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Aquarius Guide
  • 👋Welcome to Aquarius
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        • Deploying a New Fee Collector
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    • 🌐What is Stellar?
      • What are Lumens (XLM)?
      • What are Anchors?
      • What are Trustlines?
      • How much are network fees on Stellar?
      • What are network reserves?
      • Where to trade Stellar assets?
    • 🧮What is Soroban?
  • AQUA tokens
    • ♒What are AQUA tokens?
      • AQUAnomics
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      • Where can I buy AQUA?
  • ICE
    • 🧊ICE tokens: locking AQUA and getting benefits
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    • 💱What are Aquarius AMMs?
      • Pools
        • Creating a Pool
        • Deposit & Withdraw Liquidity
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        • Aquarius AMM: Limitations in Support for Fee-on-Transfer, Rebasing, and Deflationary Tokens
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    • 🗳️Aquarius voting
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  • Bribes
    • 🎁What are bribes?
      • What are the advantages of protocol level bribes?
  • Aquarius Governance
    • 🧑‍⚖️Aquarius Governance: Community-Led Decision Making
  • Airdrops
    • 1️⃣The Initial Airdrop
      • Am I Eligible For the Initial Airdrop?
      • How can I see if I am eligible?
      • What are Claimable Balances?
      • How is the Initial airdrop distributed?
      • Where can I find more information?
    • 🌠Airdrop #2
      • How could I have been eligible for Airdrop #2?
      • How can I see if I am eligible?
      • When was the Airdrop #2 snapshot?
      • Were there any CEX's taking part?
      • How big was Airdrop #2?
      • How will the airdrop be distributed and for how long?
      • Could I have increased my potential reward?
      • Where can I find more information?
  • Signers Guild
    • 📜What is the signers guild?
      • What percentage of the AQUA supply will be controlled by the Signers Guild?
      • Who will be in the Signers Guild?
      • How does the Signing process work?
      • What will be expected from a guild member?
      • How can I sign up for this position?
      • What are wallets that Guild members will manage?
      • How can I learn more about this?
  • Guides
    • ❔How to use AQUA Locker tool and get ICE tokens
    • ❔How to vote for markets on Aquarius
    • How to create bribes
    • ❔How to use Aquarius Governance
      • How to make a governance vote
      • How to create a proposal
    • ❔How to earn SDEX rewards
    • ❔How to earn AMM rewards
  • Technical Documents
    • 📜Audits
    • 🪲Bug Bounties
    • 🛄Claimable Balances
    • 🗳️The Aquarius Voting Mechanism
    • 🎁SDEX v2 proposal & algorithm
    • ⏩ICE Boost Formula
  • Useful Links
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    • Liquidity Voting
    • Liquidity Rewards
    • Aquarius Bribes
    • ICE locker
    • Aquarius Governance
    • Airdrop #2
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How to use Aquarius Governance

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Last updated 2 months ago

Aquarius Governance enables AQUA holders to shape the protocol through proposals and voting. Anyone can submit a proposal for community voting, but keep in mind that proposals lacking clear benefits for the Aquarius or Stellar ecosystem are unlikely to gain support.


Proposal Process

Proposals go through two key phases before voting:

1️⃣ Discussion Phase (7 Days)

  • A mandatory 7-day discussion period takes place primarily on the Aquarius Discord server.

  • Proposal creators gather community feedback, refine their ideas, and decide whether to proceed, edit, or abandon the proposal.

2️⃣ Publication Phase (Up to 30 Days)

  • After the discussion phase, creators can immediately publish the proposal for voting or continue refining it for up to 30 days.

  • Each edit resets both the 7-day discussion and 30-day publication window.

  • If a proposal is not published within 30 days of its creation or last edit, it will be marked as finished.


💲 Fees & Rewards

Creating, editing, or publishing a proposal requires AQUA fees:

  • Creation: 100,000 AQUA

  • Editing: 100,000 AQUA (per edit)

  • Publication: 900,000 AQUA

Fee Mechanism:

  • All fees are sent to the AQUA issuer wallet, effectively burning them and creating a deflationary effect.

  • Fees ensure proposals are well-thought-out before moving forward.

Proposal Rewards:

  • If a proposal reaches quorum (5% participation) and receives over 50% "For" votes, the creator earns a 1.5 million AQUA reward.

  • This covers the 1 million AQUA spent on creation & publication fees, plus a potential 500,000 AQUA bonus if no edits were made.


✅ Validity & Quorum

  • To become valid, a proposal must reach a 5% quorum of the current circulating AQUA supply.

  • Example: If the circulating supply is 2 billion AQUA, at least 100 million AQUA votes (5%) must be cast for validity.

  • A proposal with 100% "For" votes but less than 5% participation is automatically rejected.

This system ensures that only widely supported proposals move forward, preventing low-interest changes from being implemented.

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