Decentralized Education DAO
What it does:
Enables students, educators, institutions, and contributors to participate in governance and decision-making for educational initiatives on-chain.
Why it matters:
Promotes transparency, community-driven decision-making, fair resource allocation, and decentralized control over scholarships, courses, and educational funding.
How it works:
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DAO issues governance tokens to students, educators, and contributors
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Members propose initiatives such as course approvals, scholarship allocations, or platform upgrades
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Token-weighted voting determines outcomes of proposals
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Approved proposals automatically trigger on-chain actions (e.g., funding release, course creation)
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Voting, proposal creation, and execution are recorded immutably
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DAO can upgrade rules, treasury allocations, and membership criteria
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Integrates with scholarship, micro-credential, and learn-to-earn contracts for seamless on-chain coordination
// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
pragma solidity ^0.8.20;
/**
* @title DecentralizedEducationDAO
* @author Nam
* @notice Governance DAO for educational initiatives
*/
contract DecentralizedEducationDAO {
address public admin;
uint256 public proposalCount;
struct Proposal {
string description;
uint256 votesFor;
uint256 votesAgainst;
uint256 deadline;
bool executed;
mapping(address => bool) voters;
}
mapping(uint256 => Proposal) public proposals;
mapping(address => uint256) public governanceTokens; // simple token balance for voting
// -------------------- EVENTS --------------------
event TokensGranted(address indexed member, uint256 amount);
event ProposalCreated(uint256 indexed proposalId, string description, uint256 deadline);
event Voted(uint256 indexed proposalId, address indexed voter, bool support);
event ProposalExecuted(uint256 indexed proposalId, bool success);
// -------------------- MODIFIERS --------------------
modifier onlyTokenHolder() {
require(governanceTokens[msg.sender] > 0, "No governance tokens");
_;
}
modifier proposalActive(uint256 _proposalId) {
require(block.timestamp 0 && _proposalId 0, "Invalid duration");
proposalCount += 1;
Proposal storage p = proposals[proposalCount];
p.description = _description;
p.deadline = block.timestamp + _votingDuration;
p.executed = false;
emit ProposalCreated(proposalCount, _description, p.deadline);
}
function vote(uint256 _proposalId, bool _support) external onlyTokenHolder proposalActive(_proposalId) proposalExists(_proposalId) {
Proposal storage p = proposals[_proposalId];
require(!p.voters[msg.sender], "Already voted");
p.voters[msg.sender] = true;
uint256 weight = governanceTokens[msg.sender];
if (_support) {
p.votesFor += weight;
} else {
p.votesAgainst += weight;
}
emit Voted(_proposalId, msg.sender, _support);
}
function executeProposal(uint256 _proposalId) external proposalExists(_proposalId) {
Proposal storage p = proposals[_proposalId];
require(!p.executed, "Already executed");
require(block.timestamp > p.deadline, "Voting still active");
bool success = p.votesFor > p.votesAgainst;
p.executed = true;
// Integration with other contracts can be done here (e.g., fund release, scholarship approval)
emit ProposalExecuted(_proposalId, success);
}
}