1. Summary
This proposal authorize the team to allocate fee incomes from instant withdraw pools to the ZEROBASE DAO and further grow the community.
This proposal also authorizes the use of all liquidity in the ZEROBASE DAO treasury to be used for buying $ZBT tokens on the open market and store them in the DAO treasury.
This plan directly links protocol success with token scarcity and long-term holder value.
2. Motivation
Holder Alignment
ZEROBASE DAO is build to create value for $ZBT holders and align interest to them, it is in $ZBT holder’s interest to reduce the outstanding supply and ease the sell pressure.
Long Term Committment
By allocating protocol income into the DAO, ZEROBASE team also shows its support to the long term development of the protocol and community.
Transparency
All buyback and burn transactions will occur on-chain, with addresses and transaction records reported transparently to the community.
3. Specification / Implementation Plan
Process Overview
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ZEROBASE team also collects trading fees from the instant withdraw pools and periodically send them to ZEROBASE DAO. For such $ZBT token purchase, the team will purchase on behalf of the DAO and then send to the multisig.
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ZEROBASE DAO will also directly purchase $ZBT tokens from decentralized exchanges.
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All purchased $ZBT tokens are sent to DAO multisig address, removing them from supply and support the future work of the ZEROBASE DAO.
Execution Authority
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The team will collect fees from instant withdraw pools and execute token purchase on behalf of the DAO.
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The ZEROBASE DAO Treasury multisig will execute purchases according to the policy once approved by DAO vote.
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Frequency and reporting cadence (e.g., weekly or monthly) will be released after initial execution.
4. Alternatives Considered
- ZEROBASE DAO can burn all the purchased $ZBT tokens. Please specify your thoughts below.
5. Benefits
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Indirectly ties about protocol success to token value.
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Enhances token scarcity and perceived utility.
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Improves long-term alignment among stakeholders.
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Transparent and automated on-chain reporting strengthens community trust.
6. Risks and Dependencies
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Reduced Treasury may limit DAO’s operational flexibility.
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Requires careful and secret execution to avoid frontrunning or negative market impact during purchase periods.