The district0x project ICO started just over a month ago and ended August 1st. The District Network Token or DNT is used as a voting mechanism within the district0x ecosystem. The first major use of DNT will be used to help the district0x team decide just which districts they build next. Proposals qualify as a win once they reach 30,000,000 proposal votes. 1 DNT = 1 vote.

Did you know there are already over 100 district proposals on the voting platform? This article is going to give you a step-by-step on how to vote on district proposals with your DNT! Besides, what’s the point of having it if you don’t use it?

Step 2: Enable MetaMask or Parity

We are going to use MetaMask in this example. If you have not already, download the MetaMask extension here.

Step 2: Add & Move your DNT to MetaMask or Parity Wallet

In order to vote with your district0x Network Tokens, you must move your DNT to the MetaMask or Parity address you are signalling your vote from.

In order for your MetaMask wallet to identify the DNT, you must add the token:

Click the ‘Token’ tab Click ‘Add Token’ and include the DNT address to the left.

Note: you are not GIVING any of your DNT away. Instead, you are ‘signalling’ that all DNT in your address will count toward the proposal you vote on.

Step 3: Go to district0x’s Voting Platform

To find the proposal page, you can simply navigate there with one click of the ‘vote’ button from the district0x homepage or by following this link. As you can see in the picture below — the directions are at the top of the district proposal page for Parity and MyEtherWallet too.

Step 4: Find a Proposal to Support w/ Your DNT Votes

I’m a bit biased here because I created the proposal below…but my goal as a life-long learner and entrepreneur is to innovate. How? In a way that changes the fundamental way we do business today. This proposal will change the way eCommerce business owners do business for decades to come:

Imagine you are a consumer walking down the street in a Virtual Reality world (Decentraland) and you come across the Virtual Reality Shopping District or VRS District, a large plot of land with various shops and malls on it where customers can Virtual Reality Shop…see where I’m going with this?

Instead of waiting a day or two, maybe longer, for a package to come with a shirt you ordered that probably does not fit — you can upload your dimensions to your VR character and try the shirt on BEFORE you buy it. This is a win-win for both customers and eCommerce shop owners:

The customer does not have to fuss with a product that does not match their expectations. The eCommerce business owner does not have to fuss with as many returns and actually benefits from having a VR Shop to showcase physical products in for the VR Shopping District foot traffic.

This is a brand new way of shopping and is applicable to ANY type of business with physical products and can even be used for service providers.

Virtual Reality Shop — Service Example:

Imagine you are a high-class masseuse or masseur— you could demonstrate your massage routine to potential customers in the VR Shopping District and they can choose whether or not they want to fly out to your location and use your service. By creating a VR Shop, the business owner reaches a new customer they may not have reached if the VRS District did not exist.

Step 5: Vote For Your Chosen District Proposal

MetaMask

After clicking the ‘vote’ button under the proposal of your choice (hopefully #115!), MetaMask will prompt a transaction.

Again, it is important to note you will not be giving any of your DNT away. The charge is simply the amount of GAS needed to signal your DNT votes for that district.

A few minutes after pressing ‘submit,’ a refresh of the page should reflect a change in votes for that proposal — adding the amount of DNT in your address as votes to the proposal you chose — 1 DNT = 1 district0x proposal vote.

Incentive to Vote: I Appreciate Your Support & Votes

Thank you for taking your time to read this guide — I’m shamelessly using my District Proposal as an example because I truly believe in it and hope that you will see enough value in this guide to help me actualize this vision. If I win this district0x proposal, I will use 10% of the DNT (50,000 DNT) I am awarded to give those who voted for my district proposal.

If you voted on Virtual Reality Shopping District — comment below with your MetaMask account address you voted with and I will reward you with DNT if I win!

Don’t have district0x Network Tokens and interested in participating in determining which District Proposals the district0x team brings to life next? Get them on the following exchanges:

Thanks for taking the time to read this and hopefully consider my proposal! Let’s revolutionize the way eCommerce is done for generations to come, together!