5.1 Governance Scope

What governance can (and cannot) change

Governance in RH exists to maintain fairness, transparency, and long-term sustainability by controlling specific protocol parameters and operational policies. Governance is intentionally scoped to avoid excessive discretion, protect user trust, and keep the protocol predictable.

RH governance is designed to evolve in phases. Early governance focuses on limited, clearly defined parameters; broader governance may be introduced only as the ecosystem matures and operational readiness increases.

In Scope (Governance May Change)

Governance may propose and adopt changes to the following categories, within disclosed limits:

1) Program Parameters

• Epoch length (e.g., weekly vs. monthly)

• Rewards budgets and budget caps (per epoch/campaign)

• Reward weighting parameters (e.g., tier multipliers, caps, diminishing-return rules)

• Campaign activation windows and eligibility constraints

2) Membership Parameters

• Tier thresholds (Membership Points required per tier)

• Lock option availability (adding/removing lock terms, within a limited set)

• Snapshot rules used for tier evaluation and eligibility accounting

3) Treasury Policy Parameters

• Budget cycle (monthly/quarterly) and reporting cadence

• Spending categories and approval thresholds

• Allocation of treasury funds to programs, within approved budgets

4) Safety and Risk Controls (Limited)

• Emergency procedures and trigger conditions

• Scope of pause functionality (what actions can be paused)

• Migration policies (if contract replacement is required)

All governance changes must be announced clearly with a rationale, implementation timeline, and the updated parameter set.

Out of Scope (Governance Cannot Change)

To protect users and minimize trust assumptions, governance is explicitly not allowed to:

• Seize or arbitrarily withdraw user-locked RH

• Create guaranteed returns, fixed yields, or profit promises

• Retroactively change rewards for completed epochs

• Make undisclosed changes to token supply mechanics

• Bypass the published security and operational controls

Governance Principles

RH governance follows these principles:

• Predictability: Changes should be limited, versioned, and announced in advance.

• Transparency: Proposals, rationale, and final decisions should be publicly visible.

• Safety-first: Risk controls and incident procedures take priority over convenience.

• Minimal discretion: Parameter changes should be bounded and rule-based.

The next section describes the governance process: how proposals are made, reviewed, and executed.