[PROPOSAL] Extend Voting Period When Quorum Reached Too Close To Proposal End

[PROPOSAL] Extend Voting Period When Quorum Reached Too Close To Proposal End Summary We propose a modification to the Cosmos Hub’s governance module to potentially extend the voting period for active governance proposals. This extension will be triggered if a proposal achieves quorum too close to the end of its voting period. The aim is to ensure that there is sufficient time for discussion and to mitigate potential governance manipulation. Context The Cosmos Hub – and for what matters, any other Cosmos blockchain using the default `x/governance` module of the Cosmos SDK – is subject to a potential issue that arises when proposals achieve quorum towards the end of their voting period. The operational principle of the code is that a proposal takes effect – meaning the outcome of the proposal is valid and it is not automatically rejected – only when it reaches quorum. When this happens too close to the end of the voting period, it might be hard for all stakeholders to react accordingly and in time, potentially compromising the governance process. For instance, a voter might have chosen to not cast their vote when going over a proposal, since the proposal did not seem to…

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hi

in a world where large orgs (like yours, owning 10% of Atom genesis tokens) are not allowed to use their Atoms to manipulate vote outcomes by massively delegating/redelegating during the last days of a proposal lifecycle, this idea would be nice.

in our world, i’m not sure it is.

I have been advocating extending the voting period for a while now. I am a firm believer in open markets and building from logic. Consensus computing, at this stage, which is “managed” manually by operators, simply doesn’t make sense with these tiny voting windows. Consensus is about communication, which is about time and patience. A network such as Cosmos is a baby and needs more time to make decisions, like all babies (metaphorically) do.

Easy yes from Citizen Cosmos / Web3