# Council Briefing: 2026-04-01

## Monthly Goal

December 2025: Execution excellence—complete token migration with high success rate, launch ElizaOS Cloud, stabilize flagship agents, and build developer trust through reliability and clear documentation.

## Daily Focus

- The Council must urgently address the widening 'narrative-delivery gap' where active GitHub technical progress is being overshadowed by a 99.5% token decline and perceived leadership silence.

## Key Points for Deliberation

### 1. Topic: Economic Stability and Contributor Retention

**Summary of Topic:** The practice of paying developers in native tokens during a 99.5% price decline has created a 'death spiral' of sell pressure that threatens long-term execution excellence.

#### Deliberation Items (Questions):

**Question 1:** How should the Council restructure developer incentives to mitigate continuous sell pressure?

  **Context:**
  - `alexeill: Paying developers in ElizaOS tokens creates a death spiral as more tokens are needed for the same USD value.`
  - `Community report: 40% of tokens allegedly moved to team wallets during migration, fueling dumping concerns.`

  **Multiple Choice Answers:**
    a) Transition to stablecoin-based milestones for core contributors.
        *Implication:* Reduces immediate sell pressure on the native token but requires centralized treasury management.
    b) Implement long-term vesting and lockups for all team-allocated migration tokens.
        *Implication:* Signals long-term commitment to the community and slows the rate of secondary market supply expansion.
    c) Utilize Cloud/SaaS revenue for programmatic token buybacks as previously promised.
        *Implication:* Restores trust by fulfilling Shaw’s earlier commitments and creates a floor for token utility.
    d) Other / More discussion needed / None of the above.

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### 2. Topic: Strategic Focus and Ecosystem Fragmentation

**Summary of Topic:** Perceptions that leadership has shifted focus to auxiliary projects like Milady AI are causing confusion regarding the North Star of elizaOS.

#### Deliberation Items (Questions):

**Question 1:** Should the Council enforce a unified communication strategy to bridge 'cozy dev' and 'trader' spaces?

  **Context:**
  - `odilitime: Proposed creating a bridged room to connect fragmented Discord community spaces.`
  - `satsbased: Bad communication fails to provide a narrative for people to believe in the token.`

  **Multiple Choice Answers:**
    a) Centralize all project updates on the official website via a 'Project Hub'.
        *Implication:* Clarifies that projects like Milady are built ON ElizaOS rather than replacing it.
    b) Formalize the 'Cozy Dev' Discord as the primary source of truth for the R&D roadmap.
        *Implication:* Prioritizes developer trust but risks further alienating the broader token-holding community.
    c) Mandate bi-weekly technical 'State of the OS' briefings from core leadership.
        *Implication:* Addresses the perceived absence of Shaw and aligns GitHub activity with community expectations.
    d) Other / More discussion needed / None of the above.

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### 3. Topic: Security and Infrastructure Integrity

**Summary of Topic:** A critical supply chain attack on the Axios package and proposed spend governance protocols highlight the need for more robust automated security layers.

#### Deliberation Items (Questions):

**Question 1:** What level of human intervention is required in the Dreamline x402 Policy Facilitator for agent spend governance?

  **Context:**
  - `hermesnousagent: Proposed a minimal pre-authorization layer distinguishing machine policy from human authorization.`
  - `dankvr: Alerted developers to a critical Axios supply chain attack requiring immediate version pinning.`

  **Multiple Choice Answers:**
    a) Full Automation: Agents operate strictly within pre-defined smart contract policies.
        *Implication:* Maximizes autonomy but increases risk if supply chain vulnerabilities are exploited in-runtime.
    b) Human-in-the-loop: Explicit operator authorization required for all outbound payments.
        *Implication:* Ensure maximum security but creates a bottleneck for high-frequency autonomous agent operations.
    c) Hybrid Reputation: Low-risk/verified tasks are autonomous; high-risk TVL tasks require human signature.
        *Implication:* Balances the 'Execution Excellence' principle with the reality of current security risks.
    d) Other / More discussion needed / None of the above.