Proposals can be submitted by any account via a MsgSubmitProposal
transaction.
+++ https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/blob/v0.40.0/proto/cosmos/gov/v1beta1/tx.proto#L24-L39
The Content
of a MsgSubmitProposal
message must have an appropriate router
set in the governance module.
State modifications:
- Generate new
proposalID
- Create new
Proposal
- Initialise
Proposals
attributes - Decrease balance of sender by
InitialDeposit
- If
MinDeposit
is reached:- Push
proposalID
inProposalProcessingQueue
- Push
- Transfer
InitialDeposit
from theProposer
to the governanceModuleAccount
A MsgSubmitProposal
transaction can be handled according to the following
pseudocode.
// PSEUDOCODE //
// Check if MsgSubmitProposal is valid. If it is, create proposal //
upon receiving txGovSubmitProposal from sender do
if !correctlyFormatted(txGovSubmitProposal)
// check if proposal is correctly formatted. Includes fee payment.
throw
initialDeposit = txGovSubmitProposal.InitialDeposit
if (initialDeposit.Atoms <= 0) OR (sender.AtomBalance < initialDeposit.Atoms)
// InitialDeposit is negative or null OR sender has insufficient funds
throw
if (txGovSubmitProposal.Type != ProposalTypePlainText) OR (txGovSubmitProposal.Type != ProposalTypeSoftwareUpgrade)
sender.AtomBalance -= initialDeposit.Atoms
depositParam = load(GlobalParams, 'DepositParam')
proposalID = generate new proposalID
proposal = NewProposal()
proposal.Title = txGovSubmitProposal.Title
proposal.Description = txGovSubmitProposal.Description
proposal.Type = txGovSubmitProposal.Type
proposal.TotalDeposit = initialDeposit
proposal.SubmitTime = <CurrentTime>
proposal.DepositEndTime = <CurrentTime>.Add(depositParam.MaxDepositPeriod)
proposal.Deposits.append({initialDeposit, sender})
proposal.Submitter = sender
proposal.YesVotes = 0
proposal.NoVotes = 0
proposal.NoWithVetoVotes = 0
proposal.AbstainVotes = 0
proposal.CurrentStatus = ProposalStatusOpen
store(Proposals, <proposalID|'proposal'>, proposal) // Store proposal in Proposals mapping
return proposalID
Once a proposal is submitted, if
Proposal.TotalDeposit < ActiveParam.MinDeposit
, Atom holders can send
MsgDeposit
transactions to increase the proposal's deposit.
+++ https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/blob/v0.40.0/proto/cosmos/gov/v1beta1/tx.proto#L61-L72
State modifications:
- Decrease balance of sender by
deposit
- Add
deposit
of sender inproposal.Deposits
- Increase
proposal.TotalDeposit
by sender'sdeposit
- If
MinDeposit
is reached:- Push
proposalID
inProposalProcessingQueueEnd
- Push
- Transfer
Deposit
from theproposer
to the governanceModuleAccount
A MsgDeposit
transaction has to go through a number of checks to be valid.
These checks are outlined in the following pseudocode.
// PSEUDOCODE //
// Check if MsgDeposit is valid. If it is, increase deposit and check if MinDeposit is reached
upon receiving txGovDeposit from sender do
// check if proposal is correctly formatted. Includes fee payment.
if !correctlyFormatted(txGovDeposit)
throw
proposal = load(Proposals, <txGovDeposit.ProposalID|'proposal'>) // proposal is a const key, proposalID is variable
if (proposal == nil)
// There is no proposal for this proposalID
throw
if (txGovDeposit.Deposit.Atoms <= 0) OR (sender.AtomBalance < txGovDeposit.Deposit.Atoms) OR (proposal.CurrentStatus != ProposalStatusOpen)
// deposit is negative or null
// OR sender has insufficient funds
// OR proposal is not open for deposit anymore
throw
depositParam = load(GlobalParams, 'DepositParam')
if (CurrentBlock >= proposal.SubmitBlock + depositParam.MaxDepositPeriod)
proposal.CurrentStatus = ProposalStatusClosed
else
// sender can deposit
sender.AtomBalance -= txGovDeposit.Deposit.Atoms
proposal.Deposits.append({txGovVote.Deposit, sender})
proposal.TotalDeposit.Plus(txGovDeposit.Deposit)
if (proposal.TotalDeposit >= depositParam.MinDeposit)
// MinDeposit is reached, vote opens
proposal.VotingStartBlock = CurrentBlock
proposal.CurrentStatus = ProposalStatusActive
ProposalProcessingQueue.push(txGovDeposit.ProposalID)
store(Proposals, <txGovVote.ProposalID|'proposal'>, proposal)
Once ActiveParam.MinDeposit
is reached, voting period starts. From there,
bonded Atom holders are able to send MsgVote
transactions to cast their
vote on the proposal.
+++ https://github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/blob/v0.40.0/proto/cosmos/gov/v1beta1/tx.proto#L46-L56
State modifications:
- Record
Vote
of sender
Note: Gas cost for this message has to take into account the future tallying of the vote in EndBlocker
Next is a pseudocode outline of the way MsgVote
transactions are
handled:
// PSEUDOCODE //
// Check if MsgVote is valid. If it is, count vote//
upon receiving txGovVote from sender do
// check if proposal is correctly formatted. Includes fee payment.
if !correctlyFormatted(txGovDeposit)
throw
proposal = load(Proposals, <txGovDeposit.ProposalID|'proposal'>)
if (proposal == nil)
// There is no proposal for this proposalID
throw
if (proposal.CurrentStatus == ProposalStatusActive)
// Sender can vote if
// Proposal is active
// Sender has some bonds
store(Governance, <txGovVote.ProposalID|'addresses'|sender>, txGovVote.Vote) // Voters can vote multiple times. Re-voting overrides previous vote. This is ok because tallying is done once at the end.