VeBetter Proposal Update: Higher Quality, Fairer Participation, Improved Engagement

As ever, we’re committed to fostering a transparent, lively, and equitable governance process within VeBetterDAO. While the existing framework enabled open participation, it also revealed the need for structural refinements to maintain quality and operational efficiency.

Following the recent approval of a community submitted proposal and many hours of hard work by our engineers, the measures outlined have been mostly implemented. These changes are designed to safeguard proposal quality, encourage balanced participation, and ensure stakeholders remain incentivised to engage actively in governance. Read on for the full breakdown!

You can review the original proposal, here.

Identified Challenges

The proposal highlighted several challenges with the governance proposal system:

• No barrier to entry: Any submission could be submitted, resulting in excessive low-value or duplicate proposals.
• Lack of clarity: Ambiguous or poorly structured proposals slow decision-making.
• High and rising support thresholds: Smaller stakeholders were often unable to contribute meaningfully thanks to the flat 2% quorum of all VOT3 tokens required.
• Locked VOT3 without yield: Supporters were discouraged from backing proposals due to being excluded from the weekly snapshot, and therefore losing out on weekly governance rewards.

Implemented Changes

The approved measures address these issues through a combination of new requirements, targeted adjustments, and retained safeguards.

New Requirements

• Moon-level GM NFT is now required to create proposals, ensuring authors have demonstrated long-term commitment and to reduce spam.
• Mandatory “List of Changes” section, categorising amendments as Removed, Modified, or Added Features.

Note: Other changes, such as using B3MO as an AI agent to review proposals, and the requisite to create Discourse threads prior to creating proposals will be included in a future update.

Adjustments to Current Parameters

• Maximum Support cap of 5 million VOT3: This change helps prevent disproportionate influence by large holders and improve engagement for smaller stakeholders. Currently, VeBetterDAO requires proposals to receive community support equal to 2% of the circulating supply of B3TR (as VOT3) before advancing to the formal voting phase — this amount may become prohibitive for smaller stakeholders to meet over time, excluding participation.
• VOT3 tokens used to support proposals will now count toward voting power in dApp weekly allocation voting rounds (allowing users to remain eligible for rewards from the weekly allocation during the lock-up period).

This approach ensures that active governance participation is not penalised, while maintaining a meaningful cost for voting and endorsement.

Importance of Community Engagement

Governance is the foundation of VeBetterDAO’s sustainability and growth. These changes represent not only a procedural improvement, but also an investment in the DAO’s long-term resilience.

A healthy governance ecosystem depends on:

• Broad participation — Ensuring diverse perspectives and decentralised decision-making.
• Informed engagement — Encouraging members to review, discuss, and evaluate proposals carefully.
• Shared accountability — Making governance a collective responsibility rather than the domain of a few large holders.

VeChain reaffirms its commitment to creating an environment where every committed stakeholder can contribute meaningfully. By participating in discussions, proposing constructive changes, and voting thoughtfully, the community ensures that VeBetterDAO remains adaptable, transparent, and aligned with its mission to drive sustainable innovation.

Another Step Forwards

The implementation of these governance refinements marks a significant step forward for the VeBetter ecosystem. By combining higher submission standards, fairer thresholds, and aligned incentives, the process is now better equipped to handle proposals that genuinely benefit the ecosystem.

Want to contribute a proposal of your own? Head on over to Vebetter.org and join the community!