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DAO Proposal: Establish the DAO Land Access Program

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Proposal Details

Author0x7bbe…ef1c
PublishedOct 11, 2025 21:09
Voting beginsOct 11, 2025 21:09
Voting endsOct 25, 2025 21:09
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Description

The Decentraland DAO collectively holds one of the most valuable and impactful resources in the metaverse: its land. These parcels are more than virtual real estate — they are the foundation upon which creativity, culture, education, and innovation can thrive. Yet much of this land remains dormant, leaving its potential untapped. The DAO Land Access Program aims to change that by transforming idle parcels into active, purposeful spaces that support experimentation, learning, and meaningful community-driven experiences. This program establishes a structured, transparent, and inclusive framework for temporary land access. Through a straightforward application process, individuals, teams, organizations, and collaborative groups will be able to request short-term use of DAO-owned parcels for a wide range of initiatives. These can include experimental builds, cultural or artistic showcases, educational projects, games, research, social hubs, and immersive experiences — or entirely new categories of metaverse interaction. By lowering barriers to access, the program encourages innovation from both newcomers exploring Decentraland for the first time and experienced creators seeking to prototype, iterate, or launch ambitious ideas. Access under this program is temporary, conditional, and revocable, ensuring that all projects remain aligned with DAO values, content guidelines, and community standards. Applications will be evaluated based on their potential ecosystem benefit, creativity, inclusiveness, educational value, and social impact. A streamlined submission and review process replaces the need for a full governance proposal on each individual request, allowing projects to progress from concept to deployment more quickly while still maintaining accountability and oversight. Participants who wish to continue their projects beyond the initial term may submit an extension request, enabling successful builds to evolve and grow over time. Importantly, while the primary purpose of the program is to increase land utilization and community engagement, it also envisions pathways for deeper, long-term involvement. Projects that deliver exceptional value — whether through user adoption, education, cultural contribution, or platform growth — may become candidates for ownership opportunities. Any such transition from temporary use to ownership — whether at a discounted rate, near floor price, or even at no cost — will not be automatic. These cases will require a separate governance proposal and DAO-wide vote, ensuring that decisions about the permanent transfer of community-owned assets remain fully decentralized and subject to collective approval. This safeguard guarantees that ownership decisions reflect the will of the community and that DAO land continues to be managed in a way that aligns with shared priorities and values. By implementing this program, the DAO ensures that its land is not simply held, but actively used to advance the ecosystem. It will transform static parcels into dynamic environments that evolve with the community’s imagination — fueling creativity, education, and collaboration, and positioning Decentraland as a more vibrant, engaging, and participatory metaverse.

Voting Rationale

0xd6eF…6eF6Abstain295,887

I support the idea, however I would like the proposal to have more clarity.

9 Comments

Existential14Oct 26, 2025

i see what you are saying and while it does not state a specific entity, it would fall on the DAO under its current governance structure. If there is no entity that handles these things then that opens up a whole new discussion as to who is responsible. As far as the applications forms, I do not know what the DAO uses or will be using for such things so I provided an example that could be used and transferred over to the program that would work best. If that is something that has be included in the proposal than it would be appreciated for someone who knows to provide those details. Thank you.

daoOct 25, 2025

DAO Proposal: Establish the DAO Land Access Program This proposal is now in status: REJECTED. Voting Results: * Yes 81% 1,212,399 VP (42 votes) * No 0% 0 VP (1 votes) * Abstain 19% 303,074 VP (7 votes)

CanessaOct 22, 2025

Just for clarity, I didn’t see any mention of a DAO Board so I ran it through ChatGPT and it was also unable to find any reference to a DAO Board, DAO Council, or a DAO Committee within your document. The responsibilities in this proposal, as well as the budget to execute them, seem to align with the role of Regenesis Labs, not the DAO Council (I assume that’s who you meant by the DAO Board). Would you consider attending the next DAO Town Hall and discussing this further? It might help better align the requirements this program would need with the people who can effectively execute them. And if you didn’t get responses from people in the community, the Town Hall is a good place to get input from users with diverse backgrounds and perspectives. To be clear, I’ve supported this proposal in the past, and I’ll continue to support it. I’m voting abstain for now so we can rework the ambiguous parts of this proposal and get it set up for success!

Existential14Oct 22, 2025

Thank you for taking the time to look it over. It states in the proposal the DAO Board as it is setup currently would have to run the program. Since the Committee is being disbanded and we certainly don;t want or need a new one. Before writing this final draft I had asked several people in the communiy for their input with no response. Yes I did utilize AI to complete the draft but not without many revisions and having AI rewrite what I was trying to express. Used as tool not just told it to write it for me and then submit.

CanessaOct 21, 2025

Hey Existential14, Great to see someone taking some action on this. My reluctance to vote isn’t based on disinterest, there’s just a lot of unknowns in this proposal and I’m not going to vote yes on something that isn’t set up for success. Can you let us know who you have in mind to do the workload behind all of the deliverables this proposal promises? Thanks!

AaronLeuppOct 21, 2025

I agree with @Billyteacoin I too like this idea on the surface. I will be voting Yes. I did not read this whole thing tho cuz it long so if there is something I am missing my bad. But if the intent is just to give access to unused land to people that want to utilize it and try things out in this space I am am so down and don’t see the cons.

BETOct 20, 2025

### **TL;DR** The DAO owns dozens of land parcels that are currently unused. This proposal creates a simple program that lets anyone (creators, teams, educators, DAOs, newcomers) temporarily use DAO-owned land without needing a full governance vote each time. Access is short-term (30–90 days), revocable, and based on ecosystem value (education, art, events, prototypes, social hubs, etc.). Successful projects can request extensions, and in exceptional cases may later apply—via a full DAO vote—for long-term ownership or discounted transfer. The program launches in phases (pilot → expansion) with transparent reporting. Goal: turn idle land into active, creative, educational, and social spaces that grow engagement and lower barriers to building in Decentraland, while keeping ultimate ownership decisions in the hands of the DAO. Can we stop using AI to write really long things.. Poor human here.. Not got time for this AI takeover..

BillyteacoinOct 20, 2025

I like this idea on the surface, if it can practically be implemented I guess we’d have to see! Worth a shot. Good luck! :teapot:

Existential14Oct 19, 2025

As of now, **none of the DAO Committee members have voted on this proposal**, (that i can tell) even though only six days remain. We sincerely hope they intend to — because silence on a decision that directly impacts community-owned assets would be unacceptable. These roles exist to represent and protect the DAO’s interests, and active participation is the bare minimum of that responsibility.