BIP-103: Reduce VP Inflation from Community Access Passes

Note: Snapshot is only a summary and may leave ambiguities that are covered in the full BIP in the forum which takes precedent. Note: If this proposal is approved, the 3,750 $BOTTO governance reward will be included in the total 20,475 $BOTTO that's proposed to be burned as detailed.

Summary

This proposal closes the loop on VP inflation from access passes introduced without DAO approval after BIP-12 by retroactively aproving them, with a commitment to never introduce additional access passes without prior DAO approval. It also reduces VP inflation from SuperRare Access Passes by anchoring their VP distribution to SuperRare's actual $BOTTO stake.

Rationale

BIP-12 originally approved only four access pass collections: Botto Access Pass, CyborgDAO Access Pass, SuperRare Access Pass, and Pipes.

In the case of the SuperRare Access Passes, they were meant to distribute VP tied to the 1M $BOTTO held in SuperRare's treasury. Only 471 of a possible 10,000 passes were minted, but each generates 1,225 VP per week — up to 567,975 VP in weekly inflation.

With BIP-100 now approved, SuperRare can stake a portion of its 1M $BOTTO directly and delegate VP as it sees fit — an option that didn't exist when BIP-12 passed. This proposal wants to reduce SuperRare Access Pass VP to 1 VP per week, effectively deprecating them without the technical overhead of a full blacklist. Accounting for 1 $BOTTO staked = 1 VP and the up-to-10,000 pass ceiling, each pass should never have generated more than 100 VP regardless. BIP-54's baseline 100 VP for all users already makes up for this loss.

After BIP-12, nine community access pass collections were introduced without DAO approval — Tender.Art, Verse, GrailersDAO, HashesDAO, ZenAcademy, GEN.ART, GALLERY, PROOF, and Farcaster Frame (Base) — each generating 700 VP per week. This proposal retroactively approves them to close the governance gap, with a firm commitment to require DAO approval for any future access passes.

Finally, Guest Curator Access Passes, also introduced post-BIP-12 without approval, generate 1,575 VP per week across 13 passes. These were distributed in lieu of $BOTTO payments to compensate guest curators, so rather than retroactive approval alone, this proposal burns 20,475 $BOTTO from the treasury to back their VP inflation.

Proposal Specification

1. Reduce VP inflation for SuperRare Access Passes from 1,225 VP per week to 1 VP per week, effectively deprecating them. SuperRare may stake a portion of its 1M $BOTTO holdings and delegate VP via BIP-100 as it sees fit.
2. Retroactively approve the nine community access passes introduced without DAO approval after BIP-12, with a commitment not to introduce additional access passes without prior DAO approval.
3. Burn 20,475 $BOTTO from the DAO treasury to back the 1,575 VP per week inflation from each of the thirteen Guest Curator Access Passes.

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Criteria of Success

• Closes the loop on the BIP-12 governance overstep
• Better aligns the VP system to 1 $BOTTO staked = 1 VP
• Simplifies and enshrines the narrative around Botto's access passes

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Disadvantages/Risks

• SuperRare Access Pass holders: will see a reduction in VP inflation to 1 VP per week; offset by the fact that passes were free to mint, BIP-54's 100 VP baseline already compensates for this, and SuperRare can distribute VP from its 1M $BOTTO holdings via staking and delegation going forward

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Budget

20,475 $BOTTO burned from the DAO treasury to back Guest Curator Access Pass VP inflation. No additional budget required beyond this.