Gov

The gov module enables onchain governance which allows Osmosis token holders to participate in a community led decision-making process. For example, users can:

• Form an idea and seek feedback
• Create a proposal and adjust according to feedback as needed
• Submit a proposal along with an initial deposit
• Deposit tokens and fund an active proposal
• Vote for an active proposal

Overview

Network parameters

The network parameters for the gov module are:

• deposit_params - Deposit related parameters

  • min_deposit: Minimum deposit (in uOSMO) for a proposal to enter voting period
  • max_deposit_period: Maximum period (in nanoseconds) for OSMO holders to deposit on a proposal.

• voting_params - Voting related parameters

  • voting_period: The length of the voting period (in nanoseconds)

• tally_params - Tally related parameters

  • quorum: The minimum percentage (in decimal form) of voting power that needs to be casted on a proposal for the result to be valid
  • threshold: Minimum proportion (in decimal form) of Yes votes (excluding Abstain votes) for the proposal to be accepted
  • veto: Minimum value of Veto votes to total votes ratio (in decimal form) for proposal to be vetoed.

The Governance Procedure

Phase 0 - Post your proposal draft on the Governance forums

Osmosis governance defined a requirement for waiting periods before going to chain to allow feedback and refinement on proposals in Proposal 438.

Post any drafts on the Governance forum as a first step.

Phase 1 - Submit a proposal along with an initial deposit

Users submits a proposal with an initial deposit. The proposal will then become "active" and enters the deposit period.

Phase 2 - Deposit period

During the deposit period, users can deposit and support an active proposal. Once the deposit of the proposal reaches the min_deposit, it will enter the voting period. Otherwise, if the proposal is not successfully funded within max_deposit_period, It will become inactive and all the deposits will be burned.

Phase 3 - Voting period

During the voting period, staked (bonded) tokens will be able to participate in the voting process. Users can choose one of the following options: yes, no, no_with_veto and abstain.

After the voting_period has passed, the proposal will be considered "Rejected" and the funds deposited in the deposit period will be burned if:

• Votes do not reach the quorum
• Enough vote no_with_veto when compared with total votes to meet the veto to total votes ratio specified in tally_params

The proposal will be considered "Rejected" and the funds deposited in the deposit period will be returned if

• No one votes (or everyone votes to abstain)
• More than threshold of non-abstaining voters vote no

Otherwise, the proposal will be accepted and changes will be implemented according to the proposal.

Transactions

submit-proposal

Submit a proposal along with an initial deposit

osmosisd tx gov submit-proposal [flags]

typical flags would be:

• --gas=auto --gas-prices 0.05uosmo --gas-adjustment 1.3 to auto-calculate gas required. The --gas-prices value is illustrative: Osmosis sets a dynamic minimum gas price via its fee market, so query the current base fee (osmosisd query txfees base-fee) and pass a value at or above it.
• --from WALLET_ADDRESS to set the running wallet
• --deposit=1500000000uosmo to provide the initial 1500 OSMO (25% of the min_deposit) deposit for putting a proposal on chain

There are different types of proposal submission types, including

• text
• param-change
• community-pool-spend
• software-upgrade and cancel-software-upgrade
• update-pool-incentives
• set-superfluid-asset and remove-superfluid-asset
• wasm-store
• update-unpool-whitelist

We will go over each of these submission types in detail now:

submit-proposal (text)

Text proposals differ from other proposal submission types in that after it passes, no logic is automatically executed. This is good for proposing changes to Osmosis that are not linked to a specific daemon parameter.

osmosisd tx gov submit-proposal --type=text --title="" --description="" --from WALLET_ADDRESS --deposit=1500000000uosmo [flags]

Example

Create a text signaling proposals to match external incentives for a DOGE/OSMO and DOGE/ATOM pair.

osmosisd tx gov submit-proposal --type=text --title="Match External Incentives for DOGE/OSMO and DOGE/ATOM pairs" --description="Input description" --from WALLET_ADDRESS --deposit=1500000000uosmo --gas=auto --gas-prices 0.05uosmo --gas-adjustment 1.3

submit-proposal (param change)

Submit a proposal to modify network parameters during run time, ideally these should be tested on Testnet before proposing.

osmosisd tx gov submit-proposal param-change [proposal-file] --from WALLET_ADDRESS [flags]

Example

Change the parameter MaxValidators (maximum number of validator) in the staking module:

osmosisd tx gov submit-proposal param-change proposal.json --from WALLET_ADDRESS --gas=auto --gas-prices 0.05uosmo --gas-adjustment 1.3

The proposal.json file would look as follows:

{
  "title": "Staking Param Change",
  "description": "Update max validators",
  "changes": [
    {
      "subspace": "staking",
      "key": "MaxValidators",
      "value": 150
    }
  ],
  "deposit": "1500000000uosmo"
}

submit-proposal (community pool spend)

Request funds from the community pool to support projects or other activities.

osmosisd tx gov submit-proposal community-pool-spend [proposal-file] --from WALLET_ADDRESS [flags]

Example

Submit a proposal to use community funds to fund a DAO:

osmosisd tx gov submit-proposal community-pool-spend proposal.json --from WALLET_ADDRESS --gas=auto --gas-prices 0.05uosmo --gas-adjustment 1.3

The proposal.json would look as follows:

{
  "title": "Osmosis DAO",
  "description": "Establish a DAO for Osmosis. Potentially add external links for more information or allow discussion",
  "recipient": "osmo1r9pjvsuahxwkxg8cnhacd6alkmxq330fl9pqqt",
  "amount": "10000000000uosmo",
  "deposit": "1500000000uosmo"
}

If passed, the requested community funds would be sent to the recipient address provided in the json file.

submit-proposal (software upgrade)

Submit an upgrade proposal and suggest a software upgrade at a specific block height.

osmosisd tx gov submit-proposal software-upgrade [proposal-file] --from WALLET_ADDRESS [flags]

Example

Update Osmosis to V11:

osmosisd tx gov submit-proposal software-upgrade v11 --upgrade-height 5432450 --upgrade-info https://raw.githubusercontent.com/osmosis-labs/osmosis/main//osmosis-1/upgrades/v11/mainnet/upgrade_11_binaries.json  --title="Osmosis v11 Upgrade" --description="" --from WALLET_ADDRESS --gas=auto --gas-prices 0.05uosmo --gas-adjustment 1.3

submit-proposal (cancel upgrade)

Cancel the planned software upgrade before the upgrade height is reached.

osmosisd tx gov submit-proposal cancel-software-upgrade --title="" --description"" --from WALLET_ADDRESS --gas=auto --gas-prices 0.05uosmo --gas-adjustment 1.3

The software upgrade does not have to be specified, as this will cancel the currently active software upgrade proposal.

submit-proposal (update pool incentives)

Update the weight of specified pool gauges in regards to their share of incentives.

osmosisd tx gov submit-proposal update-pool-incentives [gaugeIDs] [weights] --from WALLET_ADDRESS --gas=auto --gas-prices 0.05uosmo --gas-adjustment 1.3

Example

Update the pool incentives weights for gauge_id 0 and 1 to be 5000 and 20,000.

osmosisd tx gov submit-proposal update-pool-incentives 0,1 5000,20000 --from WALLET_ADDRESS --chain-id CHAIN_ID

submit-proposal (set superfluid asset)

Enable a pool as eligible for Superfluid Staking, allowing a portion of the OSMO within the pool to be staked - providing additional security for Osmosis as well as staking rewards and voting power for Liquidity Providers

osmosisd tx gov submit-proposal set-superfluid-assets-proposal --superfluid-assets= [GAMM] --from WALLET_ADDRESS --gas=auto --gas-prices 0.05uosmo --gas-adjustment 1.3

Example

Add Superfluid Staking to Pool 831.

osmosisd tx gov submit-proposal set-superfluid-assets-proposal --superfluid-assets="gamm/pool/831" --from WALLET_ADDRESS --gas=auto --gas-prices 0.05uosmo --gas-adjustment 1.3

submit-proposal (remove superfluid asset)

Disable a pool as eligible for Superfluid Staking, this prevents OSMO in a pool from being able to also be staked.

osmosisd tx gov submit-proposal remove-superfluid-assets-proposal --superfluid-assets= [GAMM] --from WALLET_ADDRESS --gas=auto --gas-prices 0.05uosmo --gas-adjustment 1.3

Example

Remove Superfluid Staking from Pool 831.

osmosisd tx gov submit-proposal remove-superfluid-assets-proposal --superfluid-assets="gamm/pool/831" --from WALLET_ADDRESS --gas=auto --gas-prices 0.05uosmo --gas-adjustment 1.3

submit-proposal (wasm-store)

Upload a CosmWasm contract to Osmosis for subsequent instantiation.

osmosisd tx gov wasm-store [contract.wasm] --title="" --description="" --code-hash [checksum] --code-source-url [source] --builder [builder] --from WALLET_ADDRESS --gas=auto --gas-prices 0.05uosmo --gas-adjustment 1.3

Example Upload Crosschain Swaps contract.

osmosisd tx gov submit-proposal wasm-store crosschain_swaps.wasm --title="Upload Crosschain Swaps contract" --description="" --code-hash e7cfd4ec2cf594de9d15863c6e324025045de39236186c03483af7c9e06d4949 --code-source-url "https://github.com/osmosis-labs/osmosis/raw/v31.x/tests/ibc-hooks/bytecode/crosschain_swaps.wasm" --builder "cosmwasm/workspace-optimizer:0.12.10" --from WALLET_ADDRESS --gas=auto --gas-prices 0.05uosmo --gas-adjustment 1.3

submit-proposal (update unpool whitelist)

Enable immediate unpooling on a pool, allowing users to choose to freeze their impermanent loss during the unbonding period in the event of unexpected severe conditions.

osmosisd tx gov submit-proposal update-unpool-whitelist --pool-ids [PoolIDs] --title="" --description="" --from WALLET_ADDRESS --gas=auto --gas-prices 0.05uosmo --gas-adjustment 1.3

Example

Allow immediate unpooling of pools 1, 2 and 3.

osmosisd tx gov submit-proposal update-unpool-whitelist --pool-ids "1, 2, 3" --title="Allow Immediate Unpooling of Pools 1, 2 and 3" --description="" --from WALLET_ADDRESS --gas=auto --gas-prices 0.05uosmo --gas-adjustment 1.3

deposit

Deposit tokens for an active proposal

osmosisd tx gov deposit [proposal-id] [deposit] --from WALLET_ADDRESS --gas=auto --gas-prices 0.05uosmo --gas-adjustment 1.3

Example

If proposal number 12 is in the deposit period and you would like to help bring it to a vote, you could deposit 1200 OSMO to that proposal as follows:

osmosisd tx gov deposit 12 1200000000uosmo --from WALLET_ADDRESS --gas=auto --gas-prices 0.05uosmo --gas-adjustment 1.3

vote

Vote for an active proposal

osmosisd tx gov vote [proposal-id] [option] --from WALLET_ADDRESS --gas=auto --gas-prices 0.05uosmo --gas-adjustment 1.3

Valid value of option field is yes, no, no_with_veto and abstain.

Example

To vote yes for proposal 12:

osmosisd tx gov vote 12 yes --from WALLET_ADDRESS --gas=auto --gas-prices 0.05uosmo --gas-adjustment 1.3

Queries

proposals

Query all proposals

osmosisd query gov proposals [proposal-id]

Example

We can list all proposals in json format by:

osmosisd query gov proposals -o json | jq

An example of the output:

  {
    "proposals": [
      {
        "proposal_id": "1",
        "content": {
          "@type": "/cosmos.params.v1beta1.ParameterChangeProposal",
          "title": "Staking Param Change",
          "description": "Update max validators",
          "changes": [
            {
              "subspace": "staking",
              "key": "MaxValidators",
              "value": "150"
            }
          ]
        },
        "status": "PROPOSAL_STATUS_PASSED",
        "final_tally_result": {
          "yes": "50040000000000",
          "abstain": "0",
          "no": "0",
          "no_with_veto": "0"
        },
        "submit_time": "2021-10-15T10:05:49.996956080Z",
        "deposit_end_time": "2021-10-15T22:05:49.996956080Z",
        "total_deposit": [
          {
            "denom": "uosmo",
            "amount": "100000000"
          }
        ],
        "voting_start_time": "2021-10-15T10:14:56.958963929Z",
        "voting_end_time": "2021-10-15T22:14:56.958963929Z"
      }
    ],
    "pagination": {
      "next_key": null,
      "total": "0"
    }
  }
...

In the above example, there is only one proposal with "proposal_id": "1", with the title: "Staking Param Change" that change the MaxValidators parameter of the staking module to 150. We can also see that the status of the proposal is "PROPOSAL_STATUS_PASSED", which means that this proposal has been passed. In reality, the output would be much longer with all proposals listed.

proposal

Query details of a single proposal

osmosisd query gov proposal [proposal-id]

Example

To check proposal 13 and list in json format:

osmosisd query gov proposal 13 -o json | jq

tally

Get the tally of a proposal vote that shows how the community voted on a specific proposal.

query gov tally [proposal-id]

Example

To check the tally of proposal 13 and output in json:

osmosisd query gov tally 13 -o json | jq

Which outputs:

{
  "yes": "11126523145952",
  "abstain": "58623193556",
  "no": "44915148922",
  "no_with_veto": "5194297427"
}

params

Query the current gov parameters

osmosisd query gov params

Example

To check the current gov parameters and output in json:

osmosisd query gov params --output json | jq

Which outputs:

{
  "voting_params": {
    "voting_period": "432000000000000",
    "proposal_voting_periods": null,
    "expedited_voting_period": "86400000000000"
  },
  "tally_params": {
    "quorum": "0.200000000000000000",
    "threshold": "0.500000000000000000",
    "veto_threshold": "0.334000000000000000",
    "expedited_threshold": "0.666666666666666667"
  },
  "deposit_params": {
    "min_deposit": [
      {
        "denom": "uosmo",
        "amount": "6000000000"
      }
    ],
    "max_deposit_period": "1209600000000000",
    "min_expedited_deposit": [
      {
        "denom": "uosmo",
        "amount": "20000000000"
      }
    ],
    "min_initial_deposit_ratio": "0.250000000000000000"
  }
}

See the network parameters section for a detailed explanation of the above parameters.

Appendix

Current Configuration

gov module: Network Parameter effects and current configuration

The following tables show overall effects on different configurations of the gov related network parameters:

	min_deposit	max_deposit_period	voting_period
Type	array (coins)	string (time ns)	string (time ns)
Higher	More collateral required to bring a proposal to vote	More time to solicit funds to reach min_deposit	Longer voting period
Lower	Less collateral required to bring a proposal to vote	Less time to solicit funds to reach min_deposit	Shorter voting period
Constraints	Value has to be a positive integer	Value has to be positive	Value has to be positive
Current configuration	6000000000 (6000 OSMO)	1209600000000000 (2 weeks)	432000000000000 (5 days)

	quorum	threshold	veto
Type	string (dec)	string (dec)	string (dec)
Higher	Easier for a proposal to be passed	Easier for a proposal to be passed	Easier for a proposal to be passed
Lower	Harder for a proposal to be passed	Harder for a proposal to be passed	Harder for a proposal to be passed
Constraints	Value has to be less or equal to 1	Value has to be less or equal to 1	Value has to be less or equal to 1
Current configuration	0.2 (20%)	0.5 (50%)	0.334 (33.4%)

	min_expedited_deposit	expedited_threshold	expedited_voting_period
Type	array (coins)	string (dec)	string (dec)
Higher	More collateral required to bring an expedited proposal to vote	Easier for an expedited proposal to be passed	Longer expedited voting period
Lower	Less collateral required to bring an expedited proposal to vote	Harder for an expedited proposal to be passed	Shorter expedited voting period
Constraints	Value has to be a positive integer	Value has to be less or equal to 1	Value has to be positive
Current configuration	20000000000 (20000 OSMO)	0.666666666666666667 (66.6%)	86400000000000 (1 day)