Radix Governance

Introduction

Radix governance is the set of institutions, rules, and processes by which decisions about the Radix network and its shared resources — its treasury, intellectual property, trademarks, and core infrastructure — are made. Since 2026, Radix has been undergoing a deliberate transition from stewardship by the Radix Foundation toward ownership and governance by its community, with authority expressed through XRD-weighted voting.

This page is a durable overview of that structure. Because the specific bodies carrying out the transition — most visibly the Radix Accountability Council — are explicitly time-bound and will be succeeded, this page describes Radix governance in terms of enduring roles and phases, and points to where the latest developments are published.

The Radix Governance Map

Radix governance spans a family of legal entities and an in-progress handover from the Radix Foundation to a community-owned DAO. The map below shows who holds what today and where authority is heading.

How Radix Is Governed

Radix governance is token-weighted and non-custodial. Holders of XRD, the network's native token, vote directly on proposals — one XRD equals one vote — and voting never requires locking or transferring tokens. Instead, an on-ledger consultation application reads a snapshot of XRD balances at a set block height, so participation carries no custody risk and cannot be gamed by moving tokens after a vote opens.

In practice, decisions move through discussion and then a formal vote. Community members debate proposals on RadixTalk, the governance forum, before consultations are put on-ledger for a binding vote. Approved actions — such as spending from a shared treasury or changing governance rules — are then executed by elected representatives holding multi-signature authority. The detailed proposal-to-execution process, thresholds, and quorums are set out in the community-drafted Radix Network DAO Charter.

From Foundation to DAO: the Transition

Radix was designed from the outset to progressively decentralise. Its governance can be understood as three enduring phases, each defined by a role rather than by the individuals or bodies that occupy it at any moment:

1. Foundation stewardship. The Radix Foundation, a UK not-for-profit, and its subsidiaries built, funded, and stewarded the network, while RDX Works developed the core protocol. In January 2026 the Foundation announced its transition to community ownership and has since moved toward a maintenance-only role.
2. Transition governance. A community-elected bridge body completes two jobs: forming the DAO's legal entity and receiving the Foundation's handover of treasury, intellectual property, and operational assets. As of 2026 this role is held by the Radix Accountability Council (the "Transition RAC").
3. Permanent community governance. Once the DAO's legal entity — a Marshall Islands DAO LLC (MIDAO) — exists and the handover completes, the community elects a permanent council to steward it. This is the destination: a network owned and governed by its token holders.

Framing governance this way keeps the overview stable: as the transition body is replaced by a permanent one, only the current occupants below need updating, not the structure itself.

Governing Bodies (as of 2026)

The roles above are currently held by the following bodies:

• Radix Foundation — the outgoing steward. A UK not-for-profit holding company whose subsidiaries issued XRD (Radix Tokens (Jersey) Ltd), publish the open-source code (Radix Publishing Ltd), and hold intellectual property. It is winding down to a maintenance role.
• Radix Accountability Council (RAC) — the transition body: five community-elected members guiding DAO formation and the Foundation handover. This is a temporary "Transition RAC" that a permanent, elected council will succeed.
• Radix DLT DAO (RDD) — the community-owned entity being formed as a Marshall Islands DAO LLC, which will receive the Foundation's assets and become the network's permanent governance home.

Key Governance Documents

• Operating Agreement — the legally binding document that constitutes the Marshall Islands DAO LLC.
• Charter — the constitutional document capturing the community's governance principles, adopted by community vote.
• Radix Network DAO Charter — a discussion-stage governance framework on this wiki, adapted from the Aragon Network DAO Charter, that informed the transition structures.
• Radix DAO Governance repository — the open repository where the Operating Agreement and Charter were drafted, authored and maintained by community contributor Daffy. It defines a four-step founding sequence rather than a single founding vote: Constitutional Ratification (GP-PRE-1) → entity formation → the permanent RAC election (GP-ELECT-1) → the Activation Vote (GP-ACTIVATE-1), after which governance outcomes become binding and the Transition RAC sunsets. Until that sequence completes, no document in the repository is yet operative.

Live Proposals (July 2026)

The two-stage route a proposal takes during the transition — a Temperature Check to gauge support, then a binding Governance Proposal — was exercised in late July 2026. The Radix Accountability Council opened two Temperature Checks on 25 July: one from Daffy asking the Foundation to fund the community-run Stokenet operation it had handed over, and one from Timan on the Radix website. On 28 July the RAC confirmed both had passed and been lifted to Governance Proposals, open for XRD-weighted voting at proposal 1 (Stokenet) and proposal 2 (website).

Both are pre-activation votes: they signal community will to the Foundation rather than binding a DAO that does not yet legally act. That distinction is the practical shape of the transition period — the community votes, and an entity that is still winding down executes.

Staying Informed

Governance moves quickly during the transition. To follow the organizational progress of Radix:

• Live updates — the community governance channel. Currently the Radix Accountability Council's Telegram, where the body stewarding the transition posts its updates first. This is the single best place to watch organizational progress as it happens.
• Consultations and votes. The governance category on RadixTalk, where proposals are discussed and on-ledger votes are announced.
• Official announcements. The Radix blog, for Foundation-level announcements — becoming less central as the Foundation winds down.

When the transition body changes, the primary channel may move with it; this page tracks the current one.

External Links

• Radix Accountability Council — Telegram
• RadixTalk — Governance
• 2026 Strategy: The Next Chapter of Radix — Radix Blog
• Radix DAO Governance repository
• How DAOs fail: participation-weighted governance and common failure modes (Caper wiki)