I am Enoch, last year I was a reviewing team member during Season 2 of the Voting Neuron Grants. When I started reviewing, one of the challenges I faced was not knowing how to do a proper review for a given topic - what to look for, where to look, how to properly make sense of it all. As a deeply technical person and a developer it didn’t take long for me to get up to speed, and I was incentivized to do so also, so I HAD to.
But not everyone is in that position. There are people who may not be very technical, or may just not have the time to dig through scattered resources and tools, keep track of when proposals are posted, find the correct forum threads, and on top of all that, not be paid to do so. I also noticed developers who were working on very technical topics without receiving any grant, just for the love of the game, but still facing challenges figuring out the best way to review proposals. Here is one such request I could find.
Then Season 2 ended, the grants were restructured and downsized, and fewer people were incentivized to review. That made it even more clear to me that a tool like this might be really needed.
This is the simple pitch for VoteICP: reduce the friction. Make it easy and convenient for anyone to fully understand what a proposal is about, know what to look for, do the due diligence, and then vote with confidence.
Check it out at: voteicp.com or canister url at: https://gjb4h-xyaaa-aaaad-aedpq-cai.icp0.io
What’s live now
Guided Reviews
Before you vote, there is a topic-specific checklist you go through (not mandatory to complete), with suggested resources for the review, red flags to look for, and the ability to add your own analysis. You get a ready-made markdown you can copy and post here on the forum, and you can also submit your review on VoteICP. Each proposal has its own discussion threads where reviews are posted as well.
Learn
A dedicated learning section with general NNS governance knowledge, topic-specific guides, an ICP architecture knowledge base, and a react-flow visualization of the detailed ICP infrastructure.
Analytics
Tracking proposal outcomes, adoption rates, and voting participation across topics.
Proposal Browsing
Browse all NNS proposals filtered by topic, status, or keyword. Follow topics you care about to keep track of what’s relevant to you.
What’s coming
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Email Notifications - Currently you can follow topics, but soon you’ll be able to receive email notifications when proposals for your followed topics drop and when voting outcomes are decided.
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AI Analysis - AI-assisted proposal reviews, insights, and technical explanations on technical topics, with highlighted concerns.
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Proposal Creation - Create and submit NNS proposals directly from the app, with guided templates for different proposal types.
And anything else the community would wish.
Why I’m posting this now
There is still a lot of work to be done. I’m introducing VoteICP even though a number of features are still not fully implemented, because the user base of this project is kind of different from normal projects - you are mostly here, deeply involved in the community. So I’m basically “testing the waters” before I get in too deep.
I am not paid by anyone, I’ve been building this in my free time for about 4 months now. I just want to assess if it’s worth it to sacrifice more time into it.
I’m also exploring ideas to develop it into a system that can incentivize participation. As much as the tool makes it easier to understand, review, and vote on proposals, it’s still important that voters get something in the process too, so I’m really open to ideas on that front.
What I’m looking for
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Feedback - Does this solve a real problem for you? What’s missing? (There’s a feedback button on the app as well)
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Ideas - Especially around incentivizing voter participation
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Collaboration - If you’re interested in contributing or supporting the project in any way
I’m making the code open source in the next few days and will update here, but this will be the repo: https://github.com/iamenochchirima/voteicp
Thank you for reading.