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# ASTRAL DAO

Transparency is a pillar of Astral Ecosystem, and with that in mind, we are developing protocols for feedback and suggestions from our investors, making it a highly applicable resource for promoting open and transparent communication. We can understand the governance token as a type of token that allows its owner to contribute directly to the organization responsible for issuing it. The contribution occurs through votes, which can be voted at various decisions. Astral Dao has a token SHROOM which is used for both governance and value accrual. We will submit the proposals to DAO governance, where Astral Ecosystem investors will participate through the forum and in the future on the metaverse and will vote, and based on the votes.

Instead of voting with token amount a, in Astral Dao tokens are lockable for a selectable locktime tl, where tl < tmax, and tmax = 4 years. After locking, the time left to unlock is t ≤ tl . The voting weight is equal to:

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In other words, the vote is both amount- and time-weighted, where the time counted is how long the tokens cannot be moved in future. The account which locks the tokens cannot be a smart contract (because can be tradable and/or tokenized), unless it is one of whitelisted smart contracts (for example, widely used multi-signature wallets). Most importantly, balanceOf() / balanceOfAt() and totalSupply() / totalSupplyAt() return the time-weighted voting weight w and the sum of all of those weights W = Pwi respectively.


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