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Transactions & Governance

All governance actions are performed from your Cold Account Machine, using the stored in your file keyring. This is the governance key you created when joining the network (see quickstart).

Transactions are sent through an RPC endpoint (here referred to as <NODE_URL>/chain-rpc/). If you do not specify --node, the CLI defaults to tcp://localhost:26657. Unless you run your own node locally, always provide --node <NODE_URL>/chain-rpc/.

Unordered transactions are supported and recommended here to avoid sequence contention. (docs.cosmos.network)

Always include these flags in transaction commands
  • --from <COLD_KEY_NAME> → use your cold governance key.
  • --keyring-backend file → ensures signing with your local key (you will be prompted).
  • --unordered --timeout-duration=60s → makes the tx valid for a bounded time, bypassing sequence ordering (new in v0.53+).
  • --gas=2000000 --gas-adjustment=5.0 → manual gas setting with buffer.
  • --node <NODE_URL>/chain-rpc/ → required unless you run a local RPC node.
  • --yes → auto-approve broadcasting.

For background on transaction lifecycle and gas, see Cosmos SDK: Transactions and Gas & Fees.

When a Governance Proposal Is Required

Governance Proposals are required for any on-chain changes that affect the network, for example:

  • Updating module parameters (MsgUpdateParams)
  • Executing software upgrades
  • Adding, updating, or deprecating inference models
  • Transferring funds from the Community Pool
  • Any other actions that must be approved and executed via the governance module

Who can create a Governance Proposal

Anyone with a valid governance key (cold account) can pay the required fee and create a Governance Proposal. However, each proposal must still be approved by active participants through PoC-weighted voting.

Proposers are encouraged to discuss significant changes off-chain first (for example, via GitHub or community forums) to increase the likelihood of approval.

Need proposal creation, voting, voting power, eligibility, and delegation details?

Track Proposal Status

# One proposal
inferenced query gov proposal <VOTE_PROPOSAL_ID> -o json --node <NODE_URL>/chain-rpc/
# Tally only
inferenced query gov tally <VOTE_PROPOSAL_ID> -o json --node <NODE_URL>/chain-rpc/
# List all
inferenced query gov proposals -o json --node <NODE_URL>/chain-rpc/
(docs.cosmos.network)

You can also monitor governance via dashboards:

  • Node dashboard pattern: <NODE_URL>/dashboard/gonka/gov
Node dashboard examples
Community dashboards

Notes

Notes
  • Unordered tx semantics. When using --unordered, the tx carries an expiry via --timeout-duration, and its sequence is left unset. External tooling that expects monotonic sequences must not rely on them for these txs. (docs.cosmos.network)
  • Gas tuning. If simulations are tight or validators use higher min gas prices, raise --gas-adjustment or set --gas-prices per network policy. (docs.cosmos.network)