Governance token concentration (Gini)

Chainlink CCIP's assessment for RD-F-047 — scored yellow on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

No token-holder governance — all effective power concentrated with Chainlink Labs via the MCMS. Governance power Gini is effectively 1.0 (complete concentration) by protocol design. This is acknowledged as the corporate multisig model. Yellow not red because it is transparently disclosed as the governance model, not hidden centralization.

Sources #

Docs
Onchain Architecture - Upgradability (EVM) | Chainlink DocumentationChainlink CCIP — no DAO, no LINK-holder governance; Chainlink Labs controls via MCMS with node operator veto rightsretrieved 2026-05-16

Methodology #

Compute the Gini coefficient of governance token holdings across the top-1000 holder addresses.

See the full factor methodology and distribution across all protocols →

rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol chainlink-ccip factor RD-F-047 score yellow collected_at 2026-05-16 01:55:09