VeBetterDAO Clans Proposal
Summary
This proposal introduces the concept of “Clans” to the VeBetterDAO ecosystem — community-driven teams that allow users to collaborate, compete, and collectively contribute toward sustainable actions and ecosystem growth.
Clans are designed to strengthen community engagement, improve long-term retention, and introduce a social layer to the DAO experience through team-based competitions, rankings, and rewards.
Rationale
VeBetterDAO has successfully incentivised individual sustainable actions through its ecosystem of apps and rewards, and more recently through Quests. However, long-term engagement can be further improved by introducing stronger social and collaborative mechanics.
Many successful platforms and games retain users through team identity, competition, and shared goals. By enabling users to join Clans, VeBetterDAO can encourage:
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Increased user participation
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Stronger community identity
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Friendly competition between groups
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Greater user retention
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Organic community-led growth and onboarding
Clans also create opportunities for communities, creators, ambassadors, and ecosystem apps to build their own teams and engage users in new ways.
Clan Features
The following features are proposed as part of the Clan system:
Clan Creation
Users may create a Clan with:
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A unique clan name
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Clan logo/banner
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Description and mission
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Public or invite-only membership
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Requirements for membership (e.g. Min b3tr balance, or min GM NFT level)
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A user can only create 1 clan
Clan Membership
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Users may join up to 3 Clans at a time
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Clan leaders may manage members and moderators
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Clan members contribute points through sustainable actions across supported apps
Clan Permissions
- The creator of the Clan is the Clan Leader
- The Clan leader can appoint Moderator permission to Clan members they trust
- The Clan Leader and Moderators can add/remove/invite new clan members
- The Clan Leader and Moderators can refuse invite requests
Clan Points & Rankings
Clan rankings would be determined by collective activity such as:
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Total sustainable actions
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Total B3TR earned
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Active users within the clan
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Impact metrics (CO₂ saved, waste collected, trees planted, etc.)
Leaderboards may be displayed weekly, monthly, and all-time.
Clan Quests
A new type of Quest is allowed that only accepts Clans as members. Clans can join a clan-quest and compete against other clans. The Clan Leader and Clan Moderators can add a clan to a quest.
Clan Head-To-Head Battles
Clans can initiate a Battle between them. Competing Clans can create a pool of b3tr in a “winner takes all” style battle. Battles rules can be based on a specific number of rounds and winner is decided by number of sustainable actions performed. The winning Clan receives the prize pool, and it is distributed to the Clan members proportionally to the number of sustainable actions the clan member made. The winning Clan also receives an NFT to mark their victory!
Governance & Moderation
To prevent abuse and maintain a healthy ecosystem:
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Clan names and content must follow DAO guidelines
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The DAO may remove inappropriate or abusive Clans
Benefits to the Ecosystem
The Clans system can provide several long-term benefits:
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Improved user retention through social engagement
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Increased activity across ecosystem apps
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Greater sense of community ownership
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Viral onboarding through team invitations
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Additional gamification without changing core tokenomics
This proposal aims to evolve VeBetterDAO from an ecosystem of individual apps into a collaborative and competitive community platform.
Conclusion
The introduction of Clans would add a powerful social and competitive layer to VeBetterDAO, encouraging stronger community engagement, collaboration, and long-term ecosystem participation.
This proposal seeks community approval to explore and implement the Clans system as a new feature within the VeBetterDAO ecosystem.