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Aquarius Governance

How AQUA holders govern the protocol with governICE votes — the proposal lifecycle, quorum, and approval rules.

Aquarius governance empowers the AQUA community to control key aspects of the protocol and shape its future direction.

How governance works

  • Users vote on proposals using their governICE balance — received by locking AQUA into ICE. The tokens can be claimed back once the voting period ends.

  • Governance voting does not offer rewards — it's purely for protocol decision-making.

  • All active and past proposals live at aqua.network/governance.

  • Governance decides protocol questions (general proposals) and Asset Registry listings and delistings (asset proposals) — both share the same rules and voting queue.

Governance proposals page

When a proposal is active, a vote counter appears in the top menu for quick access:

Governance vote counter

Creating a proposal

Anyone can submit a proposal; fees apply to create, edit, and publish, which keeps spam out. The lifecycle:

  1. Once a proposal is created, a discussion thread opens in the Aquarius Discord for community feedback.

  2. After the discussion period, the proposal is published into a weekly voting slot — one proposal votes at a time, and slots can be booked weeks ahead.

  3. To be valid, the proposal must reach quorum — the participation requirement and vote counting rules are defined in Using Aquarius Governance.

  4. The proposal is approved if it finishes with more "For" than "Against" votes.

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