Compare Snapshot.org, tally, and other EVM based voting applications. What is the most popular? What are the differences between tally and snapshot? Are they both open source and free to use? Is tally more suitable for this purpose or is there some other better tool for this?
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I did a quick search and here's what I found.
I did a quick search and here's what I discovered.
Snapshot.org and Tally are two prominent platforms used for governance in decentralized organizations, each with distinct features and approaches.
Snapshot is an offchain governance tool known for enabling gasless voting. It was developed by the team behind the Balancer exchange and has been widely adopted across various projects, especially for its capability to help users avoid high transaction fees while participating in governance. Snapshot polls are part of several governance systems to gauge community sentiment, typically maintaining a primary onchain voting system for ratifying proposals. A key aspect of Snapshot is that it takes a "snapshot" of token balances at a specific block to determine voting weight, and users sign messages off-chain to cast their vote. However, since votes are not submitted and broadcast on chain, a trusted entity is required to review the final vote count and enact the results. Projects like Yearn Finance and Sushiswap use multisigs with community-elected signers and time-lock mechanisms to ensure that votes are executed faithfully.
Tally, on the other hand, focuses on onchain voting. This approach is trustless, meaning that individual votes are submitted as transactions and recorded directly on the blockchain. This requires users to pay a transaction fee for each vote. Onchain voting is more secure than offchain voting as no trusted third party is required to count or enact votes. Proposals passed through onchain voting can be executed automatically. Tally is particularly suitable for approving protocol changes or other high-risk votes.
The primary difference between Snapshot and Tally lies in their onchain versus offchain voting mechanisms. Snapshot's offchain voting does not require transaction fees and is generally used for sentiment polls or low-risk votes, whereas Tally's onchain voting is more secure and suitable for high-stake decisions. Both platforms offer unique advantages depending on the needs of the organization and the type of governance they wish to implement.
As for their popularity, it's challenging to quantify which is more popular as their usage depends on the specific needs and preferences of different decentralized organizations. Both platforms are widely used and respected in the decentralized governance space.
Regarding the open-source and free-to-use nature, Snapshot is known for its open-source approach. Tally also provides resources and documentation supporting its platform, indicating a focus on accessibility and community engagement.
For your specific need of automatically starting a poll immediately after another ends, neither platform appears to offer this feature natively. However, considering their customizable nature, especially with Snapshot's offchain approach, there might be potential to develop a solution using their frameworks, depending on your technical capability and resources.
I'm curious about the feature set for the Snapshot.org voting tool and the JokeRace.xyz ranked choice voting tool, and I want you to look at the documentation for that and let me know the answers to these specific technical questions. One question is whether Snapshot has the ability to do a sort of ranked choice voting, if there are any strategies for ranked choice voting. And then the second question is whether JokeRace has a limit on how many people can use it, and if you can make it so that anybody can easily propose an option for JokeRace, which I'm almost positive you can actually, I want to think of it, because people can propose podcast guests, but exactly how that works, I would like to know more about this.
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I did a quick search for more information and here's what I discovered.
I did a quick search for more information and here's what I found.
Snapshot, the voting tool used by decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), indeed supports various voting methodologies, including ranked choice voting. This feature allows participants in a DAO to express their preference among multiple options in a more nuanced way compared to a simple yes/no vote. The ranked choice voting is one of several methodologies available on Snapshot, alongside others like single choice, approval, quadratic, and weighted voting. This flexibility in choosing a voting system is part of what makes Snapshot a versatile tool for DAO governance.
As for JokeRace, I couldn't find specific information regarding its user limit or the process for proposing options. However, given that it's a tool used for ranking choices, like proposing podcast guests, it's likely designed to accommodate a significant number of users and proposals. The exact mechanics of how users can propose options would be detailed in JokeRace's documentation or user guides, which should provide insights into its capabilities and limitations.
For more detailed and technical information, you can refer to the Snapshot documentation here and search for JokeRace's official documentation or user guides.