Author: Taylor Monahan
When do you need this?
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1. Create a Proposal to Split the DAO
Additional Information
Instructions
Go to ‘Contracts’ and then click on the ‘The DAO’ contract.
On the right side, click the “Pick a Function” dropdown.
Select “New Proposal”
Recipient: enter the address new curator for your DAO (your address)*
Amount: Leave Blank
Description: Leave Blank, or enter a human readable descriptor like “0x762f split proposal” so you know it is yours later. **
Transaction Data: Leave blank
Debating Period: ‘604800’ this is 1 week in seconds, the minimum amount of time.
New Curator: Check this box!
Choose your token account to execute from
There is no need to send any ETH
Ensure you have some ETH in your token account for gas.
Click “Execute”
A pop up will appear confirming gas, etc. Enter your password and press "SEND TRANSACTION".
* If you are just splitting the DAO with just yourself, you would enter your address and therefore become the new Curator. Make sure you have access to this account! If you are creating a new DAO with other people, this should probably be a multi-sig wallet held by multiple trusted people.
** Anyone who enters the Proposal ID will be able to read this descriptor, so don’t include personal information.
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As we can see nothing funky is going on in Proposal 1 above. Taylor determined that Proposal 1 was a malicious attack by an untrustworthy curator, and decided that splitting the DAO would be her best choice, as seen in Proposal 2.
3. Vote “YES” on your new proposal
Go to ‘Contracts’ and then click on the ‘The DAO’ contract.
On the right side, click the “Pick a Function” dropdown.
Select “Vote”
Proposal ID: the ID of the proposal to split the DAO.
Supports Proposal: Check the ‘Yes’ button.
Choose your token account to execute from
There is no need to send any ETH
Ensure you have some ETH in your token account for gas.
Click “Execute”
A pop up will appear confirming gas, etc. Enter your password and press "SEND TRANSACTION".
If you want to make sure you voted…
Enter your proposal ID on the left side
Look under “YEA” and make sure it doesn’t say “0”