Karma Agreement Has Ended — [DIP-51] to Introduce New Delegation System

The Grants Committee has the following announcement to make:

Our agreement with Karma for the delegate.ssv.network dashboard has come to an end. Since 2023, Karma has powered SSV’s delegation dashboard and Community Score, helping onboard delegates, improve transparency, and drive voting participation across the DAO. We’re deeply grateful to the Karma team for their partnership, dedication, and the tooling that helped shape SSV’s governance journey over these past years — thank you for everything you’ve built with us. :folded_hands:

[DIP-51], currently up for discussion, proposes the framework to replace it — introducing Auto-Delegation, a new SSV Community Score, and a dedicated Delegation Portal grant.

Grandfathering: If DIP-51 passes, a snapshot of the current Karma leaderboard and cohort allocations is taken on the last day of the prior month. Existing delegates stay active and unchanged — regardless of voting activity under the old system — until the new policies are published and fully operational. Profile data from Karma is seeded into the new system as static info until owners update it.

Action item: we recommend setting up your HighSignal profile now and sharing it with the SSV project, since HighSignal will feed into Community Contribution scoring and Ethereum Community cohort eligibility under the new system.

Questions or feedback? Join the discussion on the DIP-51 thread.