agora/docs

Agora specification and documentation

This folder contains documents explaining the conceptual background and technical implementation of Agora components.

Technical design

The tech-design/ subdirectory contains high level descriptions of the architecture of Agora's governance solution.

Plutarch

Agora makes extensive use of Plutarch. One unfamiliar with the library will be unable to suitably understand the technical parts of this documentation. The maintainers provide an extensive guide that will familiarise the developer with the language and thereby this set of documentation.

Glossary

The following is a list of terms that are used frequently throughout the documentation:

• DAO: decentralised autonomous organisation.
• Proposal: a set of changes to a Cardano protocol, suggested by a community member. Will be enacted, if passed by the community.
• Governance token (GT): the token that confers the right to vote on proposals within the protocol. May affect the user's eligibility for rewards. Examples include Liqwid's LQ.
• Governance authority token (GAT): A token that grant's the effects of a proposal the authority to alter the system. More information can be read here.
• Effect: A script for implementing changes suggested by a proposal. An effect can make numerous changes and a proposal may have multiple effects.