Contract · Governance
Timelock
Delay privileged actions. Required backing store for Governor DAOs and multisig-style admin controls.
Governance
Audited base
~2.1M gas
Ethereum
Post-deploy checklist
- Set minDelay thoughtfully (2 days is a common production floor)
- Grant PROPOSER to the Governor (or intended proposer) only
- Set EXECUTOR to the open role (address(0)) or a multisig — decide deliberately
- Renounce or transfer DEFAULT_ADMIN after wiring Governor
- Verify on explorer before pointing treasury ownership here
Configure & deploy
Minimum wait after a proposal is queued. 172800 = 2 days.
Addresses that can schedule operations. For a DAO, this is usually the Governor address (add after Governor deploy).
Who can execute after delay. Use address(0) for public execution, or a multisig for gated execution.
Use cases
- Timelock DAO proposal execution
- Delay privileged admin functions
- Secure protocol upgrades
Timelock.solsolidity
// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
// Compatible with OpenZeppelin Contracts ^5.0 (Wizard / Contracts MCP patterns)
// Compiled with Solidity ^0.8.24 — Ethereum Toolset browser solc
pragma solidity ^0.8.24;
import "@openzeppelin/contracts/governance/TimelockController.sol";
// Timelock queue for Governor proposals or multi-sig-style delayed admin actions.
contract AppTimelock is TimelockController {
constructor(uint256 minDelay, address[] memory proposers, address[] memory executors, address admin)
TimelockController(minDelay, proposers, executors, admin)
{}
}