Alien Base DAO

How Alien Base is governed

Alien Base is governed by the holders of $ALB through the Alien Base DAO. Decisions are made on Snapshot, executed by the DAO Multisig, and increasingly framed and stewarded by the Alien Foundation and Alien Labs — see "How decisions move from idea to execution" below.

Governance surfaces

Layer	What it does	Where it lives
Snapshot space	Off-chain weighted voting (esALB-weighted). Where every AIP and ADIP is voted on.	alienbase-dex.eth
DAO Multisig	5-of-8 Gnosis Safe. Executes the on-chain actions implied by passed proposals. Holds the protocol treasury.	0x4ab9070b…71e5
Alien Foundation	Cayman-registered, ownerless legal entity. Provides offchain legal footing for DAO operations.	See Alien Foundation
Alien Labs	Offchain product/frontend/revenue arm introduced in AIP-5. Builds the dApp and runs commercial operations.	See Alien Labs
Discord forum + signal channels	Public discussion, sentiment-checks, Q&A on draft proposals.	Discord

Voting power

Voting power is weighted by esALB holdings (and selected esLP variants), not raw ALB. The full strategy is implemented as a fork of Snapshot's strategies engine — see alienbase-xyz/snapshot-strategies and the on-chain EsVoting helpers (0x3f8d116e…ddc1 and 0xd3cfcb52…2e7b).

Under AIP-5, a new govALB token will offer 10× voting power in exchange for a ~2-year effective lock — designed to align voting weight with long-term commitment. Mechanics will be documented as it goes live.

How decisions move from idea to execution

Idea / discussion           →  Discord, Medium drafts
       │
       ▼
Snapshot proposal (AIP/ADIP) →  alienbase-dex.eth space
       │  (3-day vote, esALB-weighted)
       ▼
Pass / fail
       │
       ├─ Pass → on-chain actions executed by DAO Multisig (or scheduled via timelock)
       └─ Pass → off-chain actions executed by Alien Labs / Foundation (operating-budget items)

Proposal requirements

To submit a proposal, you need at least 100,000 ALB of voting power (esALB-weighted) at the snapshot block.

A proposal must cover three sections:

• Motivation — why we're doing this, with data and analysis where relevant.

• Description — concrete plan of action, including the specific on-chain functions the DAO Multisig is expected to execute (changes to smart-contract parameters, ALB disbursement, or new contract deployments).

• Result — how the proposal achieves the goals, with potential drawbacks and mitigations.

Step-by-step for first-time proposers: How to Propose.

What the DAO controls today

Per AIP-2 and subsequent proposals, the DAO Multisig holds privileged roles on:

• V2 Factory feeToSetter

• V3 Factory owner

• UniversalDistributorController (active farm controller, since June 2025) owner

• BunniHubController owner

Proposal history

A complete index with vote results: AIP Index.

Highlights:

• AIP-1 (de facto, Aug 2023) — emergency emission cut from 15 → 8 ALB/sec after sniper bots captured the initial liquidity.

• AIP-2 (Nov 2023) — V3 launch boost program; established the 50/40/10 fee split and the DAO Multisig.

• AIP-3 (Oct 2024) — second-halving DAO budget; raised DAO collection rate from 15% → 20%.

• AIP-4 (Jun 2025) — third-halving budget; community chose "prioritize DAO" path; authorized multi-year vesting.

• ADIP-01 (Aug 2025) — first proposal authored by "Alienbase Foundation (Proposed)"; six-month operating budget.

• AIP-5 (Apr 2026) — Alien Base 2.0: replaces farming with POL fund + buyback-and-burn; introduces govALB; raises supply cap to 1.051B.

Three smaller community-led proposals also passed in August 2025 (YouTube channel access, Academy pilot video, Academy thread channel).

Treasury

The DAO Multisig holds the on-chain treasury. As of July 6, 2026:

• ETH: 0.032

• ALB: 5,963,076 (only the Safe's holding; the broader DAO-controlled treasury referenced in ADIP-01 is ~37M ALB distributed across multiple addresses)

• USDC: 6,993

• WETH: 2.74

The treasury composition is updated continuously as fees are collected and budget is spent. Live views: Basescan (asset balances), Safe (pending Safe transactions), Dune dashboard (fee accrual over time).

Discord & forum etiquette

Big proposals go through community discussion before they hit Snapshot. The norm is:

1. Post a draft / motivation in Discord (#governance or equivalent channel).

2. Iterate based on feedback for at least a few days.

3. Cross-post to Medium once the structure is settled (helps non-Discord users find it).

4. Open the Snapshot vote.

Spammy, bad-faith, or copy-paste proposals from non-engaged community members tend to die quickly. The DAO is small enough that signal-to-noise is high but also that any well-reasoned proposal gets a real read. Joining Discord is by far the easiest way to be part of the conversation.