Web3 & DApp Development Fundamentals · Lesson

Proposals and Voting

Governor contracts.

The Governance Lifecycle

On-chain governance follows a clear lifecycle: propose, vote, queue, execute.

Each stage is handled by a Governor smart contract that enforces the rules automatically.

OpenZeppelin's Governor is the standard framework for DAO voting. It manages proposals, tallies votes, and triggers execution.

It is modular: you plug in a vote-counting strategy, a token, and timing parameters.

contract MyGovernor is
    Governor,
    GovernorVotes,
    GovernorVotesQuorumFraction,
    GovernorTimelockControl
{ /* ... */ }