ENS DAO Proposes Delegating 5 Million ENS Tokens to Reform Governance Structure

According to Foresight News, ENS DAO contributor AvsA recently proposed a governance reform plan that would delegate (rather than distribute) 5 million ENS tokens from the treasury to multiple delegation contracts. The 5 million tokens would be allocated equally across five stakeholder categories—users, integrators, developers, traditional domain system participants, and the governance community—with up to 10 candidates per category selected through specific criteria. Delegated recipients would receive voting rights only, not token ownership, and voting power would be reassigned if holders remain inactive for over six months.

The proposal addresses an ongoing governance crisis where a single proxy holder currently controls enough voting power to independently pass any proposal, and overall delegation voting has been declining, resulting in insufficient participation on recent votes. The proposal is currently in feedback collection and has not entered formal voting.