🗳️ GVote Voting Power: Weighted Snapshot Strategy

To ensure fair and manipulation-resistant voting power calculation in the GVote hybrid governance system, we adopt a weighted snapshot mechanism using multiple historical blocks.

🔧 Snapshot Parameters

• Total Snapshots: 12

• Snapshot Interval: Fixed block gap (e.g. every 86400 blocks or every 24 hours)

• Snapshot Range: From the most recent block X to X - 11×gap

• Calculation Rule: Weighted average of all snapshots

EffectiveVotingPower = sum(votes[i] × weight[i]) / sum(weights)

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📊 Snapshot Weights

Snapshot Index	Relative Block	Assigned Weight	Purpose
1	X	3	Reflects most recent activity
2	X - 1×gap	3
3	X - 2×gap	3
4	X - 3×gap	3
5	X - 4×gap	3
6	X - 5×gap	2	Mid-term holding
7	X - 6×gap	2
8	X - 7×gap	2
9	X - 8×gap	2
10	X - 9×gap	1	Long-term support
11	X -10×gap	1
12	X -11×gap	1

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📈 Weight Contribution Summary

Time Range	Snapshot Count	Total Weight	Approx. % of Total
Recent	5	15	57.7%
Mid-Term	4	8	30.8%
Long-Term	3	3	11.5%
Total	12	26	100%

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✅ Why This Matters

• Prevents vote manipulation via short-term token acquisition

• Rewards consistent holders across both short and long terms

• Encourages long-term alignment with the GooDog ecosystem

• Maintains fairness by using a clear, auditable snapshot schedule

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🛠️ Notes for Developers

• Snapshots are pulled using getPastVotes(address, blockNumber)

• The block numbers are calculated automatically at the start of each GVote round

• Off-chain scripts may be used to batch-process snapshot reads

• Voting power is saved to the database as:

interface GVotePower {
  user: string
  round_id: string
  voting_power: number
  block_snapshots: number[] // optional for traceability
}

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📚 Future Upgrades

• Community can propose changes to:

  • Snapshot count

  • Block interval

  • Weight distribution