> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://wiki.useace.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://wiki.useace.com/ace-governance/governance-vision.md). # Governance Vision Governance is a crucial mechanism that should not be taken lightly. *“\[...] blockchain governance is extremely important. I think it’s the second (rather than first) most important factor that will determine whether blockchains end up being a public good, or a menace to the public. Second only after the shared purpose of the blockchain community (a purpose that legitimate governance presumably is supposed to bear out).”* - [Vlad Zamfir](https://medium.com/@Vlad_Zamfir/against-on-chain-governance-a4ceacd040ca). We believe that we’re still in the early phases of crypto governance and that the jury is not out on what the best governance mechanism is. Nor will there be one best mechanism that is best for all, rather you need to find what works best for your community. We salute, keep an eye out, and want to learn from ideas and novel governance models such as [Vitalik’s Notes on Blockchain Governance](https://vitalik.ca/general/2017/12/17/voting.html), [Optimism’s two chambers model](https://community.optimism.io/docs/governance/#how-is-optimism-governed), [Across’ “fair fair” launch](https://medium.com/across-protocol/across-protocol-is-live-and-you-can-be-a-co-founder-43d848a969d1), [quadratic voting systems](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadratic_voting), [vote delegation](https://vote.makerdao.com/delegates), [Believability-Weighted decision making](https://www.principles.com/principles/633d5d13-8610-425f-ad62-cd62347d9165/), and more. ​​It is our commitment to progressively decentralize by giving more decision-making over to the community with the goal to hand it all over to the community when there is a sufficiently mature organization to receive it. This is a subjective evaluation and a public commitment. For this to happen there has to be a huge level of trust and engagement. We expect there to be an evolving conversation with the ACE community about when it’s ready to take the reins. Our governance mechanism will evolve slowly, carefully, and deliberately (especially when it comes to [Type 1 decisions](https://www.businessinsider.com/jeff-bezos-on-type-1-and-type-2-decisions-2016-4?r=US\&IR=T)) until it gets to its final form of decentralized governance via the ACE DAO. We will do this together. --- # Agent Instructions This documentation is published with GitBook. GitBook is the documentation platform designed so that both humans and AI agents can read, navigate, and reason over technical content effectively. Learn more at gitbook.com. ## Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter, and the optional `goal` query parameter: ``` GET https://wiki.useace.com/ace-governance/governance-vision.md?ask=&goal= ``` `ask` is the immediate question: it should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. `goal` is optional and describes the broader end goal you are ultimately trying to accomplish on behalf of the user. GitBook uses it to tailor the answer towards what is most useful for that goal. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.