Cardano Tessera Show How Governance Fit Move Pass Yes or No Votes

Cardano developers don present Tessera, one on-chain survey application wey dem build around CIP-0179, during Cardano Developers Office Hours #69. Di session, wey Matthieu Pizenberg lead, focus on how Cardano fit support transparent surveys and polls wey dey record answers through transaction metadata.

Tessera Add On-Chain Surveys to Cardano

Tessera allow users to create, browse and answer surveys using regular Cardano transactions. Person wey wan participate go connect wallet, choose survey, submit responses and record dem through metadata wey compatible tools fit index and display.

Di application support several question formats, including single choice, multi-select, ranking, numeric ranges, points allocation and rating models. Dis one make am useful for questions wey binary governance vote no fit capture di full range of community preferences.

CIP-0179, wey dem title “On-Chain Surveys and Polls,” define standardized transaction metadata format for creating, responding to and cancelling surveys under metadata label 17. Di proposal dey listed for di Metadata category and e currently get Proposed status for di Cardano Improvement Proposal repository.

CIP-0179 Expand Governance Feedback

Cardano governance already get info actions, but dem dey limited when topic require pass yes, no or abstain. CIP-0179 dey give wallets, explorers, dashboards and indexers one shared format to read survey data instead of make each project design im own off-chain polling method.

Di standard fit work for governance and non-governance feedback. Im documentation include examples like ranking candidates, polling candidate CIPs for hard-fork prioritization, collecting numeric preferences and voting on budget line items.

Tessera fit also link surveys to governance actions for visibility. Surveys fit dey public, with responses visible as dem dey submit, or sealed, with answers encrypted during di survey period and revealed after e end. For di presentation, dem describe dis one as delayed disclosure, no be permanent privacy.

Verifiable Results Create New Governance Workflows

Tessera include export and verification features for survey results. Responses fit download as CSV files, while JSON artifact fit provide di data wey dem use for tallying. For stake-weighted surveys, dat artifact fit include responder roles and di voting weight wey apply for di relevant snapshot.

Di presentation still cover possible additions, including support for developer ecosystem surveys, multilingual survey content, optional free-text responses, question dependency logic and additional authentication methods. Pizenberg still discuss broader ideas like topic-scoped delegation, where delegation fit depend on di subject wey dem dey decide.

Tessera no replace Cardano formal governance process. Im role narrow and practical: e dey demonstrate how priorities, candidates, budget options and developer feedback fit capture inside format wey other Cardano tools fit read, export and verify. For governance system wey now dey handle treasury decisions, protocol priorities and community elections, dis one dey give Cardano clearer way to measure sentiment before decisions reach di formal voting layer.