Summary
Currently the team and contributors are paid in ABI. The proposal will pay them pABI which can be staked for veGABI. This ensures the team is aligned for the long run and their tokens will vest with the other pABI unlocks.
Motivation The team monthly overhead for Abachi is currently still quite low. We are spending roughly 22k - 25k per month in overhead costs. This means that the team is well under normal industry rates and is compensated monthly in ABI. Currently we pay 1000 ABI per month to contributors and all of these are funded by the Abachi Labs treasury.
Since we are reducing emissions and looking to put forth inverse bonds, everyone in the team and contributors has given a soft approval to lock their tokens which are paid as monthly compensation. They will now be paid in pABI instead of ABI which they can lock for veGABI.
All contributors are paid a USD portion also, which incentivizes them in short term.
Methodology Simple change, just pay in pABI instead of ABI. No other changes as part of the proposal and payments are uniformly 100 pABI per core contributor per month.