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gov/acc — Accelerating Governance Innovation in Web3

A time-bound research program coordinated by Metagov to demonstrate how and where decentralized governance can help communities achieve their goals. Running through Devcon 2026 in Mumbai.

Website: gov-acc.metagov.org

Read the introduction: gov/acc: Accelerating Governance Innovation in Web3

What is gov/acc?

Gov/acc is not governance maximalism — more governance isn't always better. It's about identifying the right governance surfaces and combining the right tools, processes, and culture to help a community accomplish its goals. A subset of Vitalik's d/acc movement applied to governance.

The program coordinates:

• Communities that want to experiment with governance tools and processes
• Researchers and practitioners supporting those communities through public collaboration
• Tool builders developing solutions that improve governance
• Public knowledge infrastructure capturing who's working on what, and what's working

Phase 1: Problem & Solution Mapping (Jan–Feb 2026)

Phase 1 gathers structured data on governance problems, proposed solutions, and who's building them — through AI-facilitated interviews and online workshops.

Current status: 19 completed interviews, 33 engaged participants.

Key Findings So Far

Top problems identified:

1. Token voting failure & plutocracy (raised by 12/19 participants)
2. Governance theater & recentralization (9/19)
3. Broken contributor economies (7/19, deepest discussion)
4. Voting fatigue & apathy (8/19)
5. Over-reliance on game theory (4/19, but deepest engagement per participant)

Solution categories emerging: Reputation & merit systems, AI-augmented governance, deliberation & signaling tools, governance memory systems, structural & constitutional design, compensation innovation, and alternative governance models.

Participate

We're still collecting perspectives. The structured interview takes ~20 minutes and is facilitated by AI.

Take the interview →

Program Timeline

Phase	Timeline	Focus
Phase 1	Jan–Feb 2026	Data gathering via Harmonica interviews and online workshops
Phase 2	Mar 2026	Data analysis, synthesis, and cleaning
Phase 3	Mar–Apr 2026	Visualization and leaderboard production
EthCC Workshop	Mar 30–Apr 2, 2026	First gov/acc workshop — review roadmap, form working groups
Devcon Mumbai	Nov 2026	Present final results

Site Architecture

This site is built with Quartz (Obsidian-based static site generator) and deployed to GitHub Pages at gov-acc.metagov.org.

• index.md — Homepage
• Research Program Plan.md — Full program methodology
• resources/ — Curated research articles, papers, and threads
• phase1/ — Static HTML research dashboard (bypasses Quartz processing)
• .quartz/ — Quartz framework and config

Get Involved

• Take the interview: Harmonica session
• Join the community: Governance Geeks on Telegram
• Reach out: @bbeats1 (Eugene Leventhal)

Team

• Eugene Leventhal — Research Director, Metagov
• Martin Karlsson — Coordination Network
• Spencer Saar Cavanaugh — Clinamenic LLC
• Val — Community coordinator, Metagov
• Artem Zhiganov — Research tooling, Harmonica
• Rosalind Marino - Research Project Manager, Metagov