How-To: Create an NNS motion proposal

This article explains one way to submit NNS motion proposals.

Background

To properly follow what is going on, there are a few high-level points worth highlighting:

Only Neurons can submit NNS proposals

Neurons with at least 1 ICP and 6 months of dissolve delay can submit NNS proposals. So the first step is to create such a neuron.

The NNS Governance Canister accepts motion proposals

The Governance Canister is just a canister like any other, so it has a Candid file, it accepts messages, etc... This article describes a way where you can have your local computer send a message to the governance canister (signed on behalf of a neuron) that contains a motion proposal.

One-time setup

Install dfx

1. Navigate to | smartcontracts.org 2. Install `dfx` via

$ sh -ci "$(curl -fsSL https://smartcontracts.org/install.sh)"

Create a neuron

1. Create a private/public keypair

1.1 Install keysmith

1.2 Create seed phrase:

$ keysmith generate -o seed.txt

1.3 Create private.pem

$ keysmith <private-key -o <private.pem

1.4 Derive Ledger account from private key:

$ keysmith account -i 0

2. Link this private/public keypair to dfx so you can use it as an "Identity"

2. 1nstall that key into dfx and create an identity

In this case, the new identity is called "proposals"

$ dfx identity import proposals private.pem

• If you see “creating identity: proposals” in the terminal, this means it worked*
• further reading on dfx identities: dfx identity :: Internet Computer 2

3. Send 1.0001 ICP to the "account ID" represented by the public/private keypair (now called the "identity")

3.1 Send 1.0001 ICP to the account from earlier