Adopt TOHU as the official barter token of the Tohu Network

This proposal seeks community endorsement for TOHU to be formally adopted as the official barter token of the Tohu Network — a unit of exchange between marae, hapū, iwi, and individual members participating in the network.

What this means in practice

TOHU would be the agreed medium for peer-to-peer barter across the network. Goods, services, time, and resources could be exchanged between members using TOHU as a common reference unit, in keeping with the principle of utu — reciprocal exchange that maintains balance and relationship.

This is not a proposal to make TOHU a currency, a security, or an investment instrument. TOHU remains a digital token used within a permissioned community network. The framing is barter — direct exchange of value between consenting members — not commerce in the regulated financial sense.

Why now

The Tohu Network infrastructure is in place: 40 validators, 460 sentry/relay nodes, the explorer at explorer.tohu.network, the Tohu Wallet apps, and the governance system that hosts this very proposal. The technical foundation supports barter-style transactions today. What remains is community endorsement — a clear signal that members agree to use TOHU as a shared unit when bartering with one another.

Scope of this endorsement

If approved, this proposal records that:

1. TOHU is the agreed barter token for participants of the Tohu Network
2. Members may use TOHU freely between themselves to record and settle barter exchanges
3. The token’s role remains community-driven and governance-controlled, with no external monetary claim attached

What this does not do

This proposal does not assign TOHU a fixed external value, does not create any obligation on members to accept TOHU, does not change tokenomics (the 1 billion TOHU cap and node reward structure remain), and does not alter the network’s permissioned nature.

Voting

• Approve — TOHU is endorsed as the official barter token of the Tohu Network
• Abstain — No position
• Disapprove — TOHU should not be formally endorsed as the network’s barter token at this time

Voting closes after the duration set on this proposal. Cast your vote through the Tohu Wallet governance tab. Minimum 10 TOHU required to vote.

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Cast Your Vote

Open the Tohu Wallet app and go to the Governance tab.

Minimum 10 TOHU required to vote