# Wind Down the MSS + Transfer Payment Responsibilities to the Arbitrum Foundation

**URL:** <https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/wind-down-the-mss-transfer-payment-responsibilities-to-the-arbitrum-foundation/29279>\
**Category:** Finalized AIPs\
**Tags:** proposal\
**Created:** [May 22, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/wind-down-the-mss-transfer-payment-responsibilities-to-the-arbitrum-foundation/29279 "2025-05-22T22:54:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 26, 2025, 8:59pm UTC](https://forum.arbitrum.foundation/t/wind-down-the-mss-transfer-payment-responsibilities-to-the-arbitrum-foundation/29279/9 "2025-05-26T20:59:49Z")

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Thanks for identifying the problem and voicing it, however I have many doubts

Lately, Entropy has been advocating for trading decentralization for efficiency. Of course, direct control is always more efficient than decentralized processes — but I see several major downsides to this proposal:

1. **It represents a shift away from decentralization and DAO governance toward centralization under the Arbitrum Foundation**  
If we continue down this path in every case, we’ll eventually reduce the DAO to a symbolic role — picking Twitter banner images while the real decisions are made elsewhere

2. **Ending a program prematurely, despite it functioning well and fulfilling its responsibilities, sets a bad precedent**  
It suggests the Foundation is an **unreliable partner** — willing to cancel initiatives arbitrarily.  
The financial issues cited here aren’t related to the MCC itself, but rather to the decision to convert funds to USDS right before payments were due — a decision made by the Foundation, which now seems unwilling to take responsibility for the consequences.

3. **The proposal offers no real alternatives**  
If this is the path you want to take, fine — but don’t present it as the only option. There’s a real issue here that needs solving, so present multiple solutions.  
Some obvious alternatives — which weren’t discussed — include:

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In case of receiving AGAINST the proposal it will lead to the fact that we will spend more time than we could have spent if we had different alternative solutions

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