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Thumbnail of Governance Review #102

Governance Review #102

Handoffs, Housekeeping, and Hooks.

governance27 Jul 2026
Thumbnail of Governance Review #101

Governance Review #101

Research, Rotations, and Reforms.

governance20 Jul 2026
Thumbnail of Governance Review #100

Governance Review #100

100 Reviews, Still Breaking the News.

governance14 Jul 2026
Thumbnail of Governance Review #99

Governance Review #99

Less Process, More Progress.

governance6 Jul 2026
Thumbnail of Governance Review #98

Governance Review #98

New Rules, New Tools.

governance22 Jun 2026
Thumbnail of Governance Review #97

Governance Review #97

New Rules, New Routes.

governance8 Jun 2026
Thumbnail of Governance Review #96

Governance Review #96

Fees, Fixes, and Funding Mixes.

governance26 May 2026
Thumbnail of Governance Review #95

Governance Review #95

Flows, Votes, and Protocol Roads.

governance18 May 2026
Thumbnail of Governance Review #94

Governance Review #94

Less Guess, More Process.

governance11 May 2026
Thumbnail of Governance Review #93

Governance Review #93

From Hacks to Tracks, Governance Reacts.

governance29 Apr 2026
Thumbnail of Governance Review #92

Governance Review #92

Trim the Fat, Set the Track: DAOs Don’t Look Back.

governance20 Apr 2026
Thumbnail of Governance Review #91

Governance Review #91

DAOs hit the brakes on spending and double down on execution.

governance13 Apr 2026
Thumbnail of Governance Review #90

Governance Review #90

New Rules, New Moves, Same Governance Grooves

governance1 Apr 2026
Thumbnail of Governance Review #89

Governance Review #89

New Rules, New Tools, Same Power Moves.

governance23 Mar 2026
Thumbnail of Governance Review #88

Governance Review #88

Fees, Forks & Feedback Loops.

governance18 Mar 2026
Thumbnail of Governance Review #87

Governance Review #87

A packed week in governance across major ecosystems.

governance10 Mar 2026
Thumbnail of Governance Review #86

Governance Review #86

Treasury Discipline and Narrative Ambition.

governance2 Mar 2026
Thumbnail of Governance Review #85

Governance Review #85

Governance moves from planning to delivery.

governance23 Feb 2026
Thumbnail of Governance Review #84

Governance Review #84

February is here, and the forums are already buzzing.

governance3 Feb 2026
Thumbnail of Governance Review #83

Governance Review #83

January winds down, but governance keeps moving.

governance26 Jan 2026
Thumbnail of Governance Review #82

Governance Review #82

From pilots to processes: governance evolves across L2s.

governance20 Jan 2026
Thumbnail of Governance Review #81

Governance Review #81

Governance in 2026: From Experimentation to Execution.

governance12 Jan 2026
Thumbnail of Governance Review #80

Governance Review #80

Kicking Off 2026 With Governance Housekeeping and Hard Lessons From 2025.

governance7 Jan 2026
Thumbnail of Governance Review #79

Governance Review #79

Governance heads into year-end mode with wrap-ups and incremental improvements.

governance23 Dec 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #78

Governance Review #78

Governance enters year-end mode with lighter but meaningful updates.

governance15 Dec 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #77

Governance Review #77

As December slows the forums down, the important decisions get clearer.

governance8 Dec 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #76

Governance Review #76

Networks tune fees, councils reset, treasuries get to work.

governance11 Nov 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #75

Governance Review #75

Q4 cadence: fewer headlines, more execution.

governance3 Nov 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #74

Governance Review #74

Optimism grants advance, Arbitrum debates incentives and treasury policy, ZKsync accelerates activation; the rest keep shipping.

governance28 Oct 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #73

Governance Review #73

Elections on Optimism, incentives on Arbitrum, activation on ZKsync; plus key infra moves elsewhere.

governance21 Oct 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #72

Governance Review #72

Fresh month, fresh moves. Governance is moving in this Q4.

governance6 Oct 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #71

Governance Review #71

Steady beats building heat as month wraps.

governance29 Sep 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #70

Governance Review #70

Weekly governance brief: what passed, what paused, what’s next.

governance22 Sep 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #69

Governance Review #69

Busy week in governance with steady progress.

governance15 Sep 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #68

Governance Review #68

Not loud, not slow, just steady progress and prep for what’s next.

governance8 Sep 2025
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Ethereum Connect

Our attempt at making Devconnect's impact as lasting as possible in LATAM.

governance2 Sep 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #67

Governance Review #67

Busy week in governance—steady tempo, few surprises.

governance1 Sep 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #66

Governance Review #66

Calm but purposeful: fewer headlines, more execution across L2s.

governance25 Aug 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #65

Governance Review #65

Slight increase in activity, but the high quality of proposals remains unchanged.

governance18 Aug 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #64

Governance Review #64

A quieter week, but IOPs, RFPs, and upgrades keep governance on course.

governance11 Aug 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #63

Governance Review #63

New month, fresh proposals. Activity dipped a bit, but the governance boat’s still afloat.

governance4 Aug 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #62

Governance Review #62

Governance remains in tune as we approach the end of the month.

governance28 Jul 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #61

Governance Review #61

Although activity has dropped in some ecosystems, new proposals continue to emerge to keep the beat.

governance21 Jul 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #60

Governance Review #60

A weekly cross-ecosystem governance roundup that we are part of.

governance14 Jul 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #59

Governance Review #59

Activity has been reduced after the ETHCC, but some ecosystems keep the proposal machines running.

governance7 Jul 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #58

Governance Review #58

ETHCC slowed the activity down a bit, but there is still a beat.

governance30 Jun 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #57

Governance Review #57

Another packed week of upgrades, proposals, and DAO housekeeping across every ecosystem that we are part of.

governance23 Jun 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #56

Governance Review #56

Halfway through 2025, and the proposal machine is still in overdrive.

governance16 Jun 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #55

Governance Review #55

Governance never sleeps, new ideas, frameworks, and restructures proposed this week.

governance9 Jun 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #54

Governance Review #54

New month, fresh governance proposals.

governance2 Jun 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #53

Governance Review #53

The Month is ending, but activity, votes, and governance discussions continue strong.

governance26 May 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #52

Governance Review #52

Busy week in governance with new proposals, new funding rounds, and discussions.

governance19 May 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #51

Governance Review #51

Scaling Decisions, Global Ambitions: upgrades approved, experiments queued, and incentives re‑imagined.

governance12 May 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #50

Governance Review #50

Fresh month, same beat: L2s flood the forums with new discussions and proposals.

governance5 May 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #49

Governance Review #49

Governance activity remains high as we approach the end of the month.

governance28 Apr 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #48

Governance Review #48

Another week of governance news, proposals, updates, and innovation in the DAOs.

governance22 Apr 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #47

Governance Review #47

A packed week in DAOs, with news, updates, proposals, and more.

governance14 Apr 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #46

Governance Review #46

Relatively slow week in governance, but with some important discussions!.

governance7 Apr 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #45

Governance Review #45

This week, lots of initiatives across DAOs have been posting updates.

governance31 Mar 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #44

Governance Review #44

Most DAOs have been relatively active this week.

governance24 Mar 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #43

Governance Review #43

A packed review with news across all DAOs we are actively participating in.

governance17 Mar 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #42

Governance Review #42

An update on the last 2 weeks in governance.

governance10 Mar 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #41

Governance Review #41

ETH Denver slows down governance activity.

governance24 Feb 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #40

Governance Review #40

Things in governance are heating up ahead of ETHDenver!.

governance17 Feb 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #39

Governance Review #39

There are lots of new proposals across the board this week.

governance10 Feb 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #38

Governance Review #38

Things have been busy for DAOs this week.

governance3 Feb 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #37

Governance Review #37

Governance activity picks up the pace as we’re nearing the end of January.

governance27 Jan 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #36

Governance Review #36

This week has been relatively quiet across most DAOs.

governance20 Jan 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #35

Governance Review #35

The first governance review of 2025 is here!

governance13 Jan 2025
Thumbnail of Governance Review #34

Governance Review #34

There’s one final push to get things across the finish line before the holidays and we’re here for it.

governance16 Dec 2024
Thumbnail of Governance Review #33

Governance Review #33

Another week full of governance news from the DAOs we’re active participants of.

governance10 Dec 2024
Thumbnail of Governance Review #32

Governance Review #32

We’re back from Devcon with a review of what has been happening in governance.

governance26 Nov 2024
Thumbnail of Governance Review #31

Governance Review #31

Another full week in DAO governance.

governance2 Nov 2024
Thumbnail of Governance Review #30

Governance Review #30

Last week was less eventful for DAOs, without that meaning that things aren’t happening.

governance21 Oct 2024
Thumbnail of Governance Review #29

Governance Review #29

Two different protocols electing their Security Council, and other governance-related news.

governance14 Oct 2024
Thumbnail of Governance Review #28

Governance Review #28

A packed review with news across all DAOs we are actively participating in.

governance3 Oct 2024
Thumbnail of Governance Review #27

Governance Review #27

Optimism to vote on rolling Mission Requests, Arbitrum and Everclear gearing up for Security Council elections, and Uniswap discusses leveraging ecosystem incentives.

governance16 Sep 2024
Thumbnail of Governance Review #26

Governance Review #26

Starknet's first vote, Arbitrum's continued activity, and the introduction of Lisk in the governance review

governance9 Sep 2024
Thumbnail of Governance Review #25

Governance Review #25

Governance Review is back from summer vacation, and governance activity is sprawling.

governance29 Aug 2024
Thumbnail of Governance Review #24

Governance Review #24

Three weeks' worth of governance news packed in a 10-minute read.

governance5 Aug 2024
Thumbnail of Governance Review #23

Governance Review #23

We're back after a short break because of EthCC in Brussels. Catch up with what has happened in governance over the past 3 weeks!

governance23 Jul 2024
Thumbnail of Governance Review #22

Governance Review #22

Read about Optimism's Mission Requests, ARB staking, Hop Grants Committee and more.

governance2 Jul 2024
Thumbnail of Governance Review #21

Governance Review #21

Optimism announces fault proofs, Hop opens nominations for their Grants Council, and Polygon introduces a 1 BILLION grants program.

governance17 Jun 2024
Thumbnail of Governance Review #20

Governance Review #20

Arbitrum voting for BOLD, Uniswap voting to match LTIPP, Starknet hackathon, and Connext rebrands to Everclear.

governance10 Jun 2024
Thumbnail of Governance Review #19

Governance Review #19

Arbitrum Foundation submits 3 technical proposals, Uniswap votes on delegate rewards, and Hop looks to renew its grants program.

governance31 May 2024
Thumbnail of Governance Review #18

Governance Review #18

The theme of the week is on-chain governance! Multiple proposals from several protocols are going through the on-chain vote phase of their respective governance process.

governance25 May 2024
Thumbnail of Governance Review #17

Governance Review #17

L2BEAT provides weekly updates on governance in concise articles.

governance17 May 2024
Thumbnail of Governance Review #16

Governance Review #16

L2BEAT provides weekly updates on governance in concise articles.

governance5 May 2024
Thumbnail of Governance Review #15

Governance Review #15

L2BEAT provides weekly updates on governance in concise articles.

governance26 Apr 2024
Thumbnail of Governance Review #14

Governance Review #14

L2BEAT provides weekly updates on governance in concise articles.

governance19 Apr 2024
Thumbnail of Governance Review #13

Governance Review #13

L2BEAT provides weekly updates on governance in concise articles.

governance12 Apr 2024
Thumbnail of Governance Review #12

Governance Review #12

L2BEAT provides weekly updates on governance in concise articles.

governance5 Apr 2024
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How to Submit a Proposal to the Arbitrum DAO

The Incomplete Guide to Submitting a Proposal to the Arbitrum DAO.

governance5 Apr 2024
Thumbnail of Governance Review #11

Governance Review #11

L2BEAT provides weekly updates on governance in concise articles.

governance29 Mar 2024
Thumbnail of Governance Review #10

Governance Review #10

L2BEAT provides weekly updates on governance in concise articles.

governance22 Mar 2024
Thumbnail of Governance Review #09

Governance Review #09

L2BEAT provides weekly updates on governance in concise articles.

governance15 Mar 2024
Thumbnail of Governance Review #08

Governance Review #08

L2BEAT provides weekly updates on governance in concise articles.

governance8 Mar 2024
Thumbnail of Governance Review #07

Governance Review #07

L2BEAT provides weekly updates on governance in concise articles.

governance1 Mar 2024
Thumbnail of Governance Review #06

Governance Review #06

L2BEAT provides weekly updates on governance in concise articles.

governance23 Feb 2024
Thumbnail of Governance Review #05

Governance Review #05

L2BEAT provides weekly updates on governance in concise articles.

governance16 Feb 2024
Thumbnail of Governance Review #04

Governance Review #04

L2BEAT provides weekly updates on governance in concise articles.

governance9 Feb 2024
Thumbnail of Governance Review #03

Governance Review #03

governance2 Feb 2024
Thumbnail of Governance Review #02

Governance Review #02

L2BEAT provides weekly updates on governance in concise articles.

governance26 Jan 2024
Thumbnail of Governance Review #01

Governance Review #01

L2BEAT provides weekly updates on governance in concise articles.

governance19 Jan 2024