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CouncilHaus: A Continuous and Participatory Budget Allocation dApp Coverage Status

What is CouncilHaus?

CouncilHaus enables organizations with a set budget to allocate funds continuously among grantees. Council members vote to decide how the budget is distributed dynamically, ensuring efficient use of resources, reducing administrative overhead, and allowing real-time adjustments to meet evolving needs.

Key Features

  1. Participatory Decision Making: Council members actively decide how funds are distributed, fostering a more inclusive allocation process.
  2. Flexible Allocation: Members can allocate their voting power across multiple grantees, supporting various projects as they see fit.
  3. Transparent Process: All allocations and decisions are recorded, providing a clear and auditable trail of fund distribution.
  4. Managed Access: The system includes roles for administering members and grantees, maintaining control over who can participate.
  5. Automatic Distribution: Once allocations are decided, the system automatically handles the distribution of funds to grantees.

How It Works

  1. Council Formation: Administrators can add council members, assigning them voting power based on their role or expertise.
  2. Grantee Registration: Potential fund recipients (grantees) are added to the system.
  3. Budget Allocation: Council members use their voting power to allocate funds to grantees they wish to support.
  4. Automatic Distribution: Once allocations are set, the system takes care of distributing the funds according to the council's decisions.

Why Use CouncilHaus?

CouncilHaus brings several benefits to organizations looking to manage grant or fund allocation:

  • Participation: Encourages active involvement by recognizing and rewarding contributions, creating a more engaged, motivated, and thriving community.
  • Flexibility: Council members can easily adjust their allocations, responding to changing needs or priorities.
  • Efficiency: The automated distribution system reduces administrative overhead.
  • Transparency: All decisions are recorded, promoting trust and accountability.

Whether you're a company, a DAO interested in funding an ecosystem of contributors, a public-goods organization, or any entity that needs to manage collective fund allocation, CouncilHaus offers a modern, flexible, and efficient solution to empower your team and streamline grant-giving. For instance, Superfluid has used CouncilHaus to reward ecosystem contributors in an ongoing hackathon, with demo days every two weeks.

How to run

Install bun (a fast JavaScript runtime) from https://bun.sh/ or just use npm install -g bun.

Use bun to install dependencies and run the project:

bun install
bun run dev

The development server will be available at http://localhost:3000/.

The smart contracts are in the contracts directory, and the frontend is in the apps directory.

How to deploy

Build Settings

Environment Variables

  • Use VITE_WALLETCONNECT_PROJECT_ID for your wallet connect project ID.
  • Use VITE_SITE_URL for your site URL. Otherwise, the default will be https://council.haus.