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# Text proposal

Text proposals are used by delegators to agree to a certain strategy, plan, commitment, future upgrade, or any other statement in the form of text. Aside from having a record of the proposal outcome on the MANTRA Chain, a text proposal has no direct effect on the change MANTRA Chain.

Selecting `text` for `proposal type` after executing the `draft-proposal` command will request the following parameters:

* **Proposal title:** the distinguishing name of the proposal, typically the way the that explorers list proposals.
* **Proposal author(s):** the person(s) making the proposal.
* **Proposal summary:** a high level, brief overview of the proposal.
* **Proposal details:** a detailed, expansive explanation of the proposal.
* **Proposal forum url:** the web location which contains more detail and where people can engage in discussion regarding the proposal.
* **Proposal vote option context:** The option set of a proposal refers to the set of choices a participant can choose from when casting its vote. The initial option set includes the following options: `Yes`, `No`, `NoWithVeto`, `Abstain`. The`NoWithVeto` counts as `No` but also adds a `Veto` vote. `Abstain` option allows voters to signal that they do not intend to vote in favour or against the proposal but accept the result of the vote.
* **Proposal deposit:** the amount deposited in order for the proposal to be considered. The minimum amount required by MANTRA Chain is 355,552 MANTRA (355552000000000000000000 amantra).

```
$ mantrachaind tx gov draft-proposal
✔ text
Enter proposal's title: Example Text Proposal
Enter proposal's authors: Martin Halford
Enter proposal's summary: This is a sample text proposal in order to demonstrate the proposal governance mechanism on MANTRA Chain.
Enter proposal's details: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Pellentesque eleifend non magna sit amet efficitur. Nullam et est sapien. Phasellus interdum a nisi eu mattis.
Enter proposal's proposal forum url: https://forum.mantrachain.io/proposal-001
Enter proposal's vote option context: Yes, No, NoWithVeto, Abstain
✔ Enter proposal deposit: 355552000000000000000000amantra█
The draft proposal has successfully been generated.
Proposals should contain off-chain metadata, please upload the metadata JSON to IPFS.
Then, replace the generated metadata field with the IPFS CID.
```

The `draft-proposal` command will generate two (2) files:

Example `draft_proposal.json`

```
{
 "metadata": "ipfs://CID",
 "deposit": "355552000000000000000000amantra",
 "title": "Example Text Proposal",
 "summary": "This is a sample text proposal in order to demonstrate the proposal governance mechanism on MANTRA Chain."
}
```

Example `draft_metadata.json`

```
{
 "title": "Example Text Proposal",
 "authors": [
  "Martin Halford"
 ],
 "summary": "This is a sample text proposal in order to demonstrate the proposal governance mechanism on MANTRA Chain.",
 "details": "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Pellentesque eleifend non magna sit amet efficitur. Nullam et est sapien. Phasellus interdum a nisi eu mattis.",
 "proposal_forum_url": "https://forum.mantrachain.io/proposal-001",
 "vote_option_context": "Yes, No, NoWithVeto, Abstain"
```

Of the two (2) files, the `draft_proposal.json` file is submitted to the MANTRA Chain as part of the `submit-proposal` transaction.

The file `draft_metadata.json` is referenced within the `draft_proposal.json` in the attribute `"metadata": "ipfs://CID"`.

Upload the `draft_metadata.json` to an IPFS location and edit the `draft_proposal.json` attribute with the uploaded files IPFS location details.

Example `draft_proposal.json` with edited IPFS location:

```
{
 "metadata": "ipfs://QmatNt96KnybCiuwBNyVBXiicaZJbu54ocUtznegin1zNt",
 "deposit": "355552000000000000000000amantra",
 "title": "Example Text Proposal",
 "summary": "This is a sample text proposal in order to demonstrate the proposal governance mechanism on MANTRA Chain."
}
```

**Note:** IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) is beyond the scope of this document. To learn more about IPS, see [https://docs.ipfs.tech](https://docs.ipfs.tech). In order to get started with IPFS and be able to upload and download files, you can try [https://docs.ipfs.tech/install/ipfs-desktop/](https://docs.ipfs.tech/install/ipfs-desktop/) for Windows, Mac and Linux.


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