Permanence DAO

Our member Paulkadotter explains in detail how Polkadot's governance system has evolved to leverage stablecoins for smarter, more predictable treasury management, reducing volatility by using DCA and supporting ecosystem growth. ☝️

Building Smarter Treasury Management with Stablecoins in Polkadot As active participants in Polkadot OpenGov and delegates of the Decentralized Voices (DV) program, we are often asked why we prefer, and…

Some proposers wonder why we suggest requesting stablecoins rather than native coins (DOT or KSM), especially when the expenses are listed in fiat. More details in the article 👇
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Congratulations to all Cohort V delegates, and a special shout-out to our former member Flez, who has just been selected as a Guardian (DV-light), a valuable new addition to the DV programme.

We would also like to thank our members for their hard work, contributions, and positive spirit throughout the previous cohort!

We’re thrilled to be part of the fifth cohort of the Decentralized Voices programme! A big thank you to @web3foundation.bsky.social, Bill Laboon (VP of Ecosystem), & @0xzendetta.bsky.social (Governance Coordinator) for their continued trust, and to the broader community for recognizing our efforts.

And our outlook for Cohort V:
🌎 8 members across 4 continents
📊 85%+ member participation
⚖️ Refined per-track voting policy
📞 6 weekly office hour
🧠 More ecosystem dialogue
🌐 Expanded infra
🛡 Stronger validator ops & collator exploration
🌱 And yes… our own parachain launch for on-chain governance 👀

Summary of our activity in DV Cohort IV:
🗳 Voted on 195 referenda on DV-delegated tracks
📊 2nd most active DV voter in Cohort IV
📞 Held 50+ office hours with proposers
💬 Provided feedback for all our votes
🛠 Built tooling & policies for transparent DAO governance

Decentralized Voices Cohort V: Permanence DAO 1. Introduction Permanence DAO (X, Web, Docs, Bluesky) is a global multi-disciplinary collective of incorporated and individual contributors active in Polkadot. Founded on 29 September 2024 and commit...

We’ve officially applied for Cohort V of the DV program. Since our founding in Sept 2024, we've been all-in on transparent, accountable, evidence-based governance.

Check out our application, or follow this thread for a summary. 🧵

forum.polkadot.network/t/decentrali...

Permanence DAO | Delegate DOT and KSM Decentralized Voices Cohort IV delegate, Permanence DAO is a global collective of incorporated and individual entities active in Polkadot, committed to the growth of Polkadot and Kusama networks.

🗳 Delegate to Permanence DAO: The Voice of Reason.
www.permanence.io

🐦 Kusama:
🗳 21 referenda voted on | 113 off-chain votes
🤖 8 auto-voted | 🛠 13 member-voted
📈 86% avg. member participation (-1% vs. June)
💬 82% feedback rate (+5% vs. June) | 107 comments

📢 Permanence DAO July’25 OpenGov Report 🗳
⭕️ Polkadot:
🗳 61 referenda voted on | 318 off-chain votes
🤖 25 auto-voted | 🛠 36 member-voted
📈 88% avg. member participation (−3% vs. June)
💬 83% feedback rate (−3% vs. June) | 302 comments

Permanence DAO | Delegate DOT and KSM Decentralized Voices Cohort IV delegate, Permanence DAO is a global collective of incorporated and individual entities active in Polkadot, committed to the growth of Polkadot and Kusama networks.

🗳 Delegate to Permanence DAO: The Voice of Reason.
www.permanence.io

🐦 Kusama:
🗳 16 referenda voted on | 96 off-chain votes
🤖 5 auto-voted | 🛠 11 member-voted
📈 87% avg. member participation (+1% vs. May)
💬 77% feedback rate (+27% vs. May) | 85 comments

📢 Permanence DAO June’25 OpenGov Report 🗳

⭕️ Polkadot:
🗳 49 referenda voted on | 292 off-chain votes
🤖 17 auto-voted | 🛠 32 member-voted
📈 91% avg. member participation (−2% vs. May)
💬 86% feedback rate (−3% vs. May) | 278 comments

Permanence DAO | Delegate DOT and KSM Decentralized Voices Cohort IV delegate, Permanence DAO is a global collective of incorporated and individual entities active in Polkadot, committed to the growth of Polkadot and Kusama networks.

🗳 Delegate to Permanence DAO: The Voice of Reason.
www.permanence.io

While we support client diversity on Polkadot, some members pointed out that several deliverables from the previous proposal are still incomplete. After reviewing this, we’re switching to Nay because the 60% quorum of the Big Spender proposal was not met.

Permanence DAO | Delegate DOT and KSM Decentralized Voices Cohort IV delegate, Permanence DAO is a global collective of incorporated and individual entities active in Polkadot, committed to the growth of Polkadot and Kusama networks.

🗳 Delegate to Permanence DAO: The Voice of Reason.
www.permanence.io

🐦 Kusama stats:
🗳 9 referenda voted on | 43 off-chain votes
🤖 4 auto-voted | 🛠 5 member-voted
📉86% avg. member participation (-9% vs. April)
💬 50% feedback rate (-35% vs. April)| 25 pieces of feedback

📢 Permanence DAO May’25 OpenGov Report 🗳

⭕️ Polkadot:
🗳 45 referenda voted on | 289 off-chain votes
🤖 14 auto-voted | 🛠 31 member-voted
📈 93% avg. member participation (+3% vs. April)
💬 89% feedback rate (+4% vs. April) | 277 pieces of feedback

Diverse Voices, Diverging Paths: Insights from W3F’s Decentralized Voices Cohort 4 In this report, we analyze the voting behaviour of the 4th cohort delegates of the Decentralized Voices (DV) program on Polkadot’s OpenGov…

Check out our latest article, which focuses on the voting metrics of DV delegates from Cohort IV. 🗳

Our focus was on:
✅ Vote Count Breakdown
↔️ Policy Direction
⏱️ Participation Speed (Who Votes First?)
🧠 Similarity Matrix (Ideological Distance)
permanencedao.medium.com/diverse-voic...

Permanence DAO | Delegate DOT and KSM Decentralized Voices Cohort IV delegate, Permanence DAO is a global collective of incorporated and individual entities active in Polkadot, committed to the growth of Polkadot and Kusama networks.

🗳️ Delegate to Permanence DAO: the voice of reason.
www.permanence.io

Incognitee: Privacy Sidechain on Polkadot Asset Hub (Retroactive) Integritee has deployed its privacy sidechain technology on ...

🔗 Here is the link to the on-chain proposal: polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1518

Permanence DAO voted AYE on Polkadot Referendum #1518. Check out our reasoning and internal voting here 👇
voting.opensquare.io/space/perman...

Permanence DAO | Delegate DOT and KSM Decentralized Voices Cohort IV delegate, Permanence DAO is a global collective of incorporated and individual entities active in Polkadot, committed to the growth of Polkadot and Kusama networks.

🗳 Don’t forget to delegate to Permanence DAO: the voice of reason.
👇
permanence.io

YouTube video by Permanence DAO Permanence DAO Week 10

🎥 Check out our Weekly Call #10, where we discuss Polkadot Referendum #1499 with Vasilis Papadopoulos, the creator of Bounty Manager v2.0, that is seeking retroactive payment for the UI tool used to streamline the tracking and curation of Polkadot bounties.

youtube.com/watch?v=cJhW...

Permanence DAO Permanence DAO is a global collective of incorporated and individual entities active in Polkadot, committed to the growth of the network through value-based decision-making, envisioning and applying i...

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Permanence DAO has its own YouTube channel, where we promote our weekly calls and interviews with our guests.

Here is the link:
www.youtube.com/@PermanenceDAO

Our member William will be representing Permanence DAO in this important discussion about DAO governance on Polkadot!

⏰ Tune in today at 2pm UTC 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH8i...

🎥 Permanence DAO Weekly Call #8

In the second excerpt from our interview with Max Rebol of Harbour Industrial Capital, he suggests establishing term limits for DVs. Max supports his argument with a striking example from recent history. 👇

Stay tuned for the full interview later this week!

Subsquare | Polkadot governance platform A platform that scans and normalizes the blockchain governance data. It enables community members to propose, vote proposals and discuss the corresponding topics.

🗳️ Delegate to Permanence DAO: the voice of reason.
👇 polkadot.subsquare.io/user/15ubZj6...

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