Discourse (Governance Forum)
Platform: Discourse — forum.tecommons.org
The forum was TEC’s system of record for governance. Where Discord carried fast-moving conversation, the forum is where ideas were written up, argued through, formally proposed, and linked to onchain votes. It is the single richest narrative source for understanding why TEC made the decisions it did.
Role in TEC
- Proposals and deliberation — funding proposals, structural changes, and strategy were drafted and debated here before going to a vote.
- Parameter design — the long “deep dive” threads on Hatch and bonding-curve parameters (Hatch goal, period, tribute, vesting, Impact Hour rate, tollgate fee, conviction voting thresholds, quorum, vote duration, and more) live on the forum.
- Working group coordination — many working groups posted manifestos, agendas, and retrospectives.
- Link to onchain action — proposals typically connected a forum thread to a proposal created in the voting interface, tying deliberation to execution.
What the archive captures
The detailed forum timeline in the source material reconstructs threads chronologically from late October 2020 onward, each annotated with its category and archival theme. These summaries describe what each thread was about and how it fit into TEC’s evolution. See the Timeline for the high-level arc.
Scope and privacy
In scope: public governance threads, announcements, proposals, and parameter discussions. Out of scope: any private messages or moderation-only areas. Forum handles that were already public may appear in primary references; personal names imported from internal documents are redacted per the Archival Policy.