Enforce governance policies as code for Solana DAOs and programs.
The Solana Governance Policy Engine is a rules‑driven enforcement layer for DAOs and on‑chain programs—codifying quorum, role‑based permissions, KYC checks, and escalation paths into a reusable, auditable engine.
// Pseudocode: high‑level evaluation pipeline
on_proposal_created(proposal) {
// 1. Load DAO policy pack
policy = load_policy(proposal.dao_id)
// 2. Resolve on‑chain context
ctx = {
dao_state: fetch_dao_state(proposal.dao_id),
stake_snapshot: fetch_stake(proposal.dao_id),
proposal_meta: proposal.metadata,
}
// 3. Pull off‑chain verification signals (KYC, sanctions, risk)
signals = async_verifier.fetch_signals(proposal.initiator)
// 4. Evaluate rules
result = policy_engine.evaluate({
context: ctx,
signals: signals,
action: "CREATE_PROPOSAL",
})
// 5. Enforce
if (!result.allowed) {
revert("POLICY_VIOLATION", result.reason_code)
}
}
Use the engine from Go, Kotlin, Python, or JavaScript clients, backed by a Python policy API for off‑chain evaluation and async verification.
Multi‑language policy clients
The policy engine is designed to be called from multiple runtimes: Go for Solana‑adjacent services, Kotlin for JVM backends, Python for orchestration and analytics, and JavaScript for dashboards and admin consoles. All clients speak a simple JSON policy‑evaluation contract over HTTP.
// JavaScript client (browser / Node)
async function evaluatePolicy(payload) {
const res = await fetch("https://your-policy-api.example.com/evaluate", {
method: "POST",
headers: { "Content-Type": "application/json" },
body: JSON.stringify({
action: "CAST_VOTE",
dao_id: payload.daoId,
wallet: payload.wallet,
proposal_id: payload.proposalId,
stake: payload.stakeLamports,
context: {
slot: payload.slot,
cluster: payload.cluster,
},
}),
});
if (!res.ok) {
throw new Error("Policy API error: " + res.status);
}
const body = await res.json();
if (!body.allowed) {
console.warn("Vote blocked by policy:", body.reason_code);
}
return body;
}
# Python client
import requests
def evaluate_policy(base_url: str, payload: dict) -> dict:
resp = requests.post(
f"{base_url}/evaluate",
json={
"action": "CREATE_PROPOSAL",
"dao_id": payload["dao_id"],
"wallet": payload["wallet"],
"metadata": payload.get("metadata", {}),
"context": {
"cluster": payload.get("cluster", "mainnet-beta"),
"slot": payload.get("slot"),
},
},
timeout=5,
)
resp.raise_for_status()
body = resp.json()
if not body.get("allowed", False):
print("Policy violation:", body.get("reason_code"))
return body
// Go client
package policy
import (
"bytes"
"context"
"encoding/json"
"net/http"
"time"
)
type EvaluateRequest struct {
Action string `json:"action"`
DaoID string `json:"dao_id"`
Wallet string `json:"wallet"`
Context map[string]interface{} `json:"context,omitempty"`
}
type EvaluateResponse struct {
Allowed bool `json:"allowed"`
ReasonCode string `json:"reason_code"`
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