Novo Origo Official Rules

1. No Monetary Prize; No Purchase Necessary

Novo Origo does not include a monetary prize, cash award, cryptocurrency payout, or compensation of any kind. There is no entry fee or purchase required. Participation is for the purpose of public discussion, community voting, and governance exploration only.

2. Purpose

Novo Origo is an open call for governance design. We believe the next generation of onchain governance should be shaped by the people who use it — not designed behind closed doors. This program exists to surface bold, original thinking about how DAOs and onchain communities can govern themselves better.

There is no entry fee. There is no monetary prize. Novo Origo is a public forum: submit a design, have it critiqued by peers, and let the community vote on which ideas deserve the most attention. The best designs will speak for themselves.

By participating, entrants agree to be bound by these official rules and by all decisions of Agora, which are final and binding in all matters related to the program.

3. Administered By

Novo Origo is administered by Agora (“Agora,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).

Contact: novo_origo@voteagora.com

4. Qualification

A submission is “qualified” only if it satisfies all requirements in these rules. Only qualified submissions:

• Receive 1 Voting Point (VP).
• Are eligible for community voting and evaluation.

Agora may disqualify any submission for the following reasons: fraud, duplicate submissions, sanctions or identity-verification failure, rule violations, technical corruption of the process, conflicts of interest, or rubric noncompliance. Any intervention will be reasonable, documented, and consistent with the published rules.

5. Submissions

All submissions:

• MUST be original work.
• MUST not infringe any third-party intellectual property or other rights.
• MUST not contain unlawful, harmful, or disruptive content.
• MUST be written in English.
• MUST be complete and substantive.
• MUST be submitted via the official submission tool.
• MUST be released under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0).

By submitting, you represent and warrant that:

• You own or have sufficient rights to all submitted content.
• Your submission does not violate any applicable laws or third-party rights.
• You grant Agora and its affiliates a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use, reproduce, adapt, modify, publish, display, distribute, and create derivative works based on your submission for any purpose, including but not limited to incorporating submitted designs into governance products and protocols. This license is in addition to, and not in limitation of, the rights granted under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Submissions represent ideas contributed to the public conversation around onchain governance. By participating, you acknowledge that Agora may develop, build upon, and implement submitted designs — in whole or in part — as part of its ongoing work in governance infrastructure.

6. Submitter Obligations

Participants:

• MUST provide a valid Ethereum address.
• MUST submit only once.
• MUST follow all instructions issued by Agora.

Participants:

• MUST NOT collude, coordinate, or manipulate voting.
• MUST NOT offer or accept compensation for votes.
• MUST NOT have shared control, ownership, or financial interest with other participants.

Violation may result in disqualification.

7. Voting

Voting is friendly, on-chain signal: the community uses ballots to show which submissions it wants to elevate most. It is not a binding selection process, a mandate to adopt any design, or a prize outcome.

• Each qualified submitter receives 1 VP.
• Ballots run on-chain in this app so preferences are transparent and easy for everyone to read together.
• Tallies reflect what participants collectively want to see more of — useful direction for the community, not an obligation for Agora or anyone else to implement a given proposal.

Agora reserves the right to:

• Audit, adjust, or invalidate votes.
• Disqualify participants or submissions.
• Modify procedures to preserve integrity.

All decisions are final.

8. Evaluation Rubric

Submissions may be discussed and assessed using the following five criteria. Each criterion is equally important.

Agora may use this rubric when interpreting vote outcomes or addressing ties. In the event of a tie or dispute, Agora staff may conduct an internal evaluation using the same rubric.

9. Timing

Submissions are planned to open on April 13, 2026 and close on May 2, 2026. These dates are subject to change if necessary. Voting will be held after the submission window.

For live updates on when submissions open and close, voting, any limits on participation, and other schedule changes, follow @AgoraGovernance on X.

As soon as a submission is qualified, we create a forum post for it so the community can start discussing it right away — you do not need to wait until the submission window ends.

Agora may modify timing due to:

• Fraud or abuse.
• Technical issues.
• Force majeure events.

10. Intellectual Property

All submissions are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This license is irrevocable.

In addition, by submitting, you grant Agora the license described in Section 5 above, which permits Agora to use, build upon, and implement submitted designs in its governance products and services.

11. Publicity

To the extent permitted by law, and in accordance with submission attribution confirmation, participants agree that Agora may use:

• Name.
• Ethereum address.
• Submission content.

For promotional and informational purposes without additional compensation.

12. Data & Privacy

• Personal data will be used solely for program administration and compliance.
• Participants may request deletion of personal data (except where legally required to retain it).
• Submissions cannot be deleted due to the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; however, they may be anonymized.
• Information such as IP address, browser, and device information may be collected, stored, and used exclusively for fraud detection. It will be deleted upon request or within 30 days of the program closing.

13. Disqualification & Enforcement

Agora may disqualify any participant for:

• Fraud or manipulation.
• Duplicate submissions.
• Sanctions or identity-verification failure.
• Rule violations.
• Technical corruption of the process.
• Conflicts of interest.
• Rubric noncompliance.

Any intervention will be reasonable, documented, and consistent with the published rules.

14. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law:

Agora is not responsible for:

• Technical failures.
• Lost or corrupted submissions.
• Network or blockchain issues.
• Delays or interruptions.

Participants agree that:

• Agora shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages.
• Total liability is limited to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

15. Disclaimer

Novo Origo is provided “as is” without warranties of any kind, including:

• Fitness for a particular purpose.
• Availability or uninterrupted operation.

16. Indemnification

Participants agree to indemnify and hold harmless Agora, its officers, directors, employees, and agents from any claims, damages, losses, or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from:

• Their submission.
• Their participation.
• Violation of these rules.

17. Governing Law; Venue

These official rules, and any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to Novo Origo, these official rules, or the relationship between Participant and Agora, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to Novo Origo or these official rules shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in San Francisco County, California, and each participant irrevocably submits to the personal jurisdiction of those courts and waives any objection based on improper venue or forum non conveniens.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in these official rules limits or excludes any non-waivable rights or remedies that a participant may have under the mandatory laws of the jurisdiction in which that participant resides.

18. Force Majeure

Agora is not responsible for failure to perform due to events beyond its control, including:

• Natural disasters.
• War.
• Cyberattacks.
• Regulatory changes.

19. Modifications

Agora reserves the right to:

• Modify, suspend, or terminate Novo Origo.
• Update these rules.

Material changes will be communicated publicly.

20. Contact & Updates

• X: @AgoraGovernance
• Email: novo_origo@voteagora.com