The supply code for the upcoming Polkadot Index Community Token, or PINT, has been made public, with half a dozen initiatives placing their hand as
The supply code for the upcoming Polkadot Index Community Token, or PINT, has been made public, with half a dozen initiatives placing their hand as much as be included within the index.
The undertaking has outlined a four-phase roadmap that it expects to culminate in mainnet launch inside three months.
In accordance with an April 14 announcement, six of Polkadot’s main initiatives have already given “gentle commitments” for inclusion within the index, together with Acala Community, Equilibrium, HydraDX, Litentry, Moonbeam, and Plasm.
The PINT token seeks to supply buyers balanced publicity to the rising Polkadot ecosystem, hedging the volatility of particular person initiatives in opposition to the broader efficiency of the sector. PINT shall be out there for commerce on decentralized exchanges in future, and will be immediately minted utilizing DOT.
PINT’s builders are hoping to see the index adopted as a “treasury reserve asset” throughout the Polkadot ecosystem, providing a substitute for solely holding native tokens as treasury reserve with out the complexities related to energetic treasury administration.
A council shall be tasked with governing the token’s index, and a ‘Constituent Committee’ shaped with representatives from every undertaking included within the index. The six index hopefuls have dedicated to becoming a member of it.
The PINT Council will govern all elements of the index and oversee a local treasury that’s partially financed by accumulating charges from staked property contained inside the index. Nonetheless the Constituent Committee can have veto powers on the Council’s selections.
The index is a collaborative effort between staking service supplier, Stateless Cash, and blockchain improvement workforce ChainSafe. Stateless Cash will coordinate the undertaking, whereas ChainSafe will function its main improvement companion. Cross-chain DeFi DAO, StakerDAO, additionally voted in favor of PINT’s creation utilizing treasury funds, and can obtain a share of the charges generated by the index.