A.9 Governance & Safety
Lioth DAO
The on-chain governance system responsible for protocol parameter changes and treasury allocations after bootstrap.
Governance Activation
The milestone at which parameter authority transitions from bootstrap defaults to DAO-governed changes. Activation process and criteria are defined in the governance section.
Parameter Registry
An on-chain registry storing the canonical active protocol parameters (role thresholds, tier defaults, campaign templates, dispute defaults, fee policies). Parameter changes are applied through governance execution and become the source of truth for compliant clients and PSOs.
Governance Timelock
A delay between a governance vote passing and execution of the change on-chain. Timelocks reduce governance capture risk and give participants time to monitor, react, or exit.
Admin Safety Overlay
Bootstrap/testnet deployments may operate a distinct operational safety overlay that can hold settlement, freeze payout release, quarantine entities, mark suspected exploit posture, or exclude TGE-sensitive eligibility. These controls are auditable and intentionally separate from PHK finality. They do not rewrite accepted/rejected truth.
Implementation note: Current live safety-overlay and validator-bootstrap behavior are documented in App Status.
Bootstrap Validator Controls
Bootstrap/testnet deployments may approve validators for participation or use audited assignment overrides in controlled scenarios when automatic routing is blocked by cold start or integrity restrictions. These controls solve operational availability problems only. They do not let operators decide PHK outcomes.
Emergency Pause (Optional)
A bounded safety mechanism to temporarily pause specific protocol functions during critical incidents. Emergency Pause is transparent, time-limited, and does not permit fund seizure or outcome rewriting.
Security Council (Optional, Early Phase)
A limited-scope multi-signature committee authorized only to trigger Emergency Pause under strict constraints during early mainnet. Intended to sunset or be reduced as governance matures.