🏛️DeSo Governance

Changes to the DeSo blockchain happen according to upgrades to its Revolution PoS consensus mechanism, which is described in detail here and here, with all current validators and their staking percentages listed on the DeSo block explorer here.

In simple terms, anyone can submit an upgrade to DeSo’s fully open-source code, but an upgrade to the DeSo blockchain goes through only if 2/3rds of the validators (weighted by stake) upgrade their software before a particular block height. This is similar to how other Proof of Stake blockchains work, such as Ethereum, and it ensures that changes to the blockchain get heavy oversight and buy-in from the major economic players in the ecosystem before they go through.

For the avoidance of doubt, it is impossible to upgrade the DeSo blockchain without a 2/3rds stake-weighted majority accepting the changes, noting that the DeSo blockchain is fully 100% open-source, and that no individual owns more than 20% of the DESO in existence. Learn about the key repos and how the code works here (outdated but good) and here.