[TFIP-10] Increasing stkTRU gov participation & a look to future protocol spending

Proposals
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Proposal:

Increase stkTRU staking rewards from 0 TRU/day to 5,000 TRU/day.

Objective:

Attract more participation in staked TRU (stkTRU) governance.

Context:

As market dynamics shift and TrueFi prepares to bring on more deal flow, it would be beneficial to increase governance participation and activism within TrueFi.

TRU staked in the TrueFi staking module (stkTRU) is at a relatively low level. At the time of writing, there is ~40mm TRU staked (~4% of TRU circ. supply).

To attract more participation, governance could increase TRU emissions to stakers to 5,000 TRU / day.

Potential Impact:

This should encourage long-term TRU holders to stake TRU. At current staking levels, increasing emissions to 5,000 TRU/day would enable TRU stakers to generate ~4% APR.

The proposed 5,000 TRU/day emissions translates to 1,825,000 TRU/year (~0.2% inflation per year).

Currently there are 248mm TRU reserves yet to be minted. If we were to earmark 10% of reserves for future use towards stkTRU rewards, the DAO could sustain this rate of stkTRU emissions for 10+ years while reserving an additional ~225mm TRU for LP incentives and other ongoing operations.

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Spreadsheet link: Proposal: TRU supply allocation updates - Google Sheets

Next steps & discussion

If this proposal receives positive feedback, it will move to an on-chain gov vote via Tally within the next 1-2 weeks.

Do you support increasting stkTRU rewards to 5,000 TRU/day?
  • Yes
  • No - 5k TRU/day is too low
  • No - 5k TRU/day is too high
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I support this proposal in its spirit to reimburse governance participation costs.

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I support this proposal at well. I think having some incentive to stake TRU and participate in governance makes sense and will be good for the community!

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And additionally, I think 5k is a very modest amount, but I think it will still help with increasing the fraction of TRU that is staked.

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Personally, I believe a moderate APR of between 5.5 and 6% is more fair for above average contributions. At the bottom of the scale, in the absence of discussions, is more like 4%.

Most banks allow me to gain 5-5.6% on deposits over $100,000. We gotta do better than banks, surely!!

In the case of lower stkTRU levels, 4% is OK. But I believe the APR could be between 5.5% and 6% for higher TRU staking.

If % tiers of APR for varying quantities of StkTRU are not possible, perhaps airdrops for those staking higher amounts of TRU could be suggested. With the understanding that voting for government needs to take place to recieve airdrops.

Airdrops are an excellent reward for those making above-average contributions to the protocol. This may also drive more TRU purchases in order to receive a greater APR% in the form of airdrops when staking.

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There could be a very basic airdrop tier for participating in voting, independent of the outcome or your voting decision. Something like, base 4% for staking + voting in more than % of the total governance decisions in a year (calculated and distributed once per year).

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I guess the 4% makes sense now actually. Best to stay under tfBILL yield… :thinking:

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@tylerw - did this proposal go anywhere? Sounded a good idea to me!

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Hey @leecrowhurst – thanks for pinging on this. Planning to push this to on-chain vote via Tally next week.

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Sounds good! Great to see you are still actively involved with changes/pushing things forward with TrueFi! A true OG!

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What day we aiming for this week @tylerw

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Planning to post tomorrow, Tuesday, Mar 5

Which means that voting will start on Thurs, Mar 7

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You can find the proposal in Tally: https://www.tally.xyz/gov/truefi/proposal/100892819593045238706691957714975899568427085370478729362475561389330300031782

The voting will start in 2 days.

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:hot_face: fee at staking

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Voting is now live for the onchain proposal:

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Thoughts on this @tylerw ?

Maybe in the future :+1:

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@tylerw when will the staking rewards commence and show in the app?

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@StrategoHoldings the voting was successful, so now the proposal needs to be queued, and then wait 2 days until it can be executed. You can expect staking rewards to appear in the app in 2 days.

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Thank you @jusbroni for the update.

Out of curiosity, will this stkTRU yield be reflected with the yield given by CEXs? For example Binance is offering 0.4% on TRU staking, will they be able to increase it to 4%?