Use Navigators
By default, adding a member means passing a Membership proposal. That's fine for a founding crew, but it doesn't scale to open onboarding. Navigators are permissioned plug-in contracts that let people join on their own terms — paying a tribute or proving they hold an NFT — and get minted Shares or Loot automatically. For the concept and trust model, see Navigators.
The shipped navigators
- Onboarder — new members send native QUAI tribute and receive Shares and/or Loot.
- ERC-20 Tribute — same idea, but members pay in a chosen ERC-20 (a stablecoin or project token), with permit support for one-transaction joins.
- NFT-gated — holders of a specific ERC-721 collection claim membership, one claim per token.
Add a navigator
You can attach navigators two ways:
- At launch — the launch wizard's Navigators step lets you enable and configure an Onboarder or ERC-20 Tribute navigator as part of the deploy.
- After launch — pass a Navigators proposal. Because granting navigator permissions is
governanceOnly, the DAO must vote to add, reconfigure, pause, or revoke one. This keeps a powerful capability under member control.
Configure an Onboarder
When you add an Onboarder, you set how tribute converts to tokens and the limits that keep it safe:
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Mode | multiplier (shares = tribute × multiplier) or fixed-price (a set price per share) |
| Price / multiplier | The conversion rate from QUAI to Shares and/or Loot |
minTribute | The minimum contribution accepted |
mintCap | Total Shares/Loot the navigator may ever mint |
perAddressCap | The most any single address can mint |
| Allowlist | Optional — restrict joining to approved addresses |
| Expiry | Optional — the navigator stops minting after this time |
| Pause | A GOVERNOR can pause/unpause onboarding at any time |
Navigators are trusted code
A navigator with MANAGER permission can mint tokens. Only enable navigators that are immutable, audited, and bounded by a mintCap and (where appropriate) an allowlist. Governance can always pause or revoke one, but treat enabling a navigator as a high-trust action.
How members join through a navigator
Once a navigator is live, a prospective member opens the DAO's Navigators page in the app, picks the navigator, and submits their tribute (or NFT claim). Shares and/or Loot are minted to them in the same transaction — no proposal, no waiting. Newly minted Shares self-delegate, so their voting power is active immediately.
Related
- Navigators — the permission model in depth
- Manage members & shares — manual membership via proposals
- Configure governance — tune the rules around onboarding