Interactions and Outcomes

Interactions and Outcomes

TAN Improvement Proposal (TANIP)

The process used by the TAN Council to make decisions related to TAN improvements and policies.

Overview

The following section describes the TAN Improvement Proposal (TANIP) process. The TANIP is used by the TAN Council to provision(plan and finance) improvements to the TAN system, regulate the flow of TEL issuance throughout TAN, and determine and enforce operational rules on TAN including harvesting.

TANIP: Proposal Authors
TANIP: Voters
TANIP: Implementation units

TAN Governance System: Attributes

The TAN Council sets, enforces, and refines the day to day operational rules for interacting with the Telcoin Application Network rules, including setting TEL harvesting rules. The TAO, the Telcoin Association’s wholly-owned production and administration unit, services to produce and administer collective goods at the direction and financing of the Association and all of its Miner Councils.

TAN Council: Authority and Decision-making Rules

TAN Council governs TAN harvesting rules using the TANIP process. The Platform and Treasury Council use the TELIP process to govern TEL Treasury distribution rules, which dictates the TEL available to be harvested on TAN.

CouncilRepresentationProcess, Domain of AuthorityDecision-making Rules




TAN Council		TAN Council
· Members: 6
· Representation:
Stakers: 2 reps
Developers: 2 reps
Liquidity Miners: 1 rep
Validators: 1 rep
Telcoin Application Network Improvement Proposal (TANIP)

TAN operational rules including allocation, harvesting, planning and financing, information, communication.		Proposal Authority: TAN Council, TAO

Approval: 5 out of 6
Quorum: 100%
Duration: 120 hours
Channel: telcointancouncil.eth
TANIP: Authority Rules
TAN: TEL Harvesting Rules

TANIP: Process

  • TANIP Forum Proposal: Forum members submit a proposal to TANIP channel on the Telcoin forum.
  • TAN Council Proposal: A TAN Council, TAO member, or other designated author on the TAN Council snapshot page decides to submit the proposal to the TAN Council Snapshot for voting.
  • TAN Council Vote: The TAN Council must vote with 5/6 approval within 120 hours (5 days) from TAN Council snapshot proposal submission, or else the proposal will not pass.
    • Approval Rate: 5/6
    • Duration: 120 hours (5 days) If the proposal receives at least 5/6 approval within 5 days of submission, it is affirmed.
  • Compliance Council Veto Proposal: At any point during the TANIP voting process and within 72 hours after it has been affirmed by the TAN Council, Compliance Council or TAO members may submit a veto proposal to the Compliance Council snapshot using the CCIP process.
  • Compliance Council Vote: The Compliance Council must vote to veto the proposal within 72 hours after it is approved by the TAN Council, or else the proposal will be approved. .
    • Approval (Veto) Rate: 3/4
    • Duration: 72 hours (3 days)
  • Implementation:
    • Off-Chain: The TAN Council either implements the proposal itself or works with the TAO or other third parties to implement the update.
    • TEL Transfers: TEL is transferred from the TAN Safe to the intended address as a result of the affirmation of the proposal.
  • Documentation: The Proposal Author from the TAN Council coordinates with the TAO (or another administrator as determined by the TAN Council) to update Telcoin.org TANIP documentation.

    • Outcomes and Feedback

  • Proposal Affirmed: If the proposal is affirmed through the TANIP process, it will be implemented and documented according to the specification outlined in the proposal.
  • Proposal Rejected: If the proposal is rejected by the TAN Council, the dissenting members must provide a rationale as to (1) why it failed to meet their decision-making criteria and (2) constructive feedback to help modify the proposal to meet the criteria provided in the rationale.
  • Proposal Vetoed: If the proposal is vetoed by the Compliance Council, the dissenting members must provide a rationale as to (1) why it failed to meet their decision-making criteria and (2) constructive feedback to help modify the proposal to meet the criteria provided in the rationale.

    • Evaluative Criteria

    Consistency with Shared Values: Is the proposed improvement consistent with the the Mission, Vision, Values defined in Article 4.1 (a-c) of the Telcoin Association Constitution?
    Feasibility: Technical, Economic, Financial, Legal, Political
    General Performance Indicators: Staked TEL, users, actors, volume, fees, buy-backs
    Sustainability: Can the quantity of TEL issuance units available to be harvested by Developers and Stakers according to TAN Harvesting Rules sustain at current levels over time?
    Participation: To what extent are (1) the community of local miners and (2) the TAN Council and its members participating in co-production and deliberation processes?
    Economic Efficiency: How economically efficient is the proposed improvement as measured by the magnitude of the change in the flow of net benefits associated with an allocation or reallocation of resources?
    Legitimacy: Do miners view the deliberation process undertaken by the TAN Council related to a particular TANIP as legitimate?
    Proportional Equivalence: Are TAN harvesting rules suitable to TAN Network conditions? Are the benefits obtained by TAN miners proportional to the amount of inputs required in the form of labor, material, or money?
    Accountability: Are the TAN Council and its members accountable to Miner Groups concerning the policies and rules they choose?