# CIP-Draft: Add new chains to DAO Snapshot Voting Strategies **URL:** \ **Category:** Inactive Proposals\ **Tags:** cip\ **Created:** [January 7, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.cow.fi/t/cip-draft-add-new-chains-to-dao-snapshot-voting-strategies/2730 "2025-01-07T17:12:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![yvesfracari](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.cow.fi/yvesfracari/32/1262_2.png) [@yvesfracari](https://forum.cow.fi/u/yvesfracari)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 5:12pm UTC](https://forum.cow.fi/t/cip-draft-add-new-chains-to-dao-snapshot-voting-strategies/2730/1 "2025-01-07T17:12:58Z")
CIP: \ title: Add new chains to DAO Snapshot Voting Strategies author: @yvesfracari status: Draft created: \<2025-01-07\> ## Simple Summary To participate to the CoW DAO governance it is necessary to hold or a be a delegated to anyone who holds vCOW or COW on Mainnet or Gnosis chains. Since the protocol was recently deployed on Arbitrum and Base, the token was bridged to these chains as well. In that sense, we allow the holders on these chains to also participate on the governance. ## Motivation As possible to see on that [Dune Query](https://dune.com/queries/4492232/7563048), a small proportion of the tokens are holder on these chains, however, the holders should still have the same rights as the ones on the other chains. ## Specification Update the snapshot voting strategy to include the `erc20-balance-of` strategy for holders of COW on Arbitrum and Base. The address of the token on each chain a - Arbitrum: [0xcb8b5CD20BdCaea9a010aC1F8d835824F5C87A04](https://arbiscan.io/token/0xcb8b5CD20BdCaea9a010aC1F8d835824F5C87A04) - Base: [0xc694a91e6b071bF030A18BD3053A7fE09B6DaE69](https://basescan.org/token/0xc694a91e6b071bF030A18BD3053A7fE09B6DaE69) ---
**Author:** ![fleupold](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.cow.fi/fleupold/32/206_2.png) [@fleupold](https://forum.cow.fi/u/fleupold)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 12:01pm UTC](https://forum.cow.fi/t/cip-draft-add-new-chains-to-dao-snapshot-voting-strategies/2730/2 "2025-01-08T12:01:24Z")
Makes perfect sense! Thanks for taking the initiative to post this, would be great if you could drive this to completion. ---
**Author:** ![middleway.eth](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.cow.fi/middleway.eth/32/12_2.png) [@middleway.eth](https://forum.cow.fi/u/middleway.eth)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 11:49am UTC](https://forum.cow.fi/t/cip-draft-add-new-chains-to-dao-snapshot-voting-strategies/2730/3 "2025-01-09T11:49:16Z")
The way to proceed with this initiative is to implement those strategies on CoW DAO’s snapshot settings. The procedure is usually to create a PR on this repo: [GitHub - cowprotocol/snapshot-settings: CoW DAO Snapshot Settings 📸](https://github.com/cowprotocol/snapshot-settings). After the PR is reviewed and merged, a CIP could follow for updating the snapshot space settings with the new strategies. ---
**Author:** ![mendesfabio](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.cow.fi/mendesfabio/32/1882_2.png) [@mendesfabio](https://forum.cow.fi/u/mendesfabio)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.cow.fi/t/cip-draft-add-new-chains-to-dao-snapshot-voting-strategies/2730/4 "2025-01-09T17:36:07Z")
Great proposal! We could follow convention and include both `erc20-balance-of` and `erc20-balance-of-delegation` voting strategies for Arbitrum and Base ---
**Author:** ![Tane](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.cow.fi/tane/32/1216_2.png) [@Tane](https://forum.cow.fi/u/Tane)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2025, 12:46pm UTC](https://forum.cow.fi/t/cip-draft-add-new-chains-to-dao-snapshot-voting-strategies/2730/5 "2025-01-10T12:46:26Z")
We believe this proposal is a great step forward for CoW DAO! Including Arbitrum and Base token holders in governance ensures fairness and inclusivity, which are core principles of our community. Removing barriers like this is critical for improving the decentralization of governance as we continue to grow and evolve. ---
**Author:** ![Chim9](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.cow.fi/chim9/32/417_2.png) [@Chim9](https://forum.cow.fi/u/Chim9)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2025, 3:12pm UTC](https://forum.cow.fi/t/cip-draft-add-new-chains-to-dao-snapshot-voting-strategies/2730/6 "2025-01-10T15:12:39Z")
This is an excellent proposal. I can confirm that there has been growing traction for $COW on the newest networks where CoW Protocol was deployed in 2024. Cumulatively, on Arbitrum and Base, there are now over 8,000 $COW holders who could participate in governance and further enhance the decentralization of COW DAO. ---
**Author:** ![yvesfracari](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.cow.fi/yvesfracari/32/1262_2.png) [@yvesfracari](https://forum.cow.fi/u/yvesfracari)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://forum.cow.fi/t/cip-draft-add-new-chains-to-dao-snapshot-voting-strategies/2730/7 "2025-01-13T17:11:18Z")
Thank you all for the support and specially @middleway.eth for the instructions, here is the [PR](https://github.com/cowprotocol/snapshot-settings/pull/12). FYI I had to change all strategies to the `erc20-balance-of-with-delegation` because of the limit of 8 strategies per space. ---
**Author:** ![karolak](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.cow.fi/karolak/32/1363_2.png) [@karolak](https://forum.cow.fi/u/karolak)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 9:10am UTC](https://forum.cow.fi/t/cip-draft-add-new-chains-to-dao-snapshot-voting-strategies/2730/8 "2025-03-26T09:10:38Z")
Hi, any update on this? ---
**Author:** ![yvesfracari](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.cow.fi/yvesfracari/32/1262_2.png) [@yvesfracari](https://forum.cow.fi/u/yvesfracari)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 11:45am UTC](https://forum.cow.fi/t/cip-draft-add-new-chains-to-dao-snapshot-voting-strategies/2730/9 "2025-03-31T11:45:40Z")
I am waiting for a review/approve on the PR, after that this update will be ready. @c3rnst mentioned that a small RFP can be created for this. I will send a message on the discord about it ---
**Author:** ![c3rnst](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.cow.fi/c3rnst/32/219_2.png) [@c3rnst](https://forum.cow.fi/u/c3rnst)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2025, 12:03pm UTC](https://forum.cow.fi/t/cip-draft-add-new-chains-to-dao-snapshot-voting-strategies/2730/10 "2025-03-31T12:03:22Z")
Hey - thanks for following up. Indeed, so generally the problem is that Snapshot PRs are very difficult to review and a simple snapshot change is hard to validate. In theory, it does not need the core team because anyone could propose this to the DAO, though I am doubtful how useful this is because even a simple change can break a lot. A peer review would be super helpful: maybe someone who is good with Snapshot PRs can review this: could this be outsourced via a grant, possibly? I think taking a stab at a RFP might be nice, it could even include wider things regarding snapshot reviews… just an idea. ---
**Author:** ![bonustrack](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.cow.fi/bonustrack/32/1215_2.png) [@bonustrack](https://forum.cow.fi/u/bonustrack)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2025, 4:34am UTC](https://forum.cow.fi/t/cip-draft-add-new-chains-to-dao-snapshot-voting-strategies/2730/11 "2025-06-20T04:34:07Z")
Hey everyone, Fabien here from Snapshot Labs. I looked at the PR with the settings changes and can confirm everything looks good and will work fine with the new chains added. There is just one thing I wanted to mention: with these new settings, delegators won’t be able to “override” their delegate’s vote anymore. Right now if someone delegates to you and you vote, they can still come in later and take back their voting power by voting themselves. The new setup won’t support that. Overriding strategies will soon be part of our Pro plan and won’t be accessible for Basic spaces, as they can get really intensive in terms of computation and require a large amount of RPC and subgraph requests. If you’d like to keep the overriding ability, I recommend moving to Snapshot Pro. You can learn more about Pro here: [https://snapshot.box/#/s:cow.eth/pro](https://snapshot.box/#/s:cow.eth/pro) Let me know if you have any questions! Fabien ---
**Author:** ![yvesfracari](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.cow.fi/yvesfracari/32/1262_2.png) [@yvesfracari](https://forum.cow.fi/u/yvesfracari)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2025, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.cow.fi/t/cip-draft-add-new-chains-to-dao-snapshot-voting-strategies/2730/12 "2025-06-24T12:37:52Z")
Thanks for the comment Fabien. In my opinion, the Snapshot Pro plan isn’t needed yet for CoW DAO, but would love to change this later. @c3rnst for the PR merging, we need to get a review from someone with write access on the protocol. Can you ask for someone to review it based on the Fabien comment? Also, should I move this proposal to snapshot voting or should I wait to the approve there? ---
**Author:** ![c3rnst](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.cow.fi/c3rnst/32/219_2.png) [@c3rnst](https://forum.cow.fi/u/c3rnst)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 9:59am UTC](https://forum.cow.fi/t/cip-draft-add-new-chains-to-dao-snapshot-voting-strategies/2730/13 "2025-06-25T09:59:18Z")
I’ll repost internally and tagging here @middleway.eth for a potential follow-up if needed ---
**Author:** ![middleway.eth](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.cow.fi/middleway.eth/32/12_2.png) [@middleway.eth](https://forum.cow.fi/u/middleway.eth)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2025, 11:18am UTC](https://forum.cow.fi/t/cip-draft-add-new-chains-to-dao-snapshot-voting-strategies/2730/14 "2025-06-25T11:18:23Z")
Thanks @mendesfabio @yvesfracari for working on this change! And Thanks @bonustrack for reviewing it! CoW Protocol was deployed on Avalanche yesterday and is expected to launch on Polygon soon. I think it’d be a missed opportunity to not include those networks in the strategy change. Having said that, I think the proposal is almost ready for moving into the voting phase. One last important step is following the instructions [here](https://github.com/cowprotocol/snapshot-settings), uploading the new settings file to ipfs and crafting the transaction that should be executed from CoW DAO to update the ENS text records to point to this new file. Once this transaction is available for review, the proposal will be ready for moving into the voting phase. ---
**Author:** ![Curia](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.cow.fi/curia/32/1167_2.png) [@Curia](https://forum.cow.fi/u/Curia)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 5:01am UTC](https://forum.cow.fi/t/cip-draft-add-new-chains-to-dao-snapshot-voting-strategies/2730/15 "2025-07-02T05:01:25Z")
Thank you @yvesfracari for proposing this CIP-Draft to add new chains to DAO Snapshot Voting Strategies. This is key to ensuring CoW governance mechanisms are as inclusive as possible for all CoW token holders. While the initial focus on Arbitrum and Base was entirely justified given the protocol’s deployments at that time, developments continue at a rapid pace within the CoW ecosystem. It has become clear that this current proposal, as drafted, is now outdated. > [@middleway.eth](#): > > CoW Protocol was deployed on Avalanche yesterday and is expected to launch on Polygon soon. > I think it’d be a missed opportunity to not include those networks in the strategy change. We agree with @middleway.eth on the inclusion of Avalanche and Polygon in the revised proposal and support moving toward a formal snapshot vote. ---
**Author:** ![yvesfracari](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.cow.fi/yvesfracari/32/1262_2.png) [@yvesfracari](https://forum.cow.fi/u/yvesfracari)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2025, 12:34pm UTC](https://forum.cow.fi/t/cip-draft-add-new-chains-to-dao-snapshot-voting-strategies/2730/16 "2025-07-03T12:34:22Z")
Avalanche doesn’t have COW token deployed, but I totally agree with adding Polygon, so I will modify the specification part of the proposal for: ## Specification Update the snapshot voting strategy to include the `erc20-balance-of` strategy for holders of COW on Arbitrum and Base. The address of the token on each chain is: - Arbitrum: [0xcb8b5CD20BdCaea9a010aC1F8d835824F5C87A04](https://arbiscan.io/token/0xcb8b5CD20BdCaea9a010aC1F8d835824F5C87A04) - Base: [0xc694a91e6b071bF030A18BD3053A7fE09B6DaE69](https://basescan.org/token/0xc694a91e6b071bF030A18BD3053A7fE09B6DaE69) - Polygon: [0x2F4efd3Aa42E15a1eC6114547151B63EE5D39958](https://polygonscan.com/address/0x2F4efd3Aa42E15a1eC6114547151B63EE5D39958) Note: CoW Protocol was deployed on the Avalanche as well, but the COW token was not created on the chain. For applying these changes, a code modification has to be made on the `cowprotocol/snapshot-settings`. Currently, two kinds of strategies per token (`erc20-balance-of` and `erc20-balance-of-delegation`) are being used, summing a total of 8 strategies, which is the total of strategies allowed on the standard plan. To add the 3 new tokens, we would also change all the strategies to `erc20-balance-of-with-delegation` to accommodate all the new tokens. However, it is important to understand that the behavior of this will be slightly different, as explained by @bonustrack > There is just one thing I wanted to mention: with these new settings, delegators won’t be able to “override” their delegate’s vote anymore. Right now, if someone delegates to you and you vote, they can still come in later and take back their voting power by voting themselves. The new setup won’t support that. Overriding strategies will soon be part of our Pro plan and won’t be accessible for Basic spaces, as they can get really intensive in terms of computation and require a large amount of RPC and subgraph requests. If you’d like to keep the overriding ability, I recommend moving to Snapshot Pro. You can learn more about Pro here: [https://snapshot.box/#/s:cow.eth/pro](https://snapshot.box/#/s:cow.eth/pro) With all that in mind, here is the [PR](https://github.com/cowprotocol/snapshot-settings/pull/12) to make the modification on the `cowprotocol/snapshot-settings` repository. ---
**Author:** ![middleway.eth](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.cow.fi/middleway.eth/32/12_2.png) [@middleway.eth](https://forum.cow.fi/u/middleway.eth)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2025, 10:10am UTC](https://forum.cow.fi/t/cip-draft-add-new-chains-to-dao-snapshot-voting-strategies/2730/17 "2025-07-22T10:10:49Z")
I think it’s unfortunate that voting overrides are not supported as I believe this is an important feature. I think CoW DAO should consider having a Snapshot pro subscription as snapshot serves as an important governance infrastructure for CoW DAO and there’s a clear interest in the ongoing development and maintenance of Snapshot. @yvesfracari it’d be great if the PR is merged but this is not a mandatory step for continuing with a governance proposal. As mentioned above next steps should include > One last important step is following the instructions [here](https://github.com/cowprotocol/snapshot-settings), uploading the new settings file to ipfs and crafting the transaction that should be executed from CoW DAO to update the ENS text records to point to this new file. > > Once this transaction is available for review, the proposal will be ready for moving into the voting phase. ---
**Author:** ![cryptodeblock1](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.cow.fi/cryptodeblock1/32/1714_2.png) [@cryptodeblock1](https://forum.cow.fi/u/cryptodeblock1)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2026, 10:05am UTC](https://forum.cow.fi/t/cip-draft-add-new-chains-to-dao-snapshot-voting-strategies/2730/18 "2026-04-03T10:05:00Z")
GM! COW holder on ARB here tried to delegate and vote but unfortunately cannot any follow up on this?cheers ![Capture d’écran 2026-04-03 à 12.03.06](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/cow/original/2X/4/44a046cb35a75933ce54a436901ee3a7249e5dd3.png) ---
**Author:** ![chaituvr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/48db29/32.png) [@chaituvr](https://forum.cow.fi/u/chaituvr)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2026, 1:13pm UTC](https://forum.cow.fi/t/cip-draft-add-new-chains-to-dao-snapshot-voting-strategies/2730/19 "2026-09-20T13:13:23Z")
Whats the plan on this?