Why this rating: BandChain is a DPoS Cosmos chain governed on-chain by BAND stakers (validators + delegators); 2% of block rewards flow to a Community Fund Pool distributed per governance decisions. Governance is active into 2026 (v3.1.3 upgrade via cosmoscan proposal #19; governance-gated oracle-script proposal Aug 2026; BCGP grants Nov-Dec 2025). GSA-1 near-miss: the Community Fund Pool (2% of block rewards) is governed on-chain via contract, but the Band Protocol corporate treasury (raised capital) sits outside chain control; GSA-2 pass: delegators can instantly redelegate (removing validator power), override validator votes, and validators are slashed for misbehavior — Cosmos recall mechanics (dYdX precedent)
GSA-1 near-miss: the Community Fund Pool (2% of block rewards) is governed on-chain via contract, but the Band Protocol corporate treasury (raised capital) sits outside chain control
GSA-2 pass: delegators can instantly redelegate (removing validator power), override validator votes, and validators are slashed for misbehavior — Cosmos recall mechanics (dYdX precedent)
GSA-3 near-miss: stakers receive inflation + transaction/data-request fees via the hardcoded distribution module (conditional on staking); revenue is inflation-heavy and corporate revenue paths are separate
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Metrics
Curated metric — next quarterly update. On-chain revenue, treasury, and distribution-enforcement reads are not yet wired for this DAO's space in the Institute's state files; the quarterly re-assessment cycle will populate this block.
GSA-1 near-miss: the Community Fund Pool (2% of block rewards) is governed on-chain via contract, but the Band Protocol corporate treasury (raised capital) sits outside chain control
GSA-2 pass: delegators can instantly redelegate (removing validator power), override validator votes, and validators are slashed for misbehavior — Cosmos recall mechanics (dYdX precedent)
GSA-3 near-miss: stakers receive inflation + transaction/data-request fees via the hardcoded distribution module (conditional on staking); revenue is inflation-heavy and corporate revenue paths are separate