Scroll Decides Security Council Is So Last Season, Proposes Multisig Makeover

Scroll is apparently going through a mid-season governance rebrand, and the Security Council just got voted off the island. The 13 April proposal would dissolve the council entirely, handing protocol admin control to a Scroll-administered multisig instead. Think of it as Marie Kondo meets blockchain governance—if the Security Council doesn't spark joy in terms of actual utility, it's getting the boot. The change would affect key contracts including ScrollOwner, AgoraGovernor, and associated timelock contracts. Scroll expects execution within 10 days, assuming council approval—which, ironically, the Security Council itself must provide. Yes, you need the guy you're firing to sign off on his own pink slip. Peak crypto logic.

The rationale behind this governance glow-up? A cost-usage review concluded the council's overhead isn't justified by its actual workload. Apparently, the Security Council was showing up to work, clocking in, but not really having much to do—like that guy in the office who holds meetings about meetings. All changes would happen transparently on-chain, because in crypto we don't do anything without a public ledger to prove we actually did it. Revolutionary concept, really.

DAO operations are also getting trimmed down like a bear market budget. Marketing, program coordination, and accountability roles wrap up by 30 April 2026. Consider it a strategic degen diet—cutting the fat while keeping the muscle. The Operations and Accountability committees continue in reduced capacity, though they can scale back up if activity picks back up. Delegates can still propose and vote on initiatives—the DAO framework stays live. So don't worry, your governance tokens still have a purpose, they're just not hosting as many parties.

Community reaction has been, unsurprisingly, mixed. Critics are worried that swapping the Security Council for a smaller multisig means more concentrated control and weaker oversight—like replacing a jury with a