Overview
1694.io DReps is a public directory that helps ADA holders find and compare DReps, short for delegated representatives: people or groups who vote on governance decisions for the holders who choose them. The main table lists each DRep with their voting power, live stake and number of delegators, and each name opens a profile showing how that representative has voted1,2. Voting power is the total staked ADA delegated to a DRep3. Live stake changes in real time as holders delegate or move funds, while votes are counted on a snapshot taken at the end of each epoch4, a five-day period on Cardano5.
The directory is one section of 1694.io, a site that also presents CIP-1694, the proposal that defines Cardano governance, as a readable web page6. The site is a community project of Lido Nation, whose team originally developed it1,7. The code for its DRep campaign platform was funded by Intersect, a member-based organization for the Cardano ecosystem8, and is public on GitHub under the Apache 2.0 open-source license7. Lido Nation announced the launch of the DRep pages in September 20249.
Key Features
- Compare DReps in one table. The table also shows each DRep's short ID, active status and number of votes cast, with search, filter and sort controls1.
- A voting record for each DRep. The Votes tab on a profile lists a DRep's Yes, No and Abstain votes with the proposal type, its status, a Details & Rationale panel that opens the proposal's own abstract and rationale, and links to view the proposal on GovTool and ADASTAT10.
- See how often a DRep shows up. Each profile shows the share of governance actions, meaning proposals put to an on-chain vote, that the DRep voted on, plus an epoch-by-epoch timeline of their activity2,11.
- DReps can tell their own story. A DRep can claim their profile and add a bio, objectives, motivations, qualifications and links, and finishing the profile updates their CIP-119 on-chain metadata, the standard record that describes a DRep12.
- A no-confidence choice in the same list. The list includes Always No Confidence, a predefined voting option rather than a person, which does not take part in governance directly but can still receive delegation13.
What to Expect
A link on the list page leads to an explainer on how DRep registration, delegation and voting power work, which also notes that registered DReps must vote regularly to stay active3. Where a DRep has added one, the profile shows their own statement of who they are and what they stand for, next to their on-chain record, which Lido Nation describes as a way to make informed decisions about who represents you14.
Delegating starts from the Delegate button and runs through a Cardano browser wallet. The site's wallet picker shows only installed wallets that support CIP-95, the standard that connects wallets to governance websites15. The explainer says ADA holders delegate their stake to a DRep with a transaction, just as they would to a stake pool3.
DReps who want to campaign for delegation can use Create Your DRep Campaign, a four-step profile setup12. Signing in works with a browser wallet, which asks for a signature to prove ownership, or with a login file12. Each profile also shows the DRep ID in both the CIP-129 format, a standard way of writing governance IDs, and the legacy format, with copy buttons2.
A separate copy of the DRep pages runs on Cardano's preview test network, which is used for testing before changes go live on the main network. The GovTool documentation lists the platform and its preview copy among community governance tools16.
