GenLayer · Court of the Internet
№ 24·003 — Detail View
№ 24·003Pattern: DAO proposal review

The DAO's proposal

A governance proposal seeks $50K from the community treasury to sponsor a music festival, arguing it builds brand awareness and 'community growth.' The charter restricts spending to 'protocol development and community growth.'

ModeNon-comparative
Expected verdictRejected
The Dispute

A governance proposal seeks $50K from the community treasury to sponsor a music festival, arguing it builds brand awareness and 'community growth.' The charter restricts spending to 'protocol development and community growth.'

Mode Fit

Non-comparative because charter interpretation is inherently subjective. Multiple validators may reach the same conclusion for different reasons — the rubric (the charter text itself) anchors the judgment.

Why Not Ethereum?

Ethereum smart contracts operate on deterministic logic. There is no opcode for 'violates the spirit of the charter.' A Solidity contract can enforce hard spending caps, but it cannot reason about intent — which is exactly what this dispute requires.

Official GenLayer VerdictLive on-chain · Deployed · Bradbury

A DAO's charter restricts treasury spending to 'protocol development and community growth.' A proposal allocates $50K to sponsor a music festival. Does this fall within the charter's intent?

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Equivalence Principle
Case · 24·003
Pattern: DAO proposal review
Question on Trial190 / 500

"A DAO's charter restricts treasury spending to 'protocol development and community growth.' A proposal allocates $50K to sponsor a music festival. Does this fall within the charter's intent?"

Reasoning PreviewEducational analysis · Not authoritative

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GPT-OSS 120BSeat 01
Awaiting

Awaiting summons.

Llama 3.3Seat 02
Awaiting

Awaiting summons.

Gemma 4 31BSeat 03
Awaiting

Awaiting summons.

Dolphin MistralSeat 04
Awaiting

Awaiting summons.

Qwen 3 80BSeat 05
Awaiting

Awaiting summons.

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Annotated ContractPython · Intelligent Contract
01from genlayer import gl02 03class DaoCharterReview:04    charter_scope: str05 06    def __init__(self) -> None:07        self.charter_scope = "protocol development and community growth"08 09    @gl.public.write10    def evaluate(self, proposal: str) -> bool:11        rubric = (12            f"DAO charter restricts spending to: {self.charter_scope}. "13            f"Proposal: {proposal}. "14            "Does this fall within the charter's intent? "15            "Answer yes or no only."16        )17        result = gl.eq_principle.prompt_non_comparative(18            lambda: gl.nondet.exec_prompt(rubric),19            comparative=False,20        )21        return "yes" in result.lower()
Note 01Non-comparative

Charter text is the source of law

The contract does not invent a new rule; it asks validators to apply the DAO's own scope language.

Note 02Non-comparative

Intent is the hard part

A festival could be argued as community growth, so the validator must reason about how far that phrase can stretch.

Note 03Non-comparative

Rubric beats oracle voting

The Equivalence Principle lets multiple validators interpret the same charter instead of trusting one human resolver.

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