When should I set "Snapshot" for?

[mandyohhh]

When I try to submit a proposal, other than the traditional "Start/Ending Time", there is a selection field for "Snapshot". What does that mean and when should I set it for? The beginning of the voting or the end of the voting?

[wliyongfeng]

@mandyohhh OpenSquare off-chain voting is a solution for substrate based chains inspired by snapshot.org in the EVM ecosystem. It's an off-chain voting solution which means we can not lock users' voting balance like what will happen in on-chain governance process. So the solution is we need pick a hight for a proposal, and users' voting weight will be decided by their balances on this chose height.

What does that mean and when should I set it for?

So it means your proposal's result will be calculated based on the voters' balances on the chosen height.

OpenSquare off-chain voting has following differences compared to snapshot:

1. Customized for substrate chains, like reading balance in the substrate chain's pallets instead of reading ERC20 contract.
2. It supports multiple chains existed assets. Taking RMRK as an example, we can use RMRK on different chains to vote.
3. Biased voting strategy support.