Goodbye Tally, Hello Cactus
DAOs can be prickly places. Contentious. Political. That’s part of human nature. And crypto was never going to fix that. But at their best DAOs are also tough. They resist destruction. They protect their resources. They’re alive.
And they grow. Individual nodes branch, bud, flower and seed new ground. They’re active and dynamic, even as they’re structured and secure.
As of June 17th 2026, we had to say goodbye to the Tally brand. It will be remembered as an iconic symbol of the earliest days of onchain organizations. And we said hello to Cactus.
Cactus is part of a new era of onchain coordination. Practical enough to get things done in the real world. But it won’t cease to strive for the promise at the heart of crypto: coordination without capture.
What’s changing
- Name: Tally is now Cactus
- Domain: tally.xyz will eventually transition to cactushq.xyz
- Identity: New logo, new colors, new handle on X: @CactusHQxyz
What isn’t changing
- Your proposals, vote history, and on-chain records
- Your API keys and integrations
- Your DAO’s configuration, delegates, and treasury
- The team maintaining and developing the platform
No migration steps are required. The app will continue to be hosted at tally.xyz for a short period. When the domain switch happens, all tally.xyz URLs will forward automatically to cactushq.xyz. Links with the old domain will continue to work for a while.
API users are encouraged to get in touch so we can make sure the domain migration is smooth on your end.
What we’re building toward
Cactus exists because onchain coordination matters. Not the kumbaya version of it — the real version: infrastructure that can’t be controlled or weaponized by a small number of actors. That goal underpins every decision we make about the platform.
After taking over operation of the Tally platform, we’ve shipped a steady stream of performance improvements. Things are snappier than they were when we took over. There’s more to do, and we’ll keep doing it. The feature roadmap for the coming months is oriented around one question: how do we help onchain organizations grow without sacrificing transparency, security, and capture resistance?
We’re not here to sell you on hype. Cactus is already a great product. We’re going to keep making it better, steadily and without fanfare.
Questions
Reach us through the support page or follow @CactusHQxyz on X for updates.
For more on the decision behind the rebrand and our understanding of the promise at the heart of crypto, read the full announcement.