Today in DeFi Research Delegate Communication Thread

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Proposal: Updates to the DIP, The Complete 1.7 Version
Date: Jul 29 2025
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Proposal - Updates to the DIP, The Complete 1.7 Version

We dont have a huge pushback on this, (although it would be good to keep having a mechanism for smaller delegate participation, either through DIP or an alternate mechanism) But we wonder if retroactive activation is necessary? if there is a vote for DIP 1.7 and that vote retroactively determines if August is 1.6 or 1.7, that changes the participation criteria for August drastically, based on a vote which is concluding in august. It’s an extremely strange situation that is hard for Delegates …