DGPT

## Overview

dGPT- Dominion Governance Power Token, a fungible asset earned through participation in the Dominion system that provides utility to its owners.

As the name would suggest, one's governance power (influence and stake) in the Dominion system is proportional to their amount of dGTP relative to other entities in the system.

*The lowercase d prefix is due to historical naming convention as GPT was in limited use before the Dominion adopted it.*

## Purpose

As a complex multi-layered DAO like entity, the Dominion needs a fair and trustless way to measure the "stake" of its members and distribute utility to them accordingly. dGPT was created for this purpose.

dGPT is attributed to a specific signature, unique to each entity that owns it. For humans and other organic entities, this would be storing their souls in the Dominion network, for Dominion AIs this would be a stored snapshot of their genesis state. As well as serving as proof of ownership, this unique signature also counts as a stake in and of itself and will automatically mint an initial balance of dGPT to the owner.

Governance power is an arbitrary metric assigned to every member of the Dominion that measures their ability to affect:

- Dynamic variables

- Continous delegate elections

- DUT flow

- Standard cyclic votes

- Special referendums

Owning dGPT entitles one to a fixed income of DUT (Dominion Utility Token). The DUT income of a baseline dGPT stake is considered enough for a human to live to their utmost preference for their entire lifespan (provided that the DUT value remains in a uptrend).

One may redistribute DUT in exchange for dGPT, sacrifing utility for themselves for a larger stake. One can also burn their dGPT for a large fixed sum of DUT as a rebate for increasing the governance power of everyone else.

## Acquiring DGPT

Aside from one's initial entitlement, it is possible to acquire an unlimited amount of dGPT by participating in the Dominion system.

dGPT is the main incentive for a member to assign an approved role to themselves (e,g Internal Affairs agent, or External Affairs soldier). Performance in a given approved role will automatically credit dGPT to a member in proportion to their performance vs others.

Redistributing large quantities of DUT can result in substantial payout. As one can produce DUT through a variety of means, this provides numerous possibilities (including ones external to the system or approved roles) to acquire dGPT.

Becoming a utility-provider- this requires substantial time investment and is highly competitive but can allow for passive dGPT generation. This method exists in equilibrium with redistributing DUT as too much DUT supply without enough utility providers to make use of it will increase the profitability of this method and vice-versa.

Various idea proposal buckets can pay in dGPT if one is able to provide something novel.

dGPT is transferrable OTC so members may trade or gift dGPT. Current parameters forbid dGPT loans or derivatives and this unlikely to change due to systemic concerns (manipulation) and moral concerns (exploitation). Transferring dGPT to non-members without an initial stake is also forbidden for similar reasons.