DFINITY Foundation

Wenzel

ICDevs.org

CryptoIsGood

Anvil

ICPL.app

ysyms

The Accumulators’ Neuron

RawTech Venture

Paul Young

ICPMANUAL

8YearGangDAO

Isaac Valadez

Krzysztof Żelazko

Nicolas.ic

Smaug’s Neuron for Retail Investors

ICLight.io

Synapse (see neuron merger plan with the Wenzel known neuron)

Taggr Network

CodeGov.org (see neuron merger plan with the Wenzel known neuron)

Sonic AMM

Rakeoff.io

OpenChat

ELNA AI

GEEKFACTORY

ICP Hub México

ICP Hub Poland

Jerry Banfield

WaterNeuron

ICP Hub Bulgaria

Gold DAO

NeuronPool

LORIMER ♾️ 🐶

B3Pay

ZenithCode

Aviate Labs

D-QUORUM

Yuku AI

CO.DELTA △

DragginCorp

Gwojda

Thyassa

🌮 TACO DAO Neuron

Ωmega-reject

Ωmega-vote

αlpha-vote

Cybersecurity

cyberowl

Dexter Caff/acc

Motion: Signal Support for Launching a DAO to Govern Cloak Infrastructure on ICP

This motion is submitted by Menese Protocol to request a clear signal from the ICP community on launching a DAO to govern critical infrastructure for CloakCoin, a long-running privacy-focused blockchain that has previously reached a market capitalization of over $80M USD and has been in continuous operation for more than a decade.

Over the past several months, we have worked closely with the Cloak community to modernize and extend their infrastructure. Through this work, it became clear that the Internet Computer is uniquely positioned to act as the governance and execution layer for the next phase of Cloak’s evolution.

This effort is not a Menese Protocol product launch.  
It is an initiative intended to serve the Cloak community, with one of the Menese teams contributing engineering and operational support.

This effort is also not about migrating Cloak to ICP. It is about extending Cloak using ICP’s unique capabilities in a way that cannot be achieved on other platforms.

The proposed architecture relies on ICP not only for governance, but also for execution and coordination. We have integrated native Cloak address support and are using network signing for sensitive operations, in addition to HTTP outcalls for cross-chain communication. These capabilities allow ICP canisters to directly participate in cryptographic operations and external network interactions in a verifiable and deterministic way.

This makes the Internet Computer a core infrastructure layer rather than a peripheral service.

The infrastructure in scope consists of two critical components.

The first is a set of cross-chain liquidity and privacy-preserving pools. These pools are responsible for holding and routing value across ecosystems while maintaining privacy guarantees. Because of their role, they cannot be centrally controlled or upgraded without introducing trust assumptions and regulatory risk.

The second component is an orchestration layer responsible for managing privacy-enabled nodes. In the current Cloak model, users must operate and synchronize their own nodes to perform private transactions. We have built a system where these nodes can be deployed and managed through ICP canisters, tied to user principals, enabling privacy-preserving functionality without requiring users to maintain infrastructure themselves. This also enables privacy-as-a-service use cases while preserving cryptographic guarantees.

These components represent core infrastructure. Leaving them under unilateral control would be inappropriate both technically and legally. For this reason, the proposed path forward is governance through a DAO.

The Internet Computer is uniquely suited for this role. It is the only platform that enables on-chain governance, deterministic execution, native cryptography, and cross-chain communication without trusted intermediaries. This makes it possible to extend chain fusion beyond asset movement and into infrastructure and governance itself.

This motion does not request immediate funding.

It is a request for a clear signal from the ICP community on whether:
- ICP should serve as the governance and coordination layer for this infrastructure
- A DAO-based model is the appropriate long-term solution
- The community supports extending ICP’s role into cross-chain and privacy-preserving infrastructure

A “Yes” vote signals support for continuing this work and returning with a concrete, auditable proposal.  
A “No” vote signals that the community does not believe this direction should proceed on ICP.

If this motion passes, the next steps would include:
- Finalizing a DAO structure governed on ICP  
- Transferring control of critical canisters to that DAO  
- Proposing a capped funding plan of under $120,000 USD to sustain operations for approximately three years  
- Operating infrastructure that generates ongoing revenue from services  
- Using protocol revenue for sustainability, operations, and potential token burn mechanisms  
- Distributing governance tokens primarily to the Cloak community and contributors  

This proposal represents an opportunity to demonstrate how ICP can serve as a foundational layer for real-world, production-grade infrastructure used by external ecosystems.

A positive vote signals support for proceeding in this direction.


Signal Support for Launching a DAO to Govern Cloak Infrastructure on ICP