Proposal: Create a “Hybrid VeBetterDAO Treasury” wallet to collect community donations (VET/VTHO) and enable future staking + endorsement support

VeBetterDAO
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Hello everyone,
I’d like to open a discussion on an actionable first step that can run in parallel with bigger ideas already being debated: creating a dedicated “Hybrid VeBetterDAO Treasury” wallet designed to collect and hold community donations (VET/VTHO) with full on-chain transparency.

This discussion connects to these community topics:

  • creating a VeBetter/DAO Validator and using generated VTHO to support the ecosystem

  • expanding the Hayabusa Boost flow (e.g., routing VET/VTHO to a dedicated wallet)

  • and it also aligns well with the recently approved/active direction of unlocking and governing endorsement capital through community voting. (Vechain)

Why start with a “Hybrid Treasury” wallet?

Even if the broader proposals take time (technical design, governance alignment, coordination), nothing prevents the DAO/community from creating the donation wallet now as a neutral infrastructure component.

It can start immediately as:

  • a transparent donation pool (VET/VTHO)

  • a way to gradually build resources for ambitious goals

  • a future destination for protocol flows (only if later approved)

What does “Hybrid” mean here?

By “hybrid” I mean a wallet/fund that is:

  • separate from the main VeBetterDAO treasury (so it doesn’t interfere with current treasury policy)

  • community-oriented (fed by donations and/or future approved flows)

  • secured with shared control and clear rules (multi-sig / contract wallet / equivalent)

  • transparent by default (public address + dashboards + reporting)

Possible future uses (examples)

If the wallet grows enough, the community could later vote to use it for:

  1. A VeBetterDAO Validator (long-term, ambitious)
    StarGate documentation indicates a minimum stake of 25,000,000 VET and an onboarding process that includes joining a queue. (docs.stargate.vechain.org)

  2. Multiple “Delegator Nodes” via StarGate staking NFTs (more achievable)
    Create multiple staking positions (staking NFTs) and delegate them to active or queued validators to receive a share of ongoing VTHO rewards, transparently. (docs.stargate.vechain.org)

  3. Use staking NFTs as “endorsement capacity” for VeBetter
    StarGate docs explicitly mention that staking NFTs can be used for third-party app integrations, including VeBetter endorsements. (docs.stargate.vechain.org)

  4. Endorsement distribution by community vote (supporting deserving dApps)
    In line with “Unlocking Endorsement Capital”, the community could vote on how to distribute endorsement capacity/points over time across multiple deserving dApps—especially promising new applications that need a push—rather than concentrating all support on a single project. (Vechain)

  5. Ecosystem support actions (only if the community wants)
    LP support, buybacks, grants, audits, etc.—under clear governance rules.

  6. Circular tokenomics ideas
    VET/VTHO ↔ VeBetter support loops without forcing sales from the main treasury.

Security & governance principles (to avoid trust issues)

To keep this clean and credible:

  • Phase 0 = receive-only: the wallet starts as “receive-only” until spending rules are approved

  • Clear triggers: define thresholds/conditions for when funds can be proposed for use

  • Transparency: dashboards + periodic public reporting (e.g., monthly + per major action)

Suggested next step

If there’s broad agreement:

  1. publish the wallet address + tracking page

  2. keep it receive-only until any spending policy is approved by vote

Reference threads (paste):

https://vechain.discourse.group/t/discussion-create-a-vet-validator-for-the-dao-and-use-generated-vtho-to-buy-back-b3tr-public-idea-from-tg
https://vechain.discourse.group/t/add-vip-hayabusa-boost-feature-update
https://vechain.discourse.group/t/proposal-unlocking-endorsement-capital-to-foster-growth-and-protecting-the-vebetterdao-ecosystem/525