavior and/or gaming of the system. However, the way these rules are described causes a lot of confusion and I think Autonomi is going to get themselves into some awkward decision making.
What happens with the cost of votes if you own more than 50% of the total votes? Are they being refunded? What if someone has only 5% of the total votes, but someone else has 55%. Will the 5% get the vote payout? Or does the entire project get moved out of the top 12?
What counts as very few unique voters? are we talking 5? 10? 100?
What happens when a builder votes for its own project? And how do we even know? Everyone can vote from a ton of different addresses, right?
And last but not least, what counts as exploitative voting? If 10 different addresses vote for a project that is out of the top 12, but enters the top 12 in the last minutes of voting. Is it genuine or is it seen as disingenuous?
Who’s judging? I would’ve loved to see a smart contract handle all this and rules are open for everyone. It seems now that this is up to a judgement call by Autonomi staff and/or foundation?
Don’t get me wrong, I still love the idea of making this voting system as fair as possible. But I see too many open ends which I would loved to see answered to avoid people upset in a week from now. Maybe tonights stages?