KAT Tokenomics DAO in DEP 2

 

Mission

The KAT Tokenomics DAO designs and pilots the KAT Reward & Privilege Framework 1.0 - a shared, non-financial recognition system that enables consistent and ethical multi-stakeholder participation across Kambria DAOs.

The DAO does not manage DAO treasuries or operate other DAOs’ reward execution. Its focus is to provide frameworks, templates, and system prototypes so each DAO can configure and run its own recognition model.

The framework supports recognition for contributions from:

• DAO Members (DEP participants)

• Community Collaborators

• Partners & Organizations

• Ambassadors (internal & external)

• Volunteers

• Customers / Users (DAO product users)

• KAT Holders participating through governance and ecosystem support actions

Role in DEP Cohort 2

Unlike activity-oriented DAOs, the KAT Tokenomics DAO acts as a foundational infrastructure DAO for the cohort.

In DEP2, KAT recognition is symbolic and non-financial. The DAO focuses on:

• Defining coherent rules and templates

• Ensuring comparability across DAOs

• Reducing incentive gaming risks

• Preparing the execution workflow for future scaling

Core Deliverables

1) Applying the KAT Reward & Privilege Framework 1.0 to DEP2 DAOs

The KAT Tokenomics DAO does not create a new framework.
It applies the existing KAT Reward & Privilege Framework 1.0 to three DAOs in DEP Cohort 2, helping each DAO define its specific configuration.

This includes, for each selected DAO:

• Defining stakeholder scope

• Mapping contributions to Credits

• Defining Karma mapping rules

• Setting KAT parameters (caps, tiers, privileges)

• Ensuring alignment with framework invariants

CED is used as the reference example DAO, demonstrating a complete, implementation-ready configuration that other DAOs can follow.

2) DAO Operating Toolkit (for Monthly Execution)

The KAT Tokenomics DAO produces a practical operating toolkit that enables DAO Organizers to run the framework consistently and with low overhead.

The toolkit focuses on execution, not design theory, and includes:

• Monthly Reporting Templates
  • Credits sheet

  • Karma sheet

  • KAT calculation sheet

• Audit & Review Checklist
  • Credit verification rules

  • Karma exception review (Low / Trusted)

  • Cap application checks

  • Anomaly detection

• Exception-Handling Rules
  • Misreporting corrections

  • Severe violation handling

  • Dispute resolution between periods

These materials are designed to be:

• Reusable across DAOs

• Easy to audit

• Compatible with both automated and DAO-reported contribution flows

3) Pilot Integration Across DEP Cohort 2

Hands-on support to apply the framework to selected DAOs:

• Help each DAO define its configuration (Credits/Karma/Tiers/Privileges/Caps)

• Review alignment with framework guardrails

• Collect feedback from DAO operations

• Publish improvements for future cohorts

4) MVP Web-Based Dashboard (Prototype)

A lightweight prototype of the framework execution workflow, showing how a DAO Organizer can:

• Import DAO-approved monthly Credit/Karma/KAT sheets

• Validate calculations and apply caps

• Preview settlement results

• Produce auditable outputs (per DAO, per contributor, per period)

This dashboard prototypes the off-chain system workflow used in DEP2.
Any future on-chain settlement or GT-sync mechanisms are expected to be handled by Kambria core infrastructure, not DEP2 prototypes.

Working Structure

Roles

• DAO Lead / Facilitator: coordinates scope, weekly cadence, and deliverable quality

• Configuration Authors: draft and maintain the framework spec and templates

• Pilot Integrators: work with selected DAOs to create configurations and collect feedback

• Prototype Builder (Dashboard): builds the MVP workflow prototype

• Reviewers (Program / Core team): validate clarity, feasibility, and alignment with guardrails

Cadence

• Weekly syncs (planning + review)

• Bi-weekly cohort integration checkpoints

• End-of-month consolidated “version update” (framework + templates + learnings)

What Success Looks Like (DEP2)

By the end of DEP2, success means:

1. DAO usability

• At least 2–3 DAOs can define their configurations using the toolkit, with minimal back-and-forth.

2. Operational feasibility

• A DAO Organizer can run the monthly cycle:
  • import → validate → cap → preview → finalize
    using the templates and prototype.

3. Consistency + safety

• No per-DAO custom tokenomics logic forks.

• Clear anti-gaming guardrails (caps, Karma weighting, audit flows).

4. Cohort learning

• Documented lessons and improvements for Framework 1.1+.

Partners & Collaboration Opportunities

We welcome collaboration from:

• Cohort DAOs: to pilot configuration and provide operational feedback

• Community contributors: to review templates and propose improvements

• Universities / research groups: governance design, incentive design, evaluation methods

• Technology partners: dashboard prototyping, data schema review, security review (non-financial)

• Ecosystem partners: help define multi-stakeholder contribution categories responsibly

Collaboration formats may include:

• Reviews of configuration drafts

• Workshops on contribution taxonomy and Karma signals

• Pilot integration support

• UX feedback for the dashboard prototype