Governance

Using the governance site

The layout of the site, what you can read without a wallet, and what connecting one adds.

Using the governance site

Governance lives at governance.l2protocol.com. Everything on it is read straight from the chain, so every proposal, tally and timelock is open to you without connecting anything. A wallet is only needed to sign: to vote, to submit a proposal, to queue one or to execute one.

The overview page

The front page is the whole picture, in four bands.

On the floor. The card at the top right is the open proposal with the most votes cast so far, with its tally bar and the block voting closes at. If nothing is open, the card invites you to put the next proposal forward instead.

Active proposals. One card per proposal that is open for voting. Each shows the proposer, the first line of the description, and the split between For, Against and Abstain. With a wallet connected it also shows your own voting power for that proposal and the vote buttons.

Past proposals. Everything the chain has already decided, and what is waiting in the timelock. Each row carries the state, the date, the number of votes cast and a link to the full proposal. Rows that can still be settled show a Queue or Execute button here too.

From idea to on-chain. The four steps of the lifecycle in short. How governance works has them in full.

Connecting a wallet

Press Connect Wallet, top right, and pick your wallet. Once connected the button becomes a pill showing your .l2p name if you have set one, and otherwise the first and last characters of your address. Press it again to switch account or disconnect. See What a .l2p name is.

Connecting adds three things to what you already see:

  • your voting power per proposal, measured at that proposal's snapshot block
  • the vote buttons, and a note telling you how you voted if you already did
  • the ability to submit, queue and execute

The site never asks for a private key or a seed phrase, and it cannot move anything on its own. It only asks your wallet to sign transactions you started, and you see them before you approve them.

Getting around

Where What is there
/ The overview: active proposals, past proposals, how it works
/proposal/<proposal id> One proposal in full: description, tally, on-chain call, voters
/propose The form that submits a new proposal

Proposals and How it works in the header jump to those bands on the overview. New Proposal opens the form. Selecting any proposal title opens its own page.

Light and dark

The round button at the bottom of the screen switches between the light and the dark theme. The choice is stored in your browser, so the site comes back the way you left it.

Where to go next