Today voting on governance proposals is done one of 2 ways.
Snapshot: where Ohmies get to vote with their sOHMs and Staked SLPs
or
Forum: where One User = one vote
In the short term this does not raise any issues, where the holders today are viewed more like Shareholders then holders of an algo-currency.
As the months and pass by the number of OHMs is going to increase exponentially and therein lies the problem that i see with governance voting.
In Maker DAO for example the DAI holders don't vote for Proposals, MKR token holders do
As OHM increases in numbers and its usage increases we need to separate governance from currency holders
A proposal to introduce governance tokens by creating a staking pool that measures the amount of OHMs staked as well as how long it was staked
USDP (Unit.xyz "Unit protocol") are in the process of releasing their governance token and the method they followed was by providing liquidity to their pools and the amount+time spent providing liquidity would eventually yield the staker "x" amount of the governance tokens as seen in this page (https://distribution.component.finance/)
The method and logic provided will:
1) incentives Ohmies to stake for longer giving them more reasons to keep staking then the 6 digit APY
2) reward loyal Ohmies who do not have as much as the whales, but with time + compounding growth will rival them in terms of % acquired from the Governance Tokens
3) separate the currency from the DAO
looking forward to hear from all users