Emergency Governance Bypasses

Emergency governance bypasses are mechanisms that allow for the immediate implementation of a change without going through the standard, time-locked voting process. These are intended for use in dire situations, such as a massive hack, where waiting for a vote would be fatal to the protocol.

The risk is that these bypasses can be abused if they are not strictly controlled. Auditors verify that the conditions for activating a bypass are clearly defined, multi-signed, and subject to immediate public audit.

They ensure that the bypass cannot be used for anything other than the specific emergency it was designed for. This is a high-stakes feature that requires extreme care in both design and implementation to avoid becoming a central point of failure.