Overview
Tempo Governance Actions is a tracker that lists the proposals a blockchain community is voting on and shows how close each one is to passing1. DReps, the delegated representatives who vote on behalf of ADA holders, use it to read proposals and cast their votes2. Anyone can open the page and read the results; a wallet is only needed to vote3.
The page is part of Tempo, a Cardano governance platform built for DReps and the people who delegate to them4. Governance actions are the formal proposals of Cardano governance, defined in CIP-1694. Anyone can submit one by paying a deposit, and DReps, stake pool operators and the Constitutional Committee (a small panel that checks proposals against the Cardano Constitution) vote on them5. Which of those groups votes depends on the type of action6. Tempo reads its data straight from its own Cardano node rather than a third-party data service4.
Key Features
- Find any proposal fast. A search box on Tempo Governance Actions accepts a proposal's name, the ID of the transaction that created it, or its gov_action ID, the unique code each proposal gets on the blockchain1.
- Narrow the list by stage and type. Status filters split the list into Active, Ratified (approved), Enacted (put into effect) and Expired, and a type filter narrows it to treasury withdrawals, protocol changes, hard forks (protocol upgrades) or other kinds of action1.
- See how close a vote is to passing. Each card shows the DRep Yes, No and not-yet-voted shares, the ADA behind each side, abstentions, and, except on non-binding info actions, a marker for the approval threshold the proposal has to reach1.
- Read the full proposal and who voted. Opening a proposal shows its deposit, a link to the attached explanation document, any requested treasury payouts, and individual DRep, committee and stake pool votes, with each DRep's voting power and, where the DRep attached one, a button to read their rationale3.
- Vote as a DRep without leaving the tracker. Registered DReps get a Vote button on each proposal, pick Yes, No or Abstain, can add a link explaining their reasoning, then sign with their own wallet2.
What to Expect
For curious ADA holders, the page shows where each of the network's open proposals stands. Each card shows the title, the action type, the epoch (a fixed period of network time) in which it expires with the time left, and, for treasury requests, the amount of ADA being asked for1. Committee votes appear as a simple count of members who voted Yes or No1. Inside a proposal, a Metadata tab lays out its abstract, motivation and rationale in plain text, so you don't have to open the raw document3.
DReps get the most use from Tempo Governance Actions. Connecting a wallet such as Eternl, Lace, Yoroi or NuFi loads the DRep key and voting power automatically2. These wallets support CIP-30 and CIP-95, the standards that let browser wallets talk to Cardano apps2.
People who want to put forward a proposal of their own will find a panel suggesting they create a poll in their own DRep community first to gather feedback, then submit it on-chain1. Separately, the Quick Polls on Tempo's homepage are weighted by ADA, need no signing, and have no binding effect on-chain2. The site works on Cardano mainnet and on the Preprod test network, and it detects which one your wallet is using2.
Readers comparing representatives before delegating can also browse DRep explorers, and those following how treasury money is spent can look at treasury trackers.
