When Delegation Makes Sense — and When It Does Not

Delegation exists because not every token holder can attend every forum thread or read every amendment. In practice, it works best when you have aligned values, a public voting record, and a clear scope — for example, handing infrastructure votes to someone who documents their reasoning each week.

It works poorly when you delegate broadly to a popular name you have never read. We have seen holders surprised by votes on charter changes they would have opposed, simply because they treated delegation as a one-time setup task.

In our Governance Foundations Workshop, participants practice writing a short delegation brief: which topics they care about, which they are happy to defer, and how often they will review the delegate's public votes. That brief takes ten minutes and saves months of regret.

If you hold a small balance, delegation may still matter for quorum even when your vote weight is modest. If you hold a larger stake, partial delegation — keeping votes on treasury matters while delegating technical parameters — is often the balanced path.